Good Times..

This was the statement Shekhar Kapoor gave when he was trying to describe the character of Sunil in "Kabhi Haan Kabhin Naa" ..

When you look back at a so called ordinary life, we sometimes realise that it is those ordinary moments that make it so special.. Am I getting a little too philosophical.. Well..

One incident I remember is when my uncle came from the US to visit us. I was studying in 9th standard at that time. The only cycles available in india till that time were BSA SLR's and Hero ( Valiya Cycle ) .. The new cycle that had come on the market was "Street Cat"... with a straight handle.. like those cool BMX cycles you used to hear stories about from gulf returnee kid's. Only one Street Cat was sold in my home town of Chengannur and that was owned by a friend of mine. His name was Rajiv a.k.a "Motta". The whole school (including me) used to drool over his bike during the lunch break.. My uncle had come from the US of A and stayed at our house for one night. My school was 3 Kilometers away and I used to walk to it every day. My cycle ( a BSA SLR that I got after many years of pleading ) had been stolen a year ago when I went to church ( of all the places ). I could go in the morning's with my dad as my school was on the way to his office, but he used to go at 7:30 in the morning ( the only person in the kerala state electricity board who used to go that early ) and I didnt want to go at that time cos no one would be there in school at that time. That day when my uncle was there My dad went late.. It was time for me to go to school, so I called out to everyone " I am going to school ... Byeee " .. My dad ( I dont know if he was trying to show a little over concern in front of my uncle) said " I will drop you .." .. My uncle asked " How far is school .. and how do you go " . I said " Three Km's and I walk " .. After 20 years in the US, I guess my uncle found that a bit shocking.. Anyways, Dad dropped me to school that day , but when i came back , I saw that everyone was ready to go our the took out our old car ( Our old fiat ). I thought we were going to have masala dosa from Hotel Anu in chengannur, but the car stopped in front of Central Cycle store. My uncle asked me which cycle I wanted.. I was totally zapped. The cost of a Street cat was Rs 1600. I held my breath and pointed to the Street Cat. The shopkeeper told the price and my uncle did some mental calculcation and said "60 Dollars.. thats it..!! " ( 1 Dollar was around 23 bucks at that time) .. I got my cycle, and overnight became the envy of the whole school.. No other Bike or car for that matter gave me so much pride in riding till now.. Now Rs 1600 might seem ordinary, but I know how special it was for me.. :-) ..