Holidays are bliss when you are with your cousins!

Two days ago, I had hiccups. Who could be remembering me? Who else could it be except for my cousins! So, we (my whole family) went over to my aunt’s place to visit them. They were extremely overjoyed to see my brother and me. We chatted and played interesting board games like monopoly, carom board and ludo. We also had a small party with chips pizza and coke. I played some music on my iPod and we danced for hours.

My aunt gave me some comics of Archie and Tintin and books of Sherlock Holmes from her own collection to read during the vacations. I was thrilled to get my hands on such interesting reading material.

On the way back to home, the weather became very pleasant. So, my parents make a plan to go to Haridwar the very day. We quickly packed our bags and set off Haridwar. We drove over night and finally reached our destination early in the morning.

By chance, my father met old school friend there. They were very happy to see each other after so many years. He also had come with his family and his daughter was of the same age as me. She was very sweet. Both the families decided to spend the rest of the day together. I was really glad to be with my new friend.

The water in the river Ganges was cold. We splashed it on each others’ faces and had and fun. We did swimming for a long time. She was an excellent swimmer and I was impressed by her speed of swimming. I wished we could spend the whole day there but we had only one day to visit the numerous temples that were nearby.

Although the temples were crowded, they were still very peaceful. The carvings on the doors and paintings on the walls told stories about the great Gods. They were very attractive and fascinating. The idols in the sanctum  were painted and dressed magnificently. Outside some temples, stalls were put up from where one could buy holy books, pendants of ‘aum’ and CDs of prayers and hymns. My mother bought a small idol of ‘Mahadev’, the God of the Gods.

When it was time to leave, I found it really hard to bid farewell to my friend. Although we had spent only a few hours together, I felt like we knew each other since a long time. We exchanged phone numbers and promised to stay in contact via whatsapp before a goodbye hug. On the way, we saw some mango trees so, we stopped to pluck some. We collected a bag full of mangoes. I enjoyed it a lot. The next day we had mango sandwiches and mango milkshake for breakfast. We used the mangoes that we had plucked on the way. They were very sweet and juicy. Their sweetness reminded me of my friend. The trip to Haridwar will always be a memorable one as I got a souvenir of friendship from there.

The worst shopping experince

As it was a Saturday and it was an off at the summer camp, I made a plan of going on shopping with my friends. We decided to go to Palika Bazaar in Connaught Place. It is an underground market and we had never gone there so we were all pretty excited.

It was a very confusing place as it had seven entries. From inside it was almost like underground metro station except for the fact that instead of metros, shops were there. There were a lot of body tattoo shops. Seeing them we fancied about getting a tattoo too but, of course we did not as we are too young for it are parents would not allow us in any case.

None of the shops seemed impressive. Nothing was good or worth buying and the shopkeepers were very irritating. They pressurized customers a lot. One thing that I noticed was that the majority of the shoppers were college students. It was surprising how such a bad market which had so less variety and no quality goods was so crowded. Finally we entered into a shop with sold bags. It was getting on our nerves that after showing each piece the shopkeeper would ask, “Should I pack this one for you?” One purse was still better than the rest but, it was priced a thousand rupees. It was too expensive. We are getting tired so we went out of the shop. Behind us the shopkeeper kept calling us and I was astonished when he said that he would sell the bag for 300 rupees! We ignored him, anyway.

It took us some time to find the exit but finally we were able to escape from the horrible market! Phew! By then, we were all very hungry and exhausted so we went in a coffee shop nearby. The coffee calmed me. When it was time to pay the bills, I realized that I did not have my bag with me! Where did I lose it? Did I leave it in Palika Bazaar? I thought I would never be able to find it and was almost  about to cry when one of my friends suggested to look for it in the car. I rushed to the car and thank God, it was lying on the back seat. I let a sigh of relief! I thanked my friend a dozen times and paid the bill for her too.

Maybe, today was not a lucky day for me. It was written in my today’s horoscope too, that I would have a bad day. After today’s awful experiences, I have made a mental note to read my horoscope daily….you never know!

An eventful day

Teaching has been my passion since early childhood.  Although I often teach my younger brother at home but teaching professionally in a classroom with a whiteboard is a totally different and amazing experience.

Today was my first day as a French teacher at a summer school for kids. The summer camp is in a play school which is at a two minute walk from my house. I had never thought that I would get such an opportunity so early in my life. As it was my first time, I was really tense but, as soon as I entered the classroom and saw three cheerful kids, all my nervousness disappeared. They were around ten years old and were very enthusiastic about learning the language. All of us were very soon at ease with each other. I enjoyed teaching them so much that I did not even get to know when the class got over. Forty minutes felt a very short duration now which seem sooo loooonggg in school.

On reaching home, I shared my experience with my parents. They were very proud of me and praised me. On hearing everything  my brother expressed his wish to go with me to the class. I had never seen him so excited to go to school before!

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At around six in the evening, I was in my room with the air conditioner on. Unluckily, the electricity went and the air conditioner switched off. I went to see the matter was. Power had been cut off in the whole area and it was being said that it would only return late at night now. The temperature outside was over forty degree Celsius and the heat was becoming unbearable. It seemed very difficult to pass the time so I came up with the brilliant idea of going out for a movie.

It was very cool inside the movie hall. We spent wonderful three hours sipping chilled coke while enjoying a good movie- Holiday. Thumbs up to Holiday, Akshay Kumar has done a brilliant job in the movie. The movie also deserves a big thank you for saving us from turning into roasted- humans.

When we got out of the movie hall, it was drizzling and it was cooler than it had been a few hours ago. We enjoyed the first rain of this year with ice creams. I had mango ice cream, my all time favourite.

On reaching home, fortunately the electricity had returned. So, we slept comfortably, zzzz zzzz z.  

Finding myself in bed on a Monday morning felt amazing.

The smell of pasta woke up. My father was getting ready for office. I saw the time, it was already eight o’ clock! Oh no! I was late for school. Why didn’t mother wake me up? And then it struck me, vacations had started!

After stuffing my stomach with yummy pasta and juice, I went for a bath. Unlike every working day, when I have only ten minutes to take a shower, today I spent an hour in the bathroom. The cold water not only cooled my skin but also my mind and I felt very relaxed. To wash my hair, I used my favourite shampoo which has a strawberry fragrance in it. Hmmm…strawberries are so appetizing!!

When I came out, I felt very fresh. I had plenty of time to style my hair in different way sand click selfies.  All this made me tired so I spent the rest of the afternoon on the couch listening to my favourite songs and watching horror movies.

In the evening, I thought of baking a cake to celebrate the start of my vacations. At first, I carefully followed all the instructions but soon I got uninterested and quickly shoved it in the oven.while waiting for the cake to bake, I started to chat with my friend on phone. After some time, I smelled something burning. Oh crap! I rushed to the kitchen and took out the cake from the oven. It had burnt black! I had completely forgotten about it. My mood was spoiled and I was a little scared about how my mother would react to all this. Would she scold me? Terrified, I told her about what had happened. To my surprise she did not get angry at all, instead she told me to bake the cake again and this time she would help me. My spirits lifted up once again and this time I was even more careful than before.

After the baking ( I took it out on time..Phew!) and dressing, when the cake was finally ready, it looked beautiful! I clicked a lot of pictures of it. At first, I didn’t want to spoil it by eating it but when I ate it ( and I am not flaunting or anything) it was so scrumptious that I took the biggest piece for myself.

Such a grand success has encouraged me to try new things everyday and I am sure that one day I will become a masterchef!