40.0 Sleepy Hours, Boys, Love & Fun

We had our physics class on Sundays. When it comes to Sunday, my energy was over for the entire week. So, most of the time, it was very difficult to travel there even. Sometimes I have fallen sleep in the class because of this reason. It happened unintentionally and, I could not control it though I wanted. If there were no friends, I have fallen asleep and, finally attending that class also useless. 

One day when I was writing in the book, I heard someone laugh as a dream. So, I woke up and, looked around without turning my head. Oh my god... I wrote the question and, I thought the teacher was explaining the answer. Though I was sleeping, I thought that why he was reading too fast. Lol... After that, a few paper rockets came towards my head and, it was a shame for me. When I was going out after finishing the class, one boy said that 'You are not waking up even after hitting a rocket...Lol... 

In that exam era, I went to a night class and, those days I stayed in the boarding place. There was a walking distance. That class was a group class, and there were about eight students. It started at four o'clock and ended at eight o'clock. There were a few students who came from different locations and, that's why the teacher started the class at four o'clock. 

That class held near our school and, I had to pass the school first to go there. It was a rainy day and, I left the boarding place to go to the class. Suddenly, a boy who also was going to that class came under my umbrella. He said that he could not bring the umbrella. He came in front of our school and, I was shocked for a moment as we had certain disciplinary rules. When we were wearing the school uniform, we could not share our umbrella with a boy. He asked 'Is that fine with you? I did not reply to him back though I did not like to breach our school rules. But I could not ask him to go out as well because of the rainy climate️. So, I went with him a few miles. 

After a few minutes, he said that 'I'm not coming to trouble you if I don't have books in my hand. Those are getting wet. That's why I came. I felt very angry with him. Same time I saw our class teacher at the bus halt and, she did not look at me. So, I asked him to go out by taking the books in his hand. I would not ask him to go out if he did not have that big head. When I was going to the class, he looked like a wet bird. He did not look at me even and, he wiped his head using his handkerchief. At that time, others were kidding and laughing at him.

After that incident, he did not look at me at all and, I think he got angry with me. I did not go to school on the following day as my class teacher was on the bus halt when this was happening. So, once I went to school, she smiled and asked 'Are you not well because of the rain? According to the way she smiled, I realized that she noticed the incident made by that idiot. Same time I thought that she would see the entire thing. Otherwise, I would be in the principal’s office on that day.

Learning in a tuition class was a different experience for some students who did not study in mixed schools. Those who have studied in a boys' or girls' school had to mix up in the tuition class. It was a pleasure for most of them. Though I studied in a convent at that time, the rest of the other schools I studied were mixed schools. So, it did not bring me a different exposure. Those days, most such students started love affairs. In some cases, there were fights as well to protect their love affairs. Some boys tried for one girl and, such situations made a crisis among them. 

Some boys also faced the same situation when several girls were trying to get their attention. We also had a pretty friend among us and, most of the boys followed her for her love. Sometimes it was a headache for her. Some boys waited and followed her when she was going somewhere. As we were her friends, we also had to give her details and convey their messages with our friends. So, though they did not follow us, we also had to share the details carefully and, we did it as per our friend's instructions. 

So, it was a punishment for a few friends including me. Sometimes I told whatever came to my mind. However, there was one situation where we communicated different details for the same question they asked. So, we all decided to get the exact answers from our pretty friend to answer the questions of her followers. One day one of our friends saw that one boy was waiting for my friend to convey a message and, get some details.

However, that friend could not get the instructions from our beauty queen on that day and, she was clueless. So, what she did was, she ran away in another route to avoid that boy. However, she could not close the eyes of that boy and, he also ran and followed her. She could not run a long way and, she had fallen on the road. The funniest thing was, that boy was the one who helped her to stand up. The other people also came to support her. So, he did not ask anything from her. After that incident, he did not ask anything from her. Though she got rid of that problem, he got the details from us as usual and, we communicated the details as per the instructions of our beauty queen.

In the tuition classes, we met friends from different nationalities as well. It was a good experience we all had and, some of them are still good friends. Those friendships have a strong bond with each other like siblings. I think it's a bit difficult to find out honest friends when you are an adult. Just do a small analysis and see who are your actual friends. Then you can see still the remaining best gang is coming from your childhood or school days. 

So, I hope we can build up a strong relationship among different nationalities if we have schools without religion-wise or gender-wise differentiation. One good example is one of our father's friend who is coming from another nationality. He is one best friend from my father's childhood. 

He was the one who supported my father when he was not well. In one year, there was a flood in our area and, our house also severely damaged because of that situation. At that time, he brought food for us. He swam and brought it to us. It was not an easy task to swim in that cold water as he was not a young man to struggle with the water. My father said that the job he did won't do with his own brother even in that situation. We were very emotional at that time. I think we can build up such a strong friendship among the different nationalities via the concept of a mixed school which can bring different people under one roof. 

Otherwise, we would see them as aliens, once we have to move with each other as adults.

39.0 Every Night In My Dreams I See You…I Feel You...

This blog post reveals some of the incidents I faced and enjoyed in movie times. I could say that I was a lucky one to enjoy those moments in the past and, share with all of my friends via this blog today. I'm pretty sure that you all have similar stories. If so don't forget to share it with me and, blog readers.

I forgot to tell you one thing. I had a painful memory also. As all the others are joyful memories, I would like to share that painful one first. Though I went to watch movies from school, this was the first time that I was ready to go to a movie with my friends. Its name was 'Mummy Returns. I hope you also know its story and, it was a horror movie.

So, my gang planned to watch that movie after finishing a tuition class we went to. I planned everything with my friends, and, dreamed about our movie time, including the foods and drinks that we would like to buy. However, I could not make it, as my parents did not let me go there. They said that it was not a good thing for a school girl. Though I begged many times, they did not give permission. But, all of my friends went there and, some of them watched it without telling their parents. After watching that movie, they reminded and, explained certain incidents for a couple of days.

In my school days, I watched a few movies in the movie hall and, those have arranged by the school. They arranged those movies for us and took us to the movie hall. 'Jurassic Park was one such a movie I watched and, it was a memorable experience for me as a school gal. On that day we went with the students of another grade and they were younger than us. In the film hall, they sat in front rows, and we thought that we could enjoy their scary feelings also apart from the movie. That was what we discussed with our friends.

As we expected the scenes of Dinosaurs scared us and, the friend who sat next to me did not watch any scary scenes even. She was a crazy idiot and, some of her weird actions made me scared than the movie. Finally, both of us played a drama there and, if somebody looked at us would think that we never watched a movie before. But the young fellows who sat in front of us did not scare actually and, some of them laughed. I could not believe their reactions to the movie. It was not our expectation and we thought that they would scare and go crazy. If they could see us, I think they would have fun from our reactions. Luckily, they did not notice us. Lol...

The other movie I watched at school was 'Titanic. It arranged in the auditorium of our school. As I remembered they showed it from grade eight. Therefore, that movie showed several times for different grades. Though some of the friends had already watched the movie, again they wanted to watch it with school friends. 

The friends who watched the movie summarized the story and highlighted some movie scenes. The way that the actor draws the picture of the naked actress was the main thing they enjoyed. So, we knew the summary of the story before going there and most of us wanted to watch that scene. Lol...

However, the friends who watched it via the school auditorium told us the unavailability of that scene and, it desperate some of us. They said that when we were waiting in the queue. So, the people who watched the movie, and the people who were waiting in the queue had a lot of things to discuss even when passing each other. Sometimes, this might be a surprise for you all as you haven't come across such a pissed off incident. As nowadays we did not need such an effort to watch a movie, definitely this would be a joke for school guys today.

Therefore, there was a slow movement in the queue, and it made some of our teachers crazy. It was not an easy task for teachers to manage this type of idiots and hope you can imagine the situation. So, some of us had punishments when we were waiting in the queue. A teacher hit me using a book when I was laughing and talking with one of my friends. She said that none of us have the discipline.

So, many incidents happened before watching the movie and, as usual, we did not forget to keep our laughter. Though it was a good day for all of us, it was the worst day for some of our teachers who were there to manage the students. The worst job handled by our dancing teacher and music teacher. 

They were male teachers out of five male staff as I remembered. When one teacher was at the ticket counter, the other teacher managed the students who were coming from the exit door after watching the movie. It worked well for a couple of minutes, and, some students who had a hurry to go, crashed the discipline. Therefore, all the students mixed up with each other and, only one friend left with me among our gang. I don't know what happened to the rest. 

So, the situation made both teachers angry, and all the girls' behavior made them crazy. Still, I can remember the angry face and reactions of our music teacher. He blamed us, and his face turned into a red color. Some of the shirt buttons also opened unknowingly.  Though it was a joyful moment for us at that time, today I know that the students' behavior was not good at all to put him into that situation. Finally, both of them could not manage the crisis and, our teacher could not give tickets. I could say that we were dragging to the entrance. We did not need to buy tickets. So, it was another victory for us, and we two happy like nothing.

After passing many hurdles, finally, We could go inside the auditorium. As our gang members dragged into several directions, we two made sure to stay close to each other. However, we were tired like nothing after watching these advertisements before the movie. 

As most of the students came in without tickets as organized we two did not have seats to sit. We stood up and watched the movie. So, 'Titanic was the movie we watched like that for our entire lifetime. As well as, it was the movie we watched after putting an enormous effort. I believe my friend also has not got such an experience during her lifetime. We two don't have contacts now. But, I don't think that she will put such an effort to watch a movie after that incident.

Though we did not have seats to sit, we two satisfied with the current conditions. At least we could come to the auditorium without staying out. As we expected that naked scene cut out for us. Therefore, some of the students screamed and said 'hey, you are cheating us and you are not showing the entire movie. It was the funniest thing for us. However, it crashed our expectations up to some extent. 

Finally, we moved to the end of the movie and as you know 'Leo' was freezing in the cold water, and 'Kate let him go. It was a sad moment for us, and we could not stop our tears. 

We cried. But we did not scream and weep. Suddenly, we saw one girl was crying like in the funeral and, her actions showed that she could not bear up that incident. Still, I remembered her face and the weird way she cried. However, it made us laugh and then we stopped crying. My friend talked to her and said 'hey sis, this is a movie. However, it did not console her.

Finally, the movie was over and we came out. When we were coming out, we could not believe the outside of the auditorium. There were plenty of hair clips and hair bands because of the battle. It was messy like nothing. However, that incident was enough for us to laugh for a couple of days. Those days we lived with that movie and I could remember that we kept some picture postcards of that movie also. After watching that movie, I did not let even an ant die in water. One day there were a few ants in the toilet seat and I could not flush them out. I could say that 'Titanic movie helped to save those creatures as well.

38.0 Why Did Our Boarding Mistress Keep Us Idiots At Her Home? Lol...

Any of us did not stay at the boarding place on weekends. But if we had full-day classes on weekends also, then we stayed there. In such a situation, I stayed on the weekend and, others went to the home. 

I switched on lights in both rooms for the whole night. But she did not blame me. When I was suffering from a fever, she gave a cup of medicine to me and, waited until I drink. I think she took care of me than the others. 

Most of the auntie’s children lived in some other countries and, one son visited her annually. Those days aunty planned to go there and live with him. So, aunty asked all of us to go to our homes when her son returned to Sri Lanka for vacations. So, the boarding place was a prohibited area for us for about two weeks. 

Aunty was getting ready to welcome her son and, she put a lot of effort to make the necessary arrangements. She wanted to cook all the delicious foods during these two weeks and, she arranged the home stuff also nicely. She colored the home and, polished all the furniture. It was like new year dawn for her and, her face also lightened up with the arrival of his son. 

We also felt genuine happiness for her. The things she sacrificed for their children was amazing. It is all about a mother's unconditional love and kindness. Nothing else. I think that she bore up a lot of problems alone. Today I could understand her behavior and mentality as an adult though we could not understand her those days. Most of the times we saw some negative aspects through her strict behaviors. But those days we never think about the causes of those issues. If I stayed there now, I would listen and take care of her without considering her as the owner of our boarding place. When thinking back again, I could not understand ourselves as well. I think we were in a dream world.

If I could ask her to go through this blog post, I know that she will go back to that same strict mood again by remembering us. Then she will give good feedback also. However, I do not like to think about whether she is alive or not. The result will not be a positive one. 

Sometimes aunty also gets pissed off for the crazy things we played. So, it was a memorable day for all of us. As this boarding place was close to the main road, sometimes, we looked at the main road without any reason. It was a relief for us to look at different people and vehicles for a few minutes once we were tired of our studies. Gradually, it became a habit to watch outside via a window glass though aunty asked us not to open that window. 

One day we opened the whole window in an evening because of the hot climate. Meantime, we watched outside as well and, one of our friends talked to a boy she knew. At that time, that boy was going for a class. Now our guy totally forgot the rules, and she started a chat with him by putting her head outside. Her voice volume was high and, she forgot to reduce her voice, even though some of us warned her. As our time is always good, aunty noticed it within a few minutes, and she came to us. We did not have any space to tell our friend, and aunty went to her like a rocket. Even though she said something, it did not come out. 

There was a noise like 'Boh Boh' instead of words, and her eyes brightened up like fire burns. When she was coming there, my heart was melting like butter. But later on, I could not stop laughing by looking at her, my friend and, hearing that 'Boh Boh' noise. However, she blamed us for more than one hour. Later on, she reminded it again and, again. It was like a daily schedule running in her mind for a specific time. Earlier we frightened and listened to her carefully. Later on, we remembered her 'Boh Boh' noise and, managed our laughter hardly. Sometimes, I think it killed me. If something happened to her high blood pressure, then it will not be a joke anymore. 

At that time, we were not in a situation to request her to reduce her anger. If we ask her, definitely she will hit us using anything. Then it will be a murder case. However, she did not inform our parents, though she threatened us. Finally, she ranked us as the worst boarding mates, she found during her lifetime.

There was a fire at the boarding house and, it was an unforgettable incident for me. I never faced such a situation before and, it showed the clues of our deaths. It happened because of the doctor who was in the dispensary. That dispensary was next to us and, earlier it belonged to auntie's home. So, it was very close to our room.  

In those days some people worked against doctors who were doing private practice during the day time. They suggested that it was an unethical practice to earn money during their working hours. So, this doctor ignored that situation and, did his same routines as usual. As he was not obedient, an unknown party set the fire in his dispensary. Except for aunty, only me and one boarding mate were there on that day. At that time, my bed was so close to the room entrance and, it was not my preferred place. So, as there were free beds of my other mates, I changed my bed. That bed was near to the wall which connected to that dispensary. 

There was a closed glass window also. That night, I saw the fire on the other side of the room and, I saw it as a dream. It took a few minutes for me to realize it as an actual incident. As soon as possible I quickly informed my friend and aunty. Both of us shocked and, could not think about our next steps. Then aunty contacted the police station and, meantime, we moved our books into another place. 

However, the fire did not spread to our side. The police crowd put a generous effort and, there were some of our neighbors also. However, we did not try to support them as auntie stopped the water at night as a daily practice. But she had to provide water on that night and, it stopped her bad habit also. After that, she did not close the water supply at night. Later on, she thanked me a lot as I was the one who saw the fire.

I think, though there are close friends in your boarding place, you cannot equal it to your home. However, I think it is helpful for anyone to identify the worth of your home. You would feel it better when you are staying in such a place only. As well as it is a good life exposure where you can learn the society.

37.0 Amazing Driving Experience With My Family Members

The instructor of driving school was not a tough one and his patience level was unbelievably high. In the very first sessions, I thought that he would get angry with me because of the silly mistakes I made. 

He did not get angry with anybody. Instead, he had his own set of vocabulary to insult the students. Though it made all laugh, we used to think about the things he said as instructions. 

 

So, he could manage his team nicely without hurting anyone. For most of the wrong action, he corrected via that methodology. When somebody breaks the vehicle suddenly, he said that the things he ate for breakfast were coming out. He looked at the students seated in the back seats and told that ‘no point of having foods as, digesting process was happening quickly with the burn I had with you all. He said that all the things burned out and there's no time for the body to grasp them because of us.

One day, one of the boys was taking the vehicle and he moved very slowly. If there were no stories of that uncle, it would be the most boring journey for all of us. So, a few meters ahead, we saw that a few girls are coming towards us. 

They were laughing and talking loudly. By looking at them our uncle said that 'Hey, please don't break the teeth of those girls. See that girl was smiling like an actress. As well as don't break the teeth of the girls here with sudden actions. Once somebody stopped the vehicle suddenly with a harsh break, he looked back and asked 'Still you have teeth, right? Luckily, I could save my teeth.

As we used a manual vehicle, he taught all the things, though some of them are not used now. Hand signal was one such a thing he taught. When turning and stopping the vehicle, he asked us to put our hand outside and give the necessary signals. As it was a slow movement, we could see the people on the outside and, in such a situation our uncle talked with them also and made them laugh too. Once I gave a hand signal, there was a lady near a shop. At that time uncle said 'Hey sis, please don't come. She is not asking you to come. It was a shame for me at that time.

Reversing the vehicle was the most painful thing for many of us. Some students released the clutch suddenly and, we scared like nothing. As we used rural areas, there was no harm to anyone or anything. So, when teaching it for some of the fellows, uncle puts his foot on top of the student's foot which was on top of the clutch. Though those students did not like it, it was his reaction after the silly things played by learners.

The other best practice, he followed was keeping his arm on the hand brake for any emergency. However, he did not face a situation to use it when we stupids were learning. But he did it as a practice for the safety of all.

My father's elder brother also had the same practice and, he also kept his hand on the hand brake when his daughter (my cousin sister) was driving the vehicle. However, he had more patience than my father. The things he told when she was driving was the most annoying thing for us. When there was a pit in the road, he informed it very early. So, she had to pass those pits very carefully. If she could not do it properly, she had to listen to his lecture for a couple of minutes.

However, it was not dangerous like my father's lecture. I think we two disturbed each other. When she was driving, I had many things to point out and, the same thing happened to me also. However, I think it's a disturbance to the driver. In such situations, I could not manage my actions properly. They pointed out pits, dogs, pedestrians, vehicle speed and all. So, when they were telling all about these things, my attention went to different sides. 

One day I came home with him and my granny by his vehicle. It was a rainy day, and after a few miles, the wipers did not work at all. So, he asked me to focus on the road and asked me to give my attention. Though it was not an easy thing to do, I gave my full attention. Sometimes, I wiped the glasses from the inner side to clear his vision. However, later on, my uncle asked me to wake up a few miles before the destination. I do not know at what time I have fallen asleep. Lol...

I could not tell you one more incident which happened when I was learning with my father. So, he was next to the driving seat. There was a small bridge and, its space was not enough to pass two vehicles like buses. We went by van. At that time, an intercity bus was coming towards me, when I was moving to that bridge, and we two successfully passed each other. 

My father did not have enough time to say anything against my actions. If he could, he would ask me to stop the vehicle and, let them come first. But it did not happen, and he was shocked. After moving, he said that 'you drove as a well-experienced driver. 

After a few minutes, suddenly he asked me to stop the vehicle saying 'Don't you see that bicycle? At that time only, I saw that bicycle on the left-hand side of the road. So, my father said that if I could not stop it, there would be an accident. He was very angry with me, and, he asked me to get down from the vehicle. After that incident, I lost my confidence and, I did not want to learn.

When looking at the higher accident rates, I know that my father's reactions and anger against my actions were realistic because of the danger he has foreseen. Even though his talks and advice, made us laugh, today I knew that he did all because of the risk. The life of anyone is not a joke. He always pointed out to us to analyze the road and drivers of other vehicles also as only one idiot is enough to make a blast. 

One day we were in traffic. He pointed out one guy in a car, and he was on another line on the road. He saw that guy as a threat, and so he let him go first. His recognition was correct, and, after a few minutes, that guy attacked the back of another vehicle. On that day, I could not differentiate that guy as a not experienced driver though my father could.

36.0 Can You Learn Driving Without Sticking 'L' Board? It Made All Crazy

Driving a vehicle was a dream when I was a kid and, I wanted to drive an off-road vehicle, according to that dream. I wanted to visit the green areas and roads in my country by driving that vehicle. 

I did not dream about the participants. Whoever would love to join my journey would be my participants. But definitely there will be my camera stuff to capture my memories digitally.

 

So, before moving to one of my new job opportunities, I wanted to learn driving. Therefore, I went to driving school with my sister. Though she did not come until the end, I completed the entire course. There were a few instructors and one instructor was a kind person while the other was a tough one. Luckily, we got that kind-hearted uncle as our instructor. He did not blame anyone, and he could teach the necessary things by adding a few jokes as well. So, it was a fun trip for all of us.

On the very first day, he asked me to come to the driving seat and drive. I was so happy when seeing that the van was moving according to my actions. It was a manual driving and, he asked me to drive in third gear for the entire trip on that day. We used a rural area for driving. Therefore, there was no traffic and many vehicles. 'L' board pasted in the front and back in the van. Therefore, everyone knew the status of us. Lol...

On those learning trips, always I used the horn when I had to pass pedestrians. People also go to the corner of the pavement when seeing our van. The people who were waiting to cross the road did not cross in front of our van. They let us go first and, crossed the road once we went. It made both of us laugh and, our uncle had enough things to tell. I think both parties scared of each other. 

Very recently we went to a wedding in my friend's car and she was a girl. She was a well-experienced driver and she could drive a very long distance as well without trouble. So, at that time, we were passing one town and, we moved a bit slowly because of the traffic. We saw that a boy was waiting to cross the road and, on that day he also let my friend go first. The worst thing was the smile he had on his face. He looked at my friend by keeping that smile and, it made all of us laugh. I think he never believes lady drivers.

One of my friends have such a brother. She also can drive well. But her brother did not trust her driving ever. Therefore, he never sat on the front seat with her when she was driving. He used to sit in the back seats, and she said that the worst thing was his non-stop instructions.

My father also taught us driving apart from the sessions we had in the driving school. Though that uncle did not blame us, my father's situation was totally different. He was very aggressive when teaching us. I think that was because of the risk of life. So, a small mistake was enough for him to blame us like nothing. 

However, it made us laugh. When he was scolding my sister, it made me happy and, my sister also had the same feeling when he was blaming me. However, according to his rules, nobody can laugh during his session. It breached his disciplinary rules. One day one of my cousins also joined us for a driving lesson. He chose a rural road to train us. So, as usual, he blamed three of us and, the most annoying thing with me was the 'clutch balance. He said that it was not the kind of dancing activity. 

I always hid my smile when he was saying the same thing many times. As well as he did not agree with the time, I took to make sure the back via the side mirror. He said that I took unnecessary time to look back. He said that time was enough for an accident. During his session, he suddenly asked me to stop the vehicle. In most of the cases, I could not do it properly and, the van stopped with 'Dadadas sound by highlighting red colors in the dashboard. 

Every time, he blamed me like nothing and, I was an Ass for him those times. Apart from that, he asked me to stop the vehicle by showing a particular place. But it was not easy for me to do during that learning curve. That inability made my father crazy and, he always said that the ability to stop the vehicle in the exact place at the right time was the most important thing. He worried about my skills.

So, he was fed up with three of us. We were three idiots for him. The most fun thing was, he asked my sister to stop the vehicle in front of a small shop to eat something. By looking at the outside of the shop, anyone could understand that there would not be more things to have. But, my father really wanted to go there. As he was angry with us, we did not go there. After a few minutes, we saw that he was eating a sweet thing which he did not like to eat normally. He was tired that much to eat anything irrespective of his restricted food list. It made three of us laugh.

So, when we were coming back, I took the last few minutes of the destination. Other two idiots seated in the back. When I was coming, I saw that most of the other vehicles switched on their headlights. My father asked me to drive properly without the zig-zag driving style. Because of these abnormal situations, he wanted to make sure a few things. 

Therefore, he got down from the vehicle and checked the van. At that time, he saw that our 'L' board was not available on the front side. It has fallen. So, he did not want to be a joke to others anymore and, he took the vehicle. As that 'L' board pasted by myself, again that blame rotated and came to me like a boomerang. However, it was an enjoyable journey of three of us though it increased my father's tension.

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