The Kid in me Wants ...

Since last couple of hours I had been desperately trying to write something but what it should be, I couldn’t figure out. Even though I am sick again, I am sick of writing about my sickness. And now I come across this topic because it’s trending on twitter. As soon as I saw #TheKidInMeWants I knew I can write about this.

I have a ‘To-Do’ list since the day I saw the movie ‘A Walk to Remember’, obviously because the book speaks of no such list. Before this, there were things that I wanted to do but never listed them under any list. Once started, now it becomes longer every day. The flexibility of the things to do in that list is decided by me obviously without any second thoughts. In the beginning it was full of serious stuffs, like learning guitar, getting into theatre as an artist etc. Now it’s like anything and everything- bungee jumping, sky diving, traffic signal breaking, dancing in rain without another care in the world, lying on the terrace to watch meteor shower with the friend who is immune to my lame jokes etc. These sound like stuff you do every now and then but when you are a Gradgrind*, it’s not easy.

The day after my birthday was the day when the first thing got struck off from my list, which is, running down the escalator that was going up. I neither did it alone nor in one go. It took a lot of confidence and fast brain work to get down, so I feel. Later when I posted my achievement on Facebook, the first comment was- Someone send Akankshya back to kindergarten. And similar reactions followed. I do not know how many KG people do it thing but I loved doing it. And if I sound crazy speaking as a nineteen year old girl then, Haan haan mai CRAZY hoon.

Probably a week from then I tried Carlesberg beer at an Indiblogger’s meet. I expected it to be a big thing as it also was in my secret wish list but the taste wasn’t really, you know, TASTY! But yes again there was a sense of achievement if not of a kid then that of a teenager. It was fun too, not that I am getting drunk but had to taste it. I don’t think I am spoilt yet because self-control is still a word in my dictionary.

Appearing for the internals without giving a look to the text book is something that I really really wouldn’t do even now but in between ‘even then and even now’ somehow I managed to do it. The best part was that I did not panic, thought that I wrote the best crap related to the text and still got pretty nice marks (2^nd highest in the class). All I did throughout the paper was- ask the person sitting beside me to calm down. [:-P]

 A couple of nights ago, when I was with my brother at Select CityWalk Mall, Saket, I got into the fountains just to click a photo because I thought the ‘normal’ me wouldn’t do it. And I actually got wet on one side and did not get angry at all instead I enjoyed it. I have hated getting wet since forever (Bathing time and holi excluded)

Dear readers, if I had heard of anyone doing any of the above mentioned things a few weeks ago, I would have said “baccho wali harkat hai” or “how silly was that. Grow up!” But now I realize there’s no age for doing things that you really want to do. The Kid in you wants to do a lot of things that you wouldn’t easily do. Pull open the cage of maturity and save the kid in you [:D] it keeps you happy and never satisfied with life, which I think is important to achieve something in life. It drives you crazy but in the end it’s worth it. When you meet people who react like me, then simply sing to them, Haan Haan Mai CRAZY HOON.

*Gradgrind is the central character of Charles Dickens’ Hard Times who is a follower of facts and fantasy has no place in his life.