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Posted on: Oct 11, '08

Firsts!!!

Firsts!!!

‘Firsts’! Nostalgic, interesting, amusing, any-time-thinkable, intangible memorabilia! First pen, first watch, first wallet, first party wear, first mobile, first love, first kiss, first night------------------each of these lifts up the corners of your lips and your spirits------and there you are, a replica of the smiley emoticon!

Just the other day I bumped into one of my old classmates; and need I say we took a trip down memory lane? We did; and so it was that we ended up talking about Mohan Krishnaswami! Now, who’s Mohan whatzisname? psssssssst ------the roly-poly, exuberant classmate of ours, who has the honour of having given me, my first love letter; and honestly I don’t know if it were his first too; quite possible though, that I was his guinea pig! Even as way back as then, ppl knew that gentle, friend-loving Chithra made the best experimental material! LOL

We were in the 9th std then; and we were a boisterous (and girlsterous too!) class of 27; and the girls were outnumbered by the macho lot in an unfair proportion; we were just one-third!

Well, that far into life, we were well informed about the ‘birds and bees’ stuff; thanks to the movies, smuggled and sneaked-in books and to an entire chapter in biology on ‘ Human Reproduction’! But it all fell under the ‘meant only for ears’ category; a typical age and stage, when one was aware of the attraction between opposite sexes, but felt awkwardly conscious when someone threw a glance at one; when each time someone mentioned the word love, one went red all over; when one actually BLUSHED!
And sex? Oh my, it was a bad word; and anyone who dared to use it, was nothing less than a ‘hooligan’! The socio-cultural scenario too was far different then from what it is today. But not me! I was a born rebel. And I didn’t blush! ha haaaaaaaaaaa

There were a few stories going on; but the ‘Romeo and Juliet’ of the era were my best friend and a boy in the 10th std; they were an ‘item’; and even some teachers were said to have ‘smelt a rat’! But I was blissfully happy; no ‘heart burning issues’; my blood pumping machine was in tact and I was a peppy, enthusiastic school goer, who loved each and every minute of life; even the exams did not throw huge monkey wrenches into my state of oblivion! LOL

I firmly believed that ‘love’ and ‘love affairs’ were to be kept at bay till I cleared school and was adult enough to handle them! Well, that was as ‘boring’ as I could have got! Dawned a day when I was tried and tested!

My friend and Mohan Whatzisname travelled on the same route; so they were ‘bus buddies’; and knowing that we were bosom friends, he confided in her after a lot of hemming and hawing! She felt elated; of course when you have company, especially in the ‘forbidden arena’, you do feel elated! She encouraged him, promised him unstinted support and offered to serve as the ‘postman’!

The minute I saw her I knew she had something up her sleeve; but little did I expect that she would fish a love letter out of her school bag, with the flourish of a magician pulling rabbits out of a hat! She then spoke to me, very much in his favour and handed over the piece of paper to me. Unfortunately I don’t remember the contents of the letter verbatim; but it wasn’t one of those poetic renderings; there was just a mere expression of love and an appeal that it be requited!

And what did I do? Of course I had to be the ‘elevated soul’ that I was! I had to prove that I’m beyond the mundane! I had to ‘stand out’ and be noticed! I had to be that obsessively boring 9th standard goer, who could read the ‘reproductive system’ aloud in class and ask questions to ‘sir’ without feeling embarrassed; and who didn’t have a romantic bone in her body-nowhere in all those few extra pounds!

I walked right upto him, waved the ‘billet doux’ in front of his face, and asked him, ‘Is this what you come to school for? Don’t you have anything better to do? Well, look here; you want to be my friend, you are welcome; you want all this love and nonsense, you better stop talking to me’; and !$@#%^&()__&%%%%@%%^!&(@)@)_)*&^#&&! ---------------------And that was it! One short, non-stop tirade! Poor guy; he least expected such a non-Sunday sermon! ha haaaaaaaaaaaa And there it ended too! My first love affair that never was!

p.s:

------------that's the devil in me raring to go! Well, Dags has just given me a power of attorney that I could play a tag-game in her stead, least suspecting that it's going to boomerang on her! ha haaaaaaaaa So here goes buddies! I TAG my friends (listed below); but me being the friendliest soul on the planet, I give you a multiple choice; the options are, first love letter, first love or first kiss!!!

1. My sistahs sazzyme and dagny (well sweethearts, i KNOW you're already at it?)
2. solarflare(come on chintu, you can, you must and you will)
3. asylum (come on girl, you're the unparalled limerick queen)
4. KB (forget the jackals KB; time to talk about nightingales!)
5.inktank(no dream weaving buddy; move away from the armchair and write your real life story!)
6. whirlwind(whirlwind is the milder version buddy; come on; let's hear the tornadoes)
7. swiftmove(did you befit this name then? how swift was your first thingy?)
8. tenjade_destiny(the serpent of desire can come out with more such wonderful posts, surely)
9. novacaine (well, tune your violin baby, and out with the first thingy)
10. rollercoaster(wax poetic buddy; romance and poetry go hand in hand)
11.manisha_bhattacharya (ahhhhhhh the goan queen; and let's hear biscuit baba on this)
12. myzonecan(oh well; YOU can spin gold from straw man! rumplestiltskin!)

The list is in no particular order; and no one has been left out intentionally; anyone who wants to jump into the ring, plz, you're most welcome to join us; and friends, this can be a tag-relay; so tag your friends too------------

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ASYLUM said:
loved reading this!

but i swear i don't have anything as interesting to share!

October 13, '08

harsh7901 said:
interesting write up...but u were so boring in ur teens cj...

anyways now u seems to hv become sporty... n with this tag game.. atleast one week of mine on fropper is sure going to become very interesting...

October 13, '08

notjustart said:

My best wishes to all who tag or get tagged. Honestly, even if I was tagged, I may not have been able to keep track of all that's happening.

October 12, '08

sazzyme said:
that was good write up of course...

hey u didnt tag my demigod ratrace. dontcha wanna know bout his FIRSTS?? i do. lets drag the stubborn mule here.

October 12, '08

Mydream2008CAP said:

October 12, '08

madhumitaCAP2000 said:
My BEST WISHES to all the participants

October 12, '08

binduhu said:
gr8 post chitra...9th n 10th std r r best time of school life..!!

October 11, '08

neha312 said:

October 11, '08

tenjade_destiny said:
another interstin tag game......my serpent though moves ahead...not sure would be able to recall any of the firsts...

thx chitra, loved to be part of this...would try for sure.

October 11, '08

LovelyStars said:
Lovely post Chithra.
It shows your energetic nature.

October 11, '08

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