Life - Then, Now & Beyond...

This time Arnab da has tagged me. For the 1st time! lemme do the honours!!!

Life ten years ago :-
Class VI session had just started. Madhumita Aunty was our class teacher. As far as I can remember, I sat beside Poulomi. Life was pretty fun then! Study was not that big deal then. Math monster didn’t expose its ugly canines & claw. Physics, Chemistry & Biology were pretty interesting. Me & Tanusree got the license to go & come back from school all by ourselves. It was so much fun during monsoons! We got drenched in rain, holding the folded umbrella! :P I didn’t quit playing games like hide n seek, catch me if you can etc in the afternoon. That phase was one step ahead to childhood & a step behind teenage.

Life five years ago :–
It was one of the most crucial time of my life. I appeared for the 1st big exam of my life, 10th board exam. I had reason enough to be nervous & tense. Yet I was excited about it & waited eagerly for it to finish. Going to the exam centre, Birla High School was great fun! Me, Tanusree, Sohini, Sayani & Kreeti along with our parents went together. Those chats, laughter helped me beat the exam anxiety. I remember, after the social science paper all my friends said that ‘Thank God we don’t have to study social science anymore!’ I kept mum. But the day maths & science exam were over, I mouthed the same dialogue with maths & science in lieu of social science! 8) But Baba said you can never get rid of maths throughout your life! I realized how true it was when I had a special statistics paper in college! Well back to five years ago…the cricket world cup was going on. India made it to the final! The final match was scheduled just the day after our board exam finished! My excitement knew no bound. But alas India couldn’t win.:( But never mind! 2nd position isn’t bad either! :)
Then class XI started. As par my wish, I took up humanities. I met new people in my class. I lost my dear pals who went to other streams. But we were in same school! Recess was a relief for me as I could meet them & share tiffin with them. Somebody behaved strangely with me. I can guess the reason now but didn’t know it then, so lost one friend. Sarbani bannerjee, the geography teacher who harassed me like anything just because I didn’t take tution from her! Wish she was my mother in law. I would have lodged a complaint against her under Section 498, IPC. She would have been arrested without a warrant! :P She be damned, she be doomed! But to end it in a happy note, I really did well in studies & ranked for the 1st time in school! :D

Life tomorrow :–
Like every other morning, I think I’ll wake up at around 11 or 11.30 or maybe beyond that! :P I hate to wake up early you see! 8) Have to visit my music mentor’s place to rehearse at 6.30 pm. Have no idea when will I return. Don’t have any more plans for tomorrow. I hope some nice surprise comes up in the way! ;)

Five locations I would run away to –
1. My home. No matter how good the place is, I always crave to come back to my home.
2. Mamabari. Dida & Dadubhai really treat me like a princess. The special treatment I receive there is so special that sometimes I feel suffocated, literally! Tuli is an absolute sweet heart! She is like my disciple, follows me everywhere! My Mamis are like my friends only! The latest attractions being Pakhi & Brishti. My 2 & 1 year old cousin sisters!
3. Mani’s place. Be it Jadugoda, Dhanbad, Hyderabad, Bhubaneshwar or any other place, Mani’s place is always beautiful, full of life, full of love & warmth. The welcome I receive there, Ratul’s company, Mesho’s taunting & giving advice, is just another heaven for me. Mesho & Mani are like my parents, Ratul is like my own brother & their place is like my own home!
4. Purulia & Durgapur – Both the places have same values for me. Durgapur has some more though! I spent my childhood in these places. Away from the city, close to nature. I learnt so many things in Purulia. I was such a smart & active kid then! I sang, danced, recited poems, did gymnastics, played & interacted with anybody around, that could be a dog or a goat too! The red soiled roads, the hills, the greenery & the nice people around were really wonderful! Durgapur was also special in the sense that it was where my father grew up & so did I, to some extent. I was famous as Bordimoni’r natni. My grandmother, Mamma was the headmistress of the Durgapur Girls’ High School. There was a big mango tree in the courtyard of the Durgapur home which contributed big time to my love for mangoes. I think my love for dogs also had the origin in Durgapur. We had so many dogs then, Kalu, Bagha etc. etc. Mind you, all of them were stray dogs! Those visit in the park in the afternoons, games of twilight! Visit to City centre for shopping & stuff with Maa & Kakimas & occasional visit to the Durgapur Barrage with Baba & kakus! All my cousins, Pompom, Titli & Tatun were born there. I got the sense of being an elder sister in Durgapur! These 2 places are really special for me!
5. Kashmir, Puri & Goa – Kashmir is the best place I’ve been to so far. It’s literally heaven on earth! I would like to go there once again just to spend some more days in Pahalgao. One day stay was nothing in comparison to what Pahalgao had to offer! I would love to run away to Puri & Goa as I love sea & they are the best places to experience the beauty of seas!
Sorry, I have mentioned more than five places & still have more to mention. If given a chance, I would like to make world tour as I just love traveling but those are the locations where I will ‘run to!’

Five bad habits I have :–
1. Procrastination
2. Over sleeping
3. Too much laughing & crying which often leads to awkward positions
4. Tearing my skin when involved too much in something & realize only when it starts bleeding badly. Also, dividing the split ends of hair!
5. I get addicted very easily to something which is introduced to me, for e.g. TV, chatting, tea, books etc. But I can overcome it easily!

Five things I will never wear :–
1. Plunging necklines
2. Backless, off shoulder, spaghetti, halter neck out fits
3. Midriff exposing outfits. I make it a point to drape sari in such a manner that it never reveals my navel.
4. Mini skirts, half pants, Bermudas etc.
5. Accessories such as high heels, piercing in any part of the body except ears & more than one ear ring in each ear.

Five biggest joys at the moment :–
1. My exams are over
2. The cassette/CD which I’m a part of will release soon
3. I will visit Mani’s place & Durgapur soon
4. The book ‘Amader Kotha’ written by Bijoya Ray, has finally been published & I know exactly what to gift Maa on her birth day this year!
5. Nature has given indication that members of my family, on the maternal line will increase! Thanks to Mishti Mashi & Mou Mami! :)

Something to achieve by next year :–
I hope to be a graduate this year only! By next year, I guess I will be doing my MA. I hope that go on smoothly. I also want to continue with my singing, in a more serious manner. As far as achievement is concerned, by next year, these are the ones & nothing concrete is coming to my mind right now particularly for next year.

Something that impacted me last year :–
Quite a lot of things impacted me last year. Moon Didi’s marriage. She is one of my very close friends. She is like my own elder sister. Her marriage made me happy & sad at the same time! I enjoyed like anything in her marriage! It was awesome! Wish her all the happiness! My dissertation. It was my independent work. My imagination, my way of doing something which finally took a beautiful shape! My accident. It has made me very shaky & nervous while I’m on the streets. I always have the feeling that I’ll be hit by something. I’m really scared of crossing the road now! :( Stripping friendship with a very good friend of mine.

What I will miss about 2007 :–
Being a part of my college, SXC! I really gonna miss those days, I’m gonna miss my college days. :( The year 2007 itself!

Five things I want to do before I die :–
1. Complete reading as much classic literature as possible
2. Sing as many Rabindrasangeets as possible
3. Write something really meaningful. Be it something in prose or poetry.
4. Do a job which will satisfy me aesthetically, morally & economically, inspite of being married happily with cute & healthy kids! (Hope all these things will harmonize!)
5. Last but not the least…I want everybody to be proud of me. Be it my parents, other family members, friends, everybody! I don’t want to die thinking myself to be a waste of life. I must make a positive mark in the society & I’m sure I’ll do it!

No it's my turn to tag. I tag Abhishek, Sohini (you have been tagged twice dear!) & Titli.