Monday, August 31, 2009

When I was young...

I wanted to be a..
  1. Bus Conductor, the khakis and the puncher really fascinated me
  2. Train Motorman, loved the train (diesel guzzling ones, electric engines have taken the fun out of it) and train journeys
  3. Pilot, did you not want to be one?
  4. Professional cyclist, X-Games style
  5. The next Sachin Tendulkar, no reason required for this one
  6. World Champion in tri-cycling, bunny hop and frog jump
  7. A dog, loved or feared by all
  8. Third member of the Swat Cats, fifth member of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Fourth member of the Three Investigators, third Hardy brother
  9. Any of the kids in Mr. India
  10. Street Kids, figured out very early that they didn't have to give any exams
  11. Cashier at the Kirana (Local general store), only dream that has been fulfilled so far, albeit for 20 minutes. Best 20 minutes of my life
  12. Raju, who slept with books under his pillow. Remembered everything in that book the next. What i would give for that gift even today
  13. The boy who broke the bank
  14. Historian for some time in 10th, after reading about the World War for the 1st time
  15. CA when i heard that they earn a LOT of money
  16. Army officer for 20 minutes when i got to know that i was rejected for the Air Force. 20 minute gap between announcing the list for Air Force and the Army
  17. Lyricist, when i was madly in love in my 12th. Wrote two Nair originals :)
  18. World's best footballer who refused to join any other team that Leeds United :)
  19. Open a restaurant selling atleast 20 kinds of Vada Pav (Bloody Jumbo King stole my idea)
Engineer? No way!
MBA? What is that??????

Good old days, when you thought you would be different. Do something like Matt Harding has done.

Life is a bitch
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13 comments:

  1. AmanAugust 31, 2009 at 1:56 PM

    7. A dog, loved or feared by all
    Life is a bitch But you still are a dog.

    Phuket dog-love-pic story solved!


    11. Cashier :) Same here.

    When you give a link in your blogpost, make sure it works and doesnt lead to
    Not Found
    Error 404

    &^%$#@

    God is a Gooner. Cheers!
    http://godisagooner.wordpress.com

    P.S. Any chance, i can place an ad of my blog here :)

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  2. Ashwin NairAugust 31, 2009 at 5:28 PM

    No worries, I will do that with every post of yours at Wordpress too :)

    THis is the correct link
    http://www.wherethehellismatt.com/

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  3. divyashriSeptember 3, 2009 at 1:17 AM

    good one.. :-)
    pilot and the train motorman.. me too :-p

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 3, 2009 at 2:14 AM

    i loved that chapter "raju, the fairy and the tundra region" :D

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  5. Ashwin NairSeptember 5, 2009 at 10:06 PM

    finally! Raju, the fairy and the tundra region!
    Been trying to remember the name for ages

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  6. shayatriDecember 30, 2012 at 2:47 AM

    i stumbled across this while hunting for the full "raju and the tundra fairy" story :P But found your blog instead (which is a good catch though :P ) you must write more-if you get time off from being an engineer or a MBAiet :P

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    1. UnknownAugust 25, 2014 at 12:07 PM

      I am looking for that story book where I can find it plz help me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  7. saurJanuary 20, 2013 at 4:23 AM

    Do you remember some more childhood stories and lessons? I was looking for older books but dint find them in my cupboard.

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  8. AbhijitMay 5, 2014 at 12:29 PM

    Its Raju Tundra And The Fairy :-)

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  9. Ekta SharmaMay 11, 2014 at 1:30 AM

    Can totally relate with the 12th & the 14th point.

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  10. Basic IntuitionMarch 28, 2016 at 5:03 AM

    I think I share most of the items on your wish list mainly because we've grown up in the 90s- which according to me was the best time to live in. However I'd also add Chang from The Magic Brush- his brush brought the objects he painted to life.. And many other characters from the serials telecast on DD at that time..

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  11. UnknownMarch 3, 2018 at 2:53 AM

    I can't find that Balbharati story which was titled something like "red readers, Blue something and Golden Retrievers"... it was about a school boy who had his first dentist appointment and he has been sorted out in to 3 groups for his class english test or something...

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  12. UnknownMarch 3, 2018 at 2:55 AM

    Also my favourite one was "That whereby men live" a story about Simon and his wife matryena and an angel who has to learn the answer of 3 questions by God...... A few other cool ones that I recollect was about that naughty dog pup Montgomery and another one was about a ferret, Shredni Vashtar.. really cool childhood stories

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