Memory Lane

This evening could have been a weekend 8 years ago. I might have struggled to tell the difference. It was a mix of all those little things that made school life magical – endless jokes and attempts at pulling each others leg’s (with the one friend winning all such verbal battles with his wit as usual), talking about so many of the great moments we shared, the many games of cricket we played, the many teachers we annoyed..

We were cracking up on all our old times – these were the friends who knew each other’s first crushes before the (poor) girl was even aware of anything, these were the friends with whom we played cricket till we were tanned black. We made many compromises – I was a pathetic cricket player but still went along.. everyone did their bit.

Many years have passed. We have all gone separate ways but somehow, we end up picking up right where we left of – every single time. Those weekly meetings have become half yearly now.. but they haven’t changed. Still fun, still amazing and still memorable.

Sometimes, it is nice to know that some things don’t change. As we grow older, relationships tend to get a wee bit more complicated than they were when we were young. Schools and universities are great levelers after all. Unsaid equations like ‘what we do’, ‘how much we earn’ etc are never in the equation.

It is nice to have friends disconnected from our current lives – friends with whom we can relive those great memories that have shaped us (whether we realize it or not.. and whether we like it or not) and friends with whom we can go back to being the little boy/girl who just loved going down to the little snack shop in the corner, munching on some delicious junk food and chatting for hours..

What a wonderful little trip down memory lane it was! Our thoughts fast forwarded to our next such evening with the whole set (we were missing a couple from the gang).. and to another evening where we would go back to being in school.

The simple life. :)