Since,I left...

This is what my life used to be like a few weeks ago.Now its changed,not drastically,but just a little.


6 Am-You hear the brother pottering about,shoving stuff into his suitcase hurriedly,to catch his 9 Am flight. On realising that your pained expressions and grunts at the "Oh so bright!" light and noise are being ignored,you cover your face with your arm and drift back to sleep.

7 Am-The brother is saying goodbye.You vaguely make out stuff like,"Study hard ... stuck in Agra... with Dadi" and decide to ignore your big brother.You also decide against waking up to say goodbye.

11 Am-Rukmini comes in to enquire about the breakfast menu.You keep your eyes tightly shut as you don't feel like eating anything at all for the rest of your life:-A result of having eaten a gazillion Pringles, Loaded Baked Potato flavour the night before,and then being informed by your cousin that the "cute,little potato skins" on the box were actually pieces of Bacon.

11.30 Am-You dream that you are in a courtroom,where an argument is going on between your predominant vegetarian side and your "newly"found non-vegetarian side,with your sleep befuddled brain acting as judge.
"Eat those effin chips already!!!"your non-veg instinct shouts.
Your decision to feel piqued by its tone wavers as you see Pringles,floating in the air,some happy,some sad,all with signs of "Eat me! I taste great" on them.

12 Am-Just as you are making up your mind to turn into an animal eating ..human??,your vegetarian side perks up.
"You cannot,oh so cannot eat animals,dude!Think of all the little piglets and chickens ,left alone, without Mum and Dad!"it shrieks.
Eventually drama wins over practicality,and you go back to being the grass eating human you always were.

2 Pm-The bell rings.Startled you look at the time in your cell phone(Yes,the one Dad bought for you a month back when he was sure that you were going to get into AIIMS),jump out of bed,pick up whatever book is lying near you and rush to open the door.You get startled by the bemused look your Aunt throws at you,but once safely ensconced in the privacy of your room,you discover that the book in your hands was actually one of your Aunt's gyaencology periodicals.

2.30 Pm-You step out of your room somewhat sheepishly and inform your Aunt that "Yes,you woke up at 9 and had slept at 11 Pm the night before." ,"You have been studying since then" and "Yea you have had breakfast"

3 Pm-You settle down to watch Campus Vets in a lame ass attempt to look at other viable career options. Realise that getting up ,close and personal with bovine animals is not really your thing.

4 Pm-The Uncle comes back home and on seeing you in front of the TV informs you that if you dont get into a medical college the family will have no other option but to kill you.Vaguely comforted by all the words of support and appreciation,you slink back into your room.

4:15 Pm-After a little look around for your Physics book,you finally pick up a random Zoology book and flop onto the bed with it.The cellphone beeps,rather tinkles..and you nearly fall off the bed in the struggle to reach for it.You have three messages:-
Message 1 -Free car wash!..Delete-You don't own a car and due to lack of hand to eye coordination, probably never will.
Message 2-Bar unwanted calls..Delete-You don't receive too many off them as it is.:P
Message 3-Dial 141 for credit.--Nearly sprain your fingers in order to claim it.Are informed that you need to be a three month old subscriber.After slamming down the stupid phone in disgust you return to your books.

6 Pm-Catch a flight to Singapore,where you are not a Pre med student anymore.Just an average teenager who hasn't figured out what to do with her life yet.

12 Am-Reach home,flop onto your bed and feign sleep so that your Dad doesn't lecture you.

"I let my self flow onwards
I swim through my mind,back and forth"



Will not be continued.