My new friend

He asked me to introduce myself. Seeing me numb he himself did that for me. He introduced me so …..

“This is your new friend. What’s your name? (Whispered)”

“Noel…..Noel Joseph”

“Yes. Noel Joseph. He was in waiting list in the admission process that’s why he was late to join school. So batch mates, don’t make him alone or make him feel so. OK?”

Every heads in that house began to shake. Who said it’s horrible to live in hostel. I felt nothing. I went to my bed. Aswin was not there in his. I felt lonely. I look at my bed. It was not worn. I thought of my home. Mummy Papa Sister Brother……..I want to go home now…My eyes went red. I tried to stop it but it was too late for me to control. It broke into tears. That night I didn’t sleep much.

When I woke up, Aswin was on his bed. It was 6:30 in the morning; everyone was running here and there with buckets. I stood still a second.

“What’s going on here?”

I ask one of my batch mates running and he replied that it’s time for the class down there in school. Oh realized that I was late. I ran frantically looking for a bathroom and I found no bathrooms nearby. But I saw a tank of water at the side of our house. Most of them where standing there brushing, some of them were sitting on the edge of the tank, some running somewhere with bucket full of water. Should I cancel my brushing? I went there to see the tank of water. Some soap bubbles where at the left side. I began to investigate from where it’s coming. I got it. There was bath soap under the water. When people try to take water from it that will make the soap to shake and produce bubbles. So I decided to cancel my bath and decided to brush of course.

When I changed my dress, Aswin came to me well dressed with a white shirt and grey shorts with belt and black shoes.

My class was in ground floor and his on the first. His absents gave me more friends.

Just like Newton’s proportional theories, when number of friends grew bigger, distance towards my family also grew bigger. I was a dumb when I joined these bunches of navodyans. But later when I got my friends they encouraged me in everything. When I beat rhythm on bench, they would say

“Wow……were you in some band or what?”

I was sure of the fact that my new life would inspire me a lot in showcasing my talents and developing them in this long run. Because when u has worthy friends to inspire and support u even a deadly weed shapes life and so I am always proud of my worthy friends who inspired to live my every moments and hold back memories for my upcoming future.

Everything went upside down in just a month. I became a popular among student in school not just in studies but in other activities too. Art had always inspired me but I never use to devote time for which I was often punished by my teachers …heheh.

“Navodaya”, as it sounds wont replicate any symbols of power but it had certain norms which made it quite familiar among parents. This institution builds an overall personality of a student and makes him self-dependent in the long run. No mobile phones, no electronic gadgets, nothing even an iron box was not permitted. We were using coin box which was placed in front of Principals room to call our dear ones. Whether it's our girlfriend or our family, we should stand right in front of that room. Parents were allowed to meet their kids once in a month on every second Saturday.

Our schedule for the day was quite same for weeks as we used to wake up 5. At sharp 5.30 we must report in ground for our physical training session. After that we had class till 5.oo pm and then back to hostel ….well I must suggest you guys to experience once in a life time the ambience of a hostel as it is always refreshing and fun. You need to realize that there exists some kind of social co relation with our friends when you stay together in a hostel. Friends this is not just a story but a call for you guys to realize that every moment spent never goes in vain since you are living every moment battling time phrase.

        To be continued …………………………………