It's a Quarter Century

25 years…

It is 25 years since I saw the World… 25 years since my little heart started throbbing… 25 years of inhaling and exhaling…  And here I am totally excited, at the same time totally uncertain… Excited because I am hitting a quarter century… Uncertain because I am unable to believe that I am hitting one!

I am also walking down my memory lane…

I am thinking about my parents who have seen me emerge and evolve… I am thinking about the moments spent together and the memories they have added to the bucket called ‘my life’. I am thinking about the dreams they would envisioned for me when I was born… And I am wondering if I have been worthy enough to have them as parents…

I am thinking about the city where I was born… The city where I evolved… The city where I emerged… The city where I tasted independence… The city where I worked… The city where I slogged…

I am thinking about the languages I learnt… The languages that were taught… The language that I learnt with no effort… The language that was acquired with mere practice…

I am thinking about the many faces that came in my life… Some faces marked lasting impression in my heart… Some made me fall in love fanatically… Some taught me the meaning of friendship… Some mixed love and friendship… Some filled the vacuum I felt… Some were like siblings… Some were inspiring… Some made me what I am today… Some drove me to attain more heights… Some always stand by me… Some will always be there for me… Some were criticizing… Some were demanding… Some never really liked me…

I am also looking back and thinking about the schools and the college where I studied… The strict teachers… The considerate teachers… Some boring classes and some enlightening sessions… Some friends made and times shared… Some friends who are a mere memory now… Some random classmates who qualified to become my best friends… Elocution competitions which always attracted me… Competitions like essay writing, story writing and poem writing where I could never excel… The stages where I danced… The stages where I compared… The lime lights that I got to enjoy...

I am thinking about the exams written… Most of the exams were written with carefree attitude… Some was written with deadly seriousness… Some exams where I came out as a topper… And that exam where I tasted bitter failure!

I am thinking about the decisions made… Some personal… Some professional… Few bitter… And hey! Some makes me titter…

I am thinking about the fetish I have… Most of the time for watches… Many a time for ear rings… My uncontrollable instinct to buy bangles… Urge to buy more pair of cool sandals… My inexhaustible search to grab awesome hand bags… And never ending thirst to buy more clothing…

I am thinking about my mother’s uncle whom I still miss… I miss his smile…. I miss the white swing in their home which always attracted me… I am thinking about the yellow wooden horse on which I played… The red tri-cycle I rode… The brown teddy bear that I hugged (Which incidentally turns 25 years today)… The days I spent talking to my play-mate Monica (Who turns 24years today)…

I am thinking and thinking more… The more I think the more I realize that my life has not been that bad. It has been interesting and there are quite lot memories that can keep me going for another 25 years. I am happy for what I am today… For the decisions made.

After all, life has been really tasty till now, like a typical Indian meals It has had a flavor of almost everything! Some sweet… Some bitter… Some spicy… Some rotten… Some yummy… Some unhealthy… Some tasteless… But, each taste has been lip smacking...

And I am feeling totally great… Ouch! Let me go now… Got to cut cake… Ha! How juvenile it is and how childish I feel… I really cannot believe that I am hitting a quarter century… Shall I go back and re-check my birth certificate?

Or as somebody rightly said, “Which stupid said age is just a number? Age is actually a word!” Huahahaha… With that poor joke and loads of happiness… Its bubbye from this Locomente who has hit quarter century… Oh! I am thinking if I bought that silver bangle today because I am celebrating silver jubilee? WinkJ