Jigna coined the name - The Gang Hooray for our group of eight, we eight classmates who bumped into each other in the year 1992 in division 'C' of the eighth standard class of Mary Immaculate. And have not been able to break the tie ever since.
What we all had in common - intelligence, noise and mischief. Which made us the rowdiest, yet smartest group in class. Oh, and our love of food - i think that's what bound us together the most in those last three years in school, we just couldn't resist jumping on each other's lunch box during recess. I can even remember few fights we had over some issue of food.
We had a great time, all of us. We fought with each other, fought for each other, competed on marks and scores, stood up for the one who got into trouble, cried on the pettiest of matters and laughed like there was no tomorrow. Yes, the one thing constant in our group was laugh, laugh and laugh.
It was easy being connected while in school, meeting each other every day. The challenge lay when we passed out, went to different colleges, different work places and now - different countries. All spread out across the globe. Three in India, two in USA, two in Singapore, one in Australia.
In the beginning, while in college, meeting at Christmas was the annual ritual. We would meet at my place, then move to Sherin's, then to Trudy's. I don't know which was more irresistible - meeting each other or the goodies we got to feast on. Then attending the weddings of the 6 who got hitched. That was fun, analysing the spouses, giving them a totally bad impression of what kiddish and immature friends their better halves had.
But the true test of time came when distance seperated us from each other. We did sever contact with each for some time and met only on occasions or whenever anyone flew back to India for holidays etc. But thanks to the community Trudy formed on the ever so popular social website, we all got back together again. To our non sensical gibberish and our ever precious laughter and our unending chats. But more than than, what we proved different from other clicks was to find a way to remain connected, no matter what, because that's how we wanted it.
Even though we parted ways 13 years back, we succeeded in being witnesses to the changes in each other's lives all these years.
And if my life was a string of pearls, these 7 of The Gang Hooray would find place among the most precious ones.
(These pearls are precious but can be dumb also at times. So when i say seven, dont worry, im not forgetting any of you'll, im just not counting myself.... obviously)
What we all had in common - intelligence, noise and mischief. Which made us the rowdiest, yet smartest group in class. Oh, and our love of food - i think that's what bound us together the most in those last three years in school, we just couldn't resist jumping on each other's lunch box during recess. I can even remember few fights we had over some issue of food.
We had a great time, all of us. We fought with each other, fought for each other, competed on marks and scores, stood up for the one who got into trouble, cried on the pettiest of matters and laughed like there was no tomorrow. Yes, the one thing constant in our group was laugh, laugh and laugh.
It was easy being connected while in school, meeting each other every day. The challenge lay when we passed out, went to different colleges, different work places and now - different countries. All spread out across the globe. Three in India, two in USA, two in Singapore, one in Australia.
In the beginning, while in college, meeting at Christmas was the annual ritual. We would meet at my place, then move to Sherin's, then to Trudy's. I don't know which was more irresistible - meeting each other or the goodies we got to feast on. Then attending the weddings of the 6 who got hitched. That was fun, analysing the spouses, giving them a totally bad impression of what kiddish and immature friends their better halves had.
But the true test of time came when distance seperated us from each other. We did sever contact with each for some time and met only on occasions or whenever anyone flew back to India for holidays etc. But thanks to the community Trudy formed on the ever so popular social website, we all got back together again. To our non sensical gibberish and our ever precious laughter and our unending chats. But more than than, what we proved different from other clicks was to find a way to remain connected, no matter what, because that's how we wanted it.
Even though we parted ways 13 years back, we succeeded in being witnesses to the changes in each other's lives all these years.
And if my life was a string of pearls, these 7 of The Gang Hooray would find place among the most precious ones.
(These pearls are precious but can be dumb also at times. So when i say seven, dont worry, im not forgetting any of you'll, im just not counting myself.... obviously)
6 comments:
Rochu..u have summed up the whole relationship very beautifuuly ...Now even that we are countries apart, after the brief gap, we r still connected ..cannot believe after 13 yrs, we can still laff over the school pranks ..n remember them also ...
hey rochu,,, the other day while posting our group foto...i counted the yr we all met....n then realised since 1992.... 16 long yrs...n we r still connected... realy great isnt???u have really put all of our acts n thoughts in this....
really a flashback worth remembering!!!!
well done babes!!
AWESOME ROchu!!!! What a gorgeous article!!! Captures the true spirit of the group!!
Gosh!!! It's gonna even make me cry..........
Keep on writing....where was this talent hidden dumbo???
Thanks guys. sorry about the snap tru, you are the only one not in in. that's why i mentioned your name twice in the article.... to make up for it
Lucky you to have friends like these :)
There's nothing like keeping in touch with old friends....Loved reading this one Rochelle. Brought back memories of school, since all of you were just a batch ahead of me and it's so good to know that all of you have still stayed connected.Have known most of these precious pearls myself and it was a joy knowing every single one of them.
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