hi di,
i have a lot to say about this update probably coz i can relate to it more than most ppl can so gear up for a lamba bhashan from me and sorry if i'm bugging u with all my rubbish.
the reason why i relate to this update is because....sadly i too have watched ppl play this game in front of my eyes.....the very same year of 11th std, the very same pressures of school, parents and everything.....
there was this guy who joined our school when we were in the 11th, he was from a boarding school in ooty, he was older and bigger than us, very good looking, independant and a sort of ryan from five point someone.....he kinda got cult status in school....we girls were drooling over the new edward cullen in school and the guys were awed at his skills at football....his rebellious nature and the way he could dominate anyone and punch the hell out of them...
the first time we did something like this was at our school field. we had assembled for the march past so a lot of kids were there....and boys from my class being "seniors" were going about teasing the juniors.....and then he started teaching us this game......you had to hold your nose and stop ur breathing and then bend and spin around in 13 circles really fast.....it gave you this high, you can feel the whole world spinning around you like crazy.....its an unbeleivable feeling. all of us girls were fascinated by it and we did it again and again....we were falling all over each other, gigling and laughing like maniacs. i dunno why the boys never tried it but that day they just kept out of it, and watched us and took some videos on their phones. and then our Pt sir arrived because the watchman had told him we were doing fishy stuff.....he screamed a lot at us and got us marching.....we never tried the game again because one needs a big space and we did not have that in class.
i tell my mom every little thing about my life, i'm very close to her and she's almost my best friend. i told her about the game, i convieniantly left out the bit that i had played it. she told me what it was called and said ppl do it for a sexual high and that made me feel weird about this guy and where he learnt it. i told my girlfriends and they were all a bit freaked out.
then one day we all went to this guys birthday party....apart from this weird stuff he's very sweet and friendly. he had alcohol and cigarettes and there were no parents around but most of the guys refused to drink.....i am so thankful i live in chennai.....see the brahmin boys here have to wear a sacred thread called a poonal after they are twelve.....and they cannot touch alcohol or smoke because of that.....and basically ppl here are quite religious and god-fearing so the guys stayed away from the booze. then he started another game....another way to get high.....all the boys did it one by one...
and soon i found my boyfriend standing in the middle of the circle, this guys pressed his index finger on my boyfriend's adam's apple as if he was choking him.....i saw my guy's eyes almost pop out....and it scared the hell out of me. he played the game once or twice and then after dinner i was not feeling too okay so i asked my boyfriend to drop me back home on his bike. usually when we are riding i talk a lot and he has to tell me to please shut up but that day i dunno why i had nothing to say to him. he dropped me home and i was entering my place but then he called me back and asked what's wrong and i dunno why suddenly i started crying! i didn't know the science behind this but to me it just did not feel right and i cried for a bit, my boyfriend was very shocked and confused but i just made him promise he wud never play that again. maybe seeing his eyes pop out like that had scared me.
so yeah......this is the reason i can relate to it more than anyone else. i attend a very reputed school in chennai, fourth best in india actually and we have tons of prayers and classes on values and morals...but then all this also happens. this is why wen i was asked how i wud like to help the school after i left, i told them i wud like to be a counsellor if i become a doctor or psychologist. we already have a counsellor but she's of no use.....i said i wud want to be a friend to the students rather than a teacher sort of person.
i also want to say the ice skating bit was out of this world, with each piece of yours you make me marvel at your flair for writing. i had written something similar but it does not even compare to your work!!!! its in my ff dancing to your tunes....if you want to pls read it, but remember i am only an amateur so don't have high hopes!
loved the update more than i can say,
love
sumedha
p.s: sorry for the long ram katha about my high school
p.p.s: i think there's a verse missing in ride it, i love the song, pls change it if you can.
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