TIME - THE ONE TRUE GOD

It all started with a squeaky noise trying to enter my subconscious and ruining my half remembered dream.

"It has been twelve hours."

"Are you going to lie here forever?"

Slowly i got to my senses and figured out it was mom holding the enemy of leisure-the alarm clock.I got up and walked like a zombie straight to the bathroom with a towel on my shoulder and clothes on the other.The shower and Eric Thomas created a great background for 'self discussion'.

"Where am I going with my life?"

"This is not how I planned my summers !!"

Well, I got out of the bathroom dressed like a soldier ready to rule the world with a sword of ambition and an armor of determination, when my favorite dish was laid before me.

"The ambition can wait but the dish won't."

I got to my laptop with the dish in my hand and  played a movie so as to pay tribute to the tastiest dish of all times.One movie after another,hour after hour,the clock struck six.Before I could regret,my screen displayed a notification-'Game Of Thrones S03E07 has been successfully downloaded'

"Its already too late for today",I wondered ,"I am going to start my schedule from tomorrow."

And before I could have second thoughts about my decision,I straightaway hit the play button enjoying the world that George Martin created.This all continued for days but "Tomorrow" never came.

One day my mom and i planned a visit to my old city to visit my relatives and friends and to attend the reunion of my middle school mates which was scheduled six days from then.

The tiredness of six hours long journey vanished on seeing my cousins.It was like living the past-partying,eating,exploring cities,night drives,talking all night and eating again.It was something I haven't done in a long time and I thoroughly enjoyed that.

Finally it was the day of reunion.I was in my best attires,groomed so nicely as if i were going on a date.I arrived at the location and was as nervous as I feel in a chemistry exam.These are the people,some of which i haven't met in years and it was a great feeling of enjoying the changes they had brought to themselves like the most beautiful girl in the school got obese and the fatty first bench guy got even more athletic than wolverine.Masquerades,partying and flaunting all ended with the best chocolate sundae one could ever get in the country.All dispersed making promises of meeting again,exchanging numbers and bidding goodbyes.

Now I was back to square one-New Delhi with more than half of the vacations waiting to be utilized.The  next day was 1st of June-a new month,a new start-perfect sense of humane motivation and this time I got it.Apart from a geek course I joined swimming-the thing I do in every vacation and to improve my social and formal interface I joined British Council.Fifteen days at British Council was one of the best experience I've ever had.It gave me what I wanted.Apart from swimming,playing night football with the colony guys was like cherry over the cake.Sneaking from my room to play night football and coming back all together,laughing, with a tropical iceberg(coffee)-It was the true feeling of awesomeness.

Though my holidays were not perfect but it was a good blend of fun and work which helped me improve my perception of time,work,fun and responsibilities.

"Why do we fall?"

"-So that we can learn to pick ourselves up." 

-Batman's Daddy

-Skand Arora 

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