The best part of everyone's childhood is their summer vacations.
A whole month of freedom, watching the tube, playing with friends, gaming and going out on a trip with the whole family.
It's the only time of the year when you get to really be a kid and be away from all the responsibilities.
In fact, the only thing that I liked about my childhood was my summer vacations.
I used to spend the whole day outside home playing with my friends, then coming back late only play at home again.
And that yearly trip to Delhi with my family, only a few times did my dad tag along, otherwise it was just me, my brother and my mom.
It was fun too, visiting different places, playing in the garden with my brother, meeting relatives whom at times I wouldn't recognize, etc.
My vacations actually ended when I came back home to Mumbai.
Then there was the ritual of buying new text books.
It was the only time that I was actually happy to see and read those books.
I ignored them until the day of my exams.
Just like any normal kid would do.
When I started college, the summer vacations got a different meaning and purpose.
It wasn't the same old - play games, have fun and do nothing type holidays.
It was the 'now start planning for your future and join a course' vacation.
Even my trips to Delhi became shorter.
In fact, my trips to Delhi changed from summer to winter.
It was a huge mistake.
Let me explain:
If you've lived you're whole life in the blazing heat and the only exposure to cold was just a breeze passing by, then you haven't actually seen what cold is actually like.
And Delhi cold is something that I wasn't even prepared for.
Most of the time I would just lay under a bundle of blankets and try not to shiver.
The only time I went out was when the sun came out, and it did for a short time in the afternoon.
Later, my college also got over.
How fast the time went by, I didn't even notice, and then here I was doing my post graduation.
Once that was over, I had only a few weeks of free time.
It was my last summer vacation and the feeling hadn't sunk in yet.
And it sucked, knowing that in a few weeks I'll have to start looking for a job and make a living.
I didn't want to, I yearned for my childhood to come back whereas my mom screamed at me to get a job.
So I did.
Now that I am working, and am gonna spend my whole life doing that. I've come to respect and enjoy the two precious days in my life which I didn't give a damn about in the past.
Weekends.
Without them, my life would just have been mundane and without purpose.
A whole month of freedom, watching the tube, playing with friends, gaming and going out on a trip with the whole family.
It's the only time of the year when you get to really be a kid and be away from all the responsibilities.
In fact, the only thing that I liked about my childhood was my summer vacations.
I used to spend the whole day outside home playing with my friends, then coming back late only play at home again.
And that yearly trip to Delhi with my family, only a few times did my dad tag along, otherwise it was just me, my brother and my mom.
It was fun too, visiting different places, playing in the garden with my brother, meeting relatives whom at times I wouldn't recognize, etc.
My vacations actually ended when I came back home to Mumbai.
Then there was the ritual of buying new text books.
It was the only time that I was actually happy to see and read those books.
I ignored them until the day of my exams.
Just like any normal kid would do.
When I started college, the summer vacations got a different meaning and purpose.
It wasn't the same old - play games, have fun and do nothing type holidays.
It was the 'now start planning for your future and join a course' vacation.
Even my trips to Delhi became shorter.
In fact, my trips to Delhi changed from summer to winter.
It was a huge mistake.
Let me explain:
If you've lived you're whole life in the blazing heat and the only exposure to cold was just a breeze passing by, then you haven't actually seen what cold is actually like.
And Delhi cold is something that I wasn't even prepared for.
Most of the time I would just lay under a bundle of blankets and try not to shiver.
The only time I went out was when the sun came out, and it did for a short time in the afternoon.
Later, my college also got over.
How fast the time went by, I didn't even notice, and then here I was doing my post graduation.
Once that was over, I had only a few weeks of free time.
It was my last summer vacation and the feeling hadn't sunk in yet.
And it sucked, knowing that in a few weeks I'll have to start looking for a job and make a living.
I didn't want to, I yearned for my childhood to come back whereas my mom screamed at me to get a job.
So I did.
Now that I am working, and am gonna spend my whole life doing that. I've come to respect and enjoy the two precious days in my life which I didn't give a damn about in the past.
Weekends.
Without them, my life would just have been mundane and without purpose.
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