ohhh it was heavenly...
those views..the closeness to god..
that peaceful quite..
the wind..
the movin skies..... the colors unimaginable...
the beauty of the undiscovered...
yes it is dalhousie i talk about here... it seems like a different age.. a different time altogether... the place in itself is enough to blow your brains off.. its breathtakingly beautiful in its simplicity.. and then i owe that place one of the best times of my life.. it holds a special place in my heart.. its a place where i first discovered what all i sustained in me.. my time there had been magical and i keep all those memories in a box of gold .... its untouched...
i remember myself going there for the first time anticipating a million different images in mah mind about the place and the school i was supposed to be getting myself enrolled in.. nervous i was as hell but the moment i stepped foot in that campus.. something felt right deep down.. like it was meant to be.. i looked alla round me and i couldnt find one reason that i shouldnt come stay here... it wasnt only the place i found that out later..
hmmmmmm , the place was magical and so were the people.. i have met the best breed of the human kind there... :P :) and i am sure my friends a 100 percent would agree with me.. it is they who have made my stay there the most memorable one.. i met my best friends and worst enemies there.. my best teachers so far without a doubt.. and i m sure they cant be replaced.. its here i found the confidence in me that had been missing from long.. i lost my inhibitions.. i felt freear of this world and myself too.. myvery first memorable moment was i still remember in my first year there.. i had just appeared for my exams and nervous of how wud i fair... i have been the kid never too sure.. even though i was good.. we were getting our maths grades and my name came and i was so trying to just bury my head that i didnt hear the teacher sayin that i scored the second highest .. i joined in the whole class in the surprised as hell expression..lol from that day till the day i passed out the place had never ceased to amaze me.. i remember all our mealtime.. the fun and happyness.. i had my bed in the tv room .. watching tv ..listening to songs..getting late..getting scolded by sister.. siting by the window at night when everybody was asleep.. watching the valley..in the morning standing in the long lines ...the view.. as if god painted the same painting with the utmost perfection everyday.. the classroom fun.. our teachers.. moral science periods mein listening to all kinda ghost stories told by one of my most humble teacher's of all till date.." diryani mam" .. then the outings.. gawd hogging up food like the cave people.. it used to be like consume as much as u can ..dunna when next u wud get to avail the luxuries of the outsied world.. then smuggling chapati's from the mess and eating like theives in the dark of the night.. getting scrared by the smallest of thunders... leaning onto each other for strength... going to the Gurudwara every morn.. doing doubling for the prashad.. hehe .. sitting in the hustly bustly grounds watching the cars pass by wishing one of them was our parents visiting.. missing them.. and still enjoying the time shared with the newfound family.. playing cards.. london statue..lol and wat not.. talking endlessly with teachers and friends.. reading voraciously.. i read my first grown up novel teher..and thanks to my best friend.. she narrated the whole story to me.. and i remember my english teacher telling us that sidney sheldon's books are for grown ups and not us.. lol.. and within a year's time of that very suggestion we had finished the whole series written by him..lol the waiting line for books i recall.. the whole group used to be fighting who gets to read first and so on.. :) man they were the fabulous times..
shortening the skirt length to avoid the geeky stupdio looks.. hiding from sister.. washing clothes sunday. taking a headbath under the tap...with freezing running water.. and early mroning sitting on the banni and brushing teeth ..heheh.. it was a sight to watch.. and one that i can never erase.. playing stapu... getting punished ... the punishment being standing under the tv.. growing older in those hallways.. passing classes.. participating in the declamations.. watching movies on the big screen under the open sky.. gawd that is a must have experience.. it had been truly exceptional.. practising like hell for the sports day.. the gk quizes.. the essay writing competitions.. the games period..playing dodgeball.. and evrytime throwing the basketball in the valley..lol.. waiting for saturday'slunch.. eating ice creams.. smuggling the junk into the hostel.. all the birthday celebrations..sharing even the smallest bite of chocolate.. the big fights.. then the make up's and the sorry sessions.. the wishing upon a shooting star with all friends..the walking together and talking like never before.. with the wind blowing in our faces...
the discovering each otehr.. the amusement at the discovery of a similarity about a certain thing.. crying silently in your pillow when missing home too much.. the hugs those friends gave.. getting attached and never wanting to let go.. trying to forth the future.. and laughing together... the singing together...the learning lyrics.. lol..
i have a million things to talk about... its endless my friends have told me.. my stopries about dalhousie and the people there... that time we can never live again.. the teary goodbye i still remember.. the holding hands too warm each other's hands in the biting cold.. the packing at the end of every session.. and the heartfelt buhbyes.. and appreciating and apologising for the good and the bad.. the wish that those days never come to an end.. the irony that they will ... very rightly said "nothing lasts forever" it all passes away...
leaving its footprints on the sands of time are all da memories..!!!!Dalhousie i say again, was magical
the impossible made possible..
ike our very own hogwarts it was...
like a temporary visit to heaven
like the very first rollercoaster ride..
like a walk in the rain...
like being wowed and stunned
like being swept away...
like the tidal waves....something we never experienced before and will never again !!
