Gone are our School days

ohhh......the days that r gone !!!!!!!

Gone are the days


When


The school reopened in June,


And we settled in our new desks and benches.


When we queued up in book depot, And got our new books and notes.


When we wanted two Sundays and no Mondays, yet managed to line up daily
for the morning prayers.


We learnt writing with slates and pencils, and Progressed To fountain
pens and ball pens and then Micro tips.


We began drawing with crayons and evolved to Color pencils and finally
sketch pens.


We started calculating first with tables and then with Clarke's tables
and advanced to calculators and computers.


When we chased one another in the corridors in Intervals, and returned
to the classrooms Drenched in sweat.


When we had lunch in classrooms, corridors, Playgrounds, Grave yards, under the
trees and even in cycle sheds.


When all the colors in the world, Decorated the campus on the Second
Saturdays.


When a single P.T. period in the week's Time Table,
on all days

Was awaited more eagerly than the monsoons.


When cricket was played with writing pads as bats,


And Neckties and socks rolled into balls.


When few played "kabbadi" and "Kho-Kho" in scorching sun,


While others simply played "book cricket" in the Confines of classroom.


Of fights but no conspiracies,


Of Competitions but seldom jealousy.


When we used to watch Live Cricket telecast, in others houses


or carry the pocket radio in the tiffin box


When few rushed at 12:45 to "Conquer" window seats in our School bus.


While few others had "Big Fun", "peppermint", "kulfi", " milk ice !"
and "sharbat !" at 1.0o Clock.
while others had vada pavs during breaks


Gone are the days


Of Sports Day,


and the annual School Day ,


And the one-month long preparations for them.


Gone are the days Of the stressful Quarterly,


Half Yearly and Annual Exams,



And the most enjoyed holidays after them.


Of tenth and twelfth standards, when we spent almost the whole year
writing revision tests.


We learnt, we enjoyed, we played, we won, we lost,


We laughed, we cried, we fought, we thought.


With so much fun in them, so many friends, So much experience, all this
and more.


Gone are the days when we used to talk for hours with our friends.


Now we don't have time to say a HI.


Gone are the days when we played games on the road.


Now we code on the road with laptop.


Gone are the days when we saw stars shining at night.


Now we see stars when our code doesn't work.


Gone are the days when we sat to chat with friends on grounds.


Now we chat in chat rooms.....


Gone are the days where we studied just to pass.


Now we study to save our job


Gone are the days where we had no money in our pockets and fun filled
on our hearts


Now we have the ATM as well as credit card but with an empty heart


Gone are the days where we shouted on the road.


Now we don't shout only at home on our loved ones,


Gone are the days where we got lectures from all.


Now we give lectures to all... like the one I'm doing now....


Gone are the days


But not the memories, which will be lingering in our hearts for ever
and ever and

to all my friends from HFHS Batch of 1984


Ever and ever and


Ever …


NO MATTER HOW BUSY YOU ARE ,


DONT FORGET TO LIVE THE LIFE THAT STILL EXISTS.

Live well, Love much, Laugh often!!!


P.V.Ramakrishnan