Tuesday, September 23, 2008

The minus 2 (-2) effect:

At 16, Cesc fabregas is the youngest goalscorer for arsenal football club.
At 6, Puneet varma is the younest 3rd grader in school (or proabably the whole locality)It makes a good news item and only a good news item.

There is nothing to cheer about for being way younger than the bunch. The endless list of being the "paraolympic kid" follows:

a) Outdoor
- I used to get beaten up in every fight in the school
- My sole aim in any outdoor competition was NOT to stand first (from last)
- I celebrated when i made it into the 10-men kho kho team of our class (total strength - 11)
- I've never won any prize in any outdoor gaming event

b) Lovedoor
- Indians have this stupid notion of not falling in love with elder women (i am an indian)
- Junior and most of subjunior girls join the above cadre
- At any stage, i am always too young to crib about this to my older "still-single" classmates
- The sarcasm in "you are still a kid" is just unbearable
- My little brain is unable to comprehend the increasing levels of feminine complexity

c) Miscellaneous:
- My advice is always disposable by a single sentence "arrey.. he's a kiddo! forget what he said"
- Most of the times there is truth in the above sentence
- There is that odd feeling that lingers all the time during the ragging sessions (most of them
are 3-4 years elder to me)
- Brain is expected to work over-time to make up for the lack of experience (though it ended up in hibernation, that's a different story all together)
- People presume i'm 24 while i'm still 22 (it feels painful, especially when u claim u're still
21years, 10 months old and round it to 21)

2 comments:

Satish said...

true.....very true!!
for all of us ppl who r atleast 1-2 yrs 'younger' to almost all our batchmates/colleagues this applies.

gr8 post again.
loved the 'lovedoor' concept :D

Anonymous said...

ROFL!! I empathize with you my friend. I was, and perhaps still am, gullible to bullies, being the youngest in my class!
And welcome to the 'Club For Men On An Eternal Quest For Comprehending The Feminine Mystique'! It is only a club to voice grievances. No solutions provided, whatsoever! :P

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