I have been thinking about my childhood and the fun i had and i realized that i am missing so much fun in this mechanical era. So for this valentines day, for a change, i thought i would remember everything i loved and i am missing the most ... so here is top 10 list of the what i am missing the most from 80's, 90's,2000 decade ...
I miss .....
80's
- My family and all those days when everyday me, dad, mom,my brother, my sis use to have dinner together.. and mom feeding us …
- Those days when my parents use to get exactly same dresses for me and my brother and we both use to have amazing fun...
- Those days when me and my brother use to eat our snack very fast and look at our sis and my sweet sis use to split it into 3 shares...
- All my childhood friends...playing outside the home with friends and family at nights on a full moon day...
- Ganesh and Durga Navrathri days ,Diwali crackers, flying kites during Sankranthi festival
- Those days when relatives use to visit our home with sweets and snacks.. and first question we use to ask "what did you bring ".. so that we can start eating sweets and snacks..and of course later a big lecture from parents ...
- All those days when we use to run for cover to dad if mom scolds, and to mom if dad scolds, or to grandparents if both mom n dad scolds..
- Those school days when we use to get stomach ache if there is homework due ...and waiting for Independence day and Republic day to get sweets and holiday...and ya acting like close friends with birthday boys and gals to get more chocolates..
- Days when we use to visit mom's parents home and all cousins use to come and the fun we use to have... festivals and pujas at my grandparents home
90's
- All my school and college friends and the fun time we had, and all mischievous acts we did ...
- All the yummy food prepared by mom...
- Watching movies in theatres and telling movie stories to everyone from "Censor board certificate display " to "The end" title display
- All those school days when we use to bunk classes and go to nearby fields for watermelons, corn, peanuts,custard apples...and movies too ...
- Playing kabaddi and cricket with all my school friends
- Crying with homesick whenever we were sent to hostels for studies... sleeping under cots in early winter mornings when hostel wardens use to wake us up by 4.30am in hostel...
- All those days and the ways how we use to sleep in the first hour after lunch in college...
- Boarding running buses and staying on foot board and posing like we reached top of the world..
- Have lunch under tree shade in fields during a sunny day ... and all family picnics... swimming n bathing in ponds...
- The way we use write our assignments, lab records and internal exams in engineering colleges ..
2001 - 2010
- All my engineering and masters friends ..
- All those internet booming days in India when we use to proudly tell everyone the number of email accounts we had as if it was our bank balance, and also the craziness about online chat rooms like MIRC, Indiatimes, rediff ..
- Exam days when we use to do nightouts and combined studies...when we use to go to a small tea stall for bread omlette and tea at 1.00am as a study break.. n come back n sleep..
- Remembering god only during time of exams and offering awesome bribes.. like 101 coconuts .. or coming to temple by climbing steps etc... in exchange for exam scores…
- All the fun i had in the college where i worked first... all those fun parties in college buses ..
- The day i have seen my brother crying so much when i was leaving for US
- All those days when we use to cook varieties of dishes for friends birthdays and visiting temples in Chicago...dinners with the gang everyday...i miss my Chicago group..ohh ya and the way some novice cooks in my group use to cook food and made me eat varieties like cabbage, spicy Brinjol, fruit custard...
- Days when one friend use to snore and other one use to talk in sleep and i use to sleep with iPod in my ears .. and days we played blindfolds in apartments, played in snow during winter, in Michigan lake during summer..all those days teaching car driving to my friends.. and varieties of experiences ...
- All cousins and friends marriages and family events
the list can go on and on....... i hope i get a chance too enjoy those golden days again :) ...
Thank you for reading .....And please share what you are missing from childhood :)
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11 comments:
"... i hope i get a chance too enjoy those golden days again :) ... ". Life unfortunately has no rewind button and its sure better tat way.... thats y god made memories.... :) learn from the bad and cherish the good :) ...........
* I totally miss those days in hyderabad where I used to have my breakfast watching the runway(old airport) and the times when my parents used to join the kids in the apartment for hide and seek every weekend
* I miss all those meaningless drives we used to go for as a family .....
* Ofcourse, not to mention the countless drives I went on with my friends... trust me..we drove to Pondy quite a few times with the weirdest reasons in mind :D
* All the roadside eateries are missed a lot :( :( :( there was a special joy abt eatin in those places :D....
Like u say this list is never ending.... I cant do justice to this topic in a comment or even a blog :D
nice one sir... wish i could just rewind and live again... abt the things i miss
90's
- playing at my granny's place
- being the most pampered kid in my whole family
- my first pet a Great Bernard(i called him Dan)
- the sweets made every time i went to my granny's place :P
- the girls at my first school(Niraj Public School) the way i fought with them and was expelled from the school in the 3rd week :P
- the half day schools... and all those raw mangoes we used to eat outside the school gates
- the gang wars at school and the competitions
2000-2010
i never knew how it flashed by but this was the decade of friendships for me
- names and faces of so many friends i had flash by my eyes... and yet only a few survived to be in touch with me!
- the everyday journey to RCE Medak :P :D
- bunking classes( you caught us in the first year sir remember :D )
- Raj Dhaba ka biryani and the butter paneer fry... mhmmm my mouths watering already :P
- Most of all every minute with my best buddies Nag and Pavan.
Your post made me visit the yester years of my life and realize how much I cherished everybit of it and how much I miss those times now.
Gud post!
Praveen you really sent me back to school day thoughts...
* I miss those days when i could bunk school complaining of stomach ache
* Wait for those interval and lunch breaks to eat lovely lovely coloured ball ice and cone ice
* The days my mom ran after me to get my home work done
* Those cricket grounds where i spent all the holidays
* Friends in front of my house waiting for me to complete the home work so that we can get a cricket team
* All those endless phone calls to girls hostels
* the wrestling with my younger brother
* the community tutions
........... and a lot lot more.....
Vinay, Janardhan and Dilip
Good list and i have some common items in your lists as well.. good going ...
thanks pramodini...
i miss playing with my dog:((( and ofcourse everything u mentioned...lovely blog.
Hey, I think you missed a most important point...
Ogling at girls, imagining every passing girl as your partner, playing couple counselors to your friends by charging free drinks and so on and so on ...
Awesome!
Most funiest:
Those school days when we use to get stomach ache if there is homework due ...and waiting for Independence day and Republic day to get sweets and holiday...and ya acting like close friends with birthday boys and gals to get more chocolates..
Most heart touching:
The day i have seen my brother crying so much when i was leaving for US
Good going praveen.
@Neha: I know how much pet lovers miss their pets
@Anonymous NANDISH : Na Na.. nt at all like that..
Suresh: Thanks.. ya some moments will be sweet memories of life..
Nice blog dude!!
I'm sure your blog pretty much covered everything that most of us would be missing the most from our yester years.
While cherishing the great old times, do enjoy the present time - as this would become an add-on to "list of good times" when you look back in future :-)
good goin,
Vamshee
I remember when we would play outside for hours until the street lights came on. We would play with kids of all ages from 7 to 17. We would play with little or no props or toys. Children today have very little interaction with kids in different age groups. One needs to be able to relate to people of varying ages to make it through the world today.
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