Small Place....Big Dreams!

As I stated in my previous post, my dad got posted to a small place in Punjab called Faridkot.
I just hoped that the place had a table-tennis table and a swimming pool. I just loved swimming and even more jumping off the diving boards.

There were not many schools in the vicinity of our house, so I was admitted into Kendriya Vidyalaya. I had always held a low view point of KV's. It was just a preconceived notion but it was very strong. The results of the boards hadn't come yet. Some of the students like me still attended school as the classes had started already. I made a few friends. Since i was a quiet chap, most of the people left me alone and went on with their businesses. But soon when they discovered that I was sharp in class, they befriended me. I loved it when i answered something in class and a few jaws dropped here and there. I still cherish those moments.

The star of the class, as they called her was Dipti. She was supposed to be the brightest in class, and hence was my target to be. (muhuhahahahaha lol). Her first shock came when I had scored better than her in boards. She was the best speaker in class, and was good looking(I feel like killing myself for falling for her looks, even though it was for a very short period). It was when i found out that she was not good by nature, i realised the fact that looks can be quite elusive.

As far as tuitions were concerned, I joined a maths and a chemistry tuition. I didn't join physics as the physics teacher's first impression was really good. It was after that, that i stopped relying on first impressions. Maths tuition was taken by the same teacher who taught us in school. For chemistry, i went to the son of an ex-army personnel. His name was Mr. Jassa. I liked him as a teacher very quickly. Although he wasn't very experienced, he was a good teacher. I learned very quickly when he taught. Maths tuition was also attended by Miss 'Superstar' and her friend(i hope you understand by now).

Then came the new guy. His name was Rupesh and he immediately fell for miss superstar. And incidentally, they both were together for quite a time before Rupesh realised his mistake.

I made a lot of friends in class. Some of the closest were Ackshat and Ashish. I had the time of my life with them. Our whole class was so fun loving that we used to bunk n number of classes and play football and cricket. Sometimes we were so cheeky that we used to ask the teacher to give a free period!! It was then that i discovered another talent of mine. I was good at football goalkeeping. If I was standing at the goal, the opponent strikers thought thrice before deciding the direction of the ball, coz I didn't bother about the consequences of a dive. In cricket I was one of the good bowlers. I remember, I had once defended 2 runs for my team in a 5 over game, taking 4 wickets in one over.

In the evening we used to play cricket outside our house. My brother and a few others used to come. It was fun. The biggest disappointment was that there was no swimming pool. Still we had a good time, playing badminton, table-tennis and pool.

The session was about to come to an end when a mock CET test was held. Many of us went to take the test. The test was over and we started discussing. I thought that the test was pretty easy and estimated my score at a good 150 out of 300. When the results came out, I was shocked to know that I was the highest scorer. I hadn't prepared a thing and still topped the test in the whole the city. It was exhilirating.

Since I hadn't been taking any professional help for my studies, dad decided to move to lucknow for the sake of my studies. We had our own house in lucknow. The word spread in class that I was leaving. Some people were sad, good friends were going to be separated. Some were happy(:D).

The final exams had arrived. I did well in all except maths. This was because, before the start of the paper, our teacher had come and told us to start from a particular question. I always had the habit of starting from 1 and going to the last. This gave me confidence. But the change in order forced me to leave some easy questions unattemted. I had score perfect 100's in maths all the year round. And now had got a meagre 86. I wasn't pleased at all. Inspite of this, I stood first.

Bidding fairwell to my friends, we moved to Lucknow- The city of Nawabs!