From the $treets of /\/\umbai to the $hores of Goa..

Days ago, whenever this question "The Best Moments of your Life?" arose before me, I used to be confused, never really knowing when to say what! But now, I believe I know the answer, the right one.. and most amazingly, it is not just 'a moment', but 'moments' - ten full-fledged days dipped in the cream of enjoyment and baked in the warmth of independence..

Excursion, 2010 : truly a magical journey, as if spun out of an enchanted web. And even now, when I look back, feels like I was living a dream.

Initially, I was in a dilemma, to go and enjoy care freely, or stay back and study to gear up and get my stand again. Confusion hung heavily in the air, and happiness was knocking at the door. It was up to me, then, to either put on my shoes and step into the sunshine or stay back and avoid the tan.
Finally, there came a time when my head was bogged up with all the perplexity and I could not take it any more. It was time I decide, and so I did. I took a deep breath and ran to the door, unlocked it and stepped into a world full of happiness, opportunities and fun.

The first train journey without parents, the responsibility of self-belongings, adjustment with room-mates and ever-deadening batteries of cell phones with ultra-low-voltage chargers in the trains.. it was all new, it was all true.

A learning experience as it was ~ 

waking up on time, getting ready within minutes, crying over broken clips and lost combs devouring the food together, and dozing off with earphones still playing at the highest pitch..

to be glued in groups, to follow every instruction to the tee, to bargain at half the price and grumble over half-boiled rice..         

behaving mature at shops and re-living childhood on the beaches, moulding sand into castles at one place and hearts at the other and endless snapshots  anywhere and everywhere..

calling up mom every night just to tell her I was safe and then chit-chatting with friends till the wee hours of morning...

We felt like birds flying high in the sky... amidst the clouds of friendship and basking in the rays of freedom.

Wished that it had lasted just a day longer..

                 to live those moments a little longer..

                                                 to fly a little higher...

But yes, it is a very very happy and a proud feeling that the 'Best Moments of my Life' have been picked up from the $treets of /\/\umbai and the $hores of Goa.. :-)