Wonder Years

Wonder Years...a story about the childhood of Kevin Arnold...a story that we can all relate to....every time i watch any episode of this series..i go into a kinda weird mood....it somehow takes me back to my own childhood...down memory lane...
Maybe that's why i haven't been able to watch the whole series, even though i have had it for more than 2 yrs now...after every episode...i just feel like shutting down everything else and thinking about my childhood...old school friends, teachers...the kind of family life we used to lead back then...the crushes..the games..the lil problems which seemed so important to us then...

Somehow, in the process of growing up....we forget so many incidents. so many people..friends and those not so friendly...those who were important parts of our lives..who shaped our future the way it is now....

After watching yet another episode of Wonder Years...i just feel like going down memory lane..

My earliest memories are of Anand Singh..our driver in Jodhpur..who used to come take me to school...literally having had to drag me from under the bed ..and then rewarding me for good marks by treating me to a huge glass of sugar cane juice on the way back home..this was during LKG..and whats so moving ..is the fact that this guy still remembers us ..more than 20 yrs later

Then there was Thane...with my teachers...Kadam sir..who pulled out my teeth during class...Sunita Mdm..our hot teacher :)...my friends Rishi, Karthik, Keerti, Sandeep, Bunty and Rani.....i guess those were the golden days of our childhood..maybe cos that's the only time we got to stay at the same place for more than 3 yrs continuously and i made some awesome friends.

I was a different kind of person in Cochin...more into reading and sports..swimming and sailing..and the only close attachments i made there with my neighbours Soumya and Sangeetha di's and their dog Appu..

Then we moved back to Thane..and that's where i met Vinamra..over TT :)...one of my best friends....he deserves the maximum credit for whatever little i have achieved in life :D...i like to believe that we both pushed each other to perform better in every sphere of life...sports or academically..though he always beat me in everything..including in matters of the heart :D..
Teachers who really had an impact on me ..Kalanidhi Mdm..Rikta and Padma Sagar..its strange..i have been taught by teachers who are supposed to be among the best in the country..but i still feel that i have learnt more from these KV teachers...a more lasting bond ..

Then came Pune..where it can be said..the new Siby came into being..:D...Yanku..my 1st roomate..KK..Mishti..Bapat..Mou..Paula..More memories there than can be put down...

I know i am missing so many names...some i am doing deliberately..some not..

IIM indore was one of the best experiences i have had....something i wud treasure and miss ...Shreyan..deepti.richa.tanvi..shubh..dang...my nehbur...AOE..Bike rides and wild parties..aaaaah...

Now a new phase starts...

I HATE "WONDER YEARS"...stupid thing makes me ramble..all senti and nostalgic...