A journey ends and another beckons

This is the post through which i'm admitting to myself that a part of my journey through life is done and dusted with.How do i feel at the end of all this? Well thats something i cant say myself. As i try to recollect memories from the last 14 years moments flash by. My mum walking me upto my first school. My first plane ride taking mum and me to dad and a foreign land. My thrill at having an air conditioned school bus. My first school in jeddah(Saudi Arabia). Me getting spanked on the buttocks in my first day at school(was in UKG). And then my rest of my years at jeddah are pretty much a blur punctuated by moments of ectasy, and the inevitable moments of sadness. The best memories are probably going my first outdoor excursion to beach with my class during 6 grade. The most embarassing would be my dhoti slipping off while doin bhangra in my 2 grade. But the emotional ties i developed over there are quite strong and never fail bringing tears to my eyes. On to St. Thomas in trivandrum amd an uncertain future. This school gave me quite a bit of firsts. First co-ed school. I was shocked out of my wits when i first saw so many girls in my class. First crush, though that failed horribly. First inter school festival. It was fun studying in india. I was quite thrilled when i found that i was pretty good at public speaking. I'm indebted to St. Thomas for that. Ended up with quite a few extempore prizes and best debator 2 years running. Then came the time for the all important boards. Well honestly i screwed up a bit in my pre board exams. I guess my low point was when i screwed up phoenomenonly in my second pre board flunkin for math and physics with record low marks. Anyways moved on and managed to scape through with a respectable 80%. Then came entrance time, and the biggest bombshell in my life. Got 17553 as my entrance rank how i managed to get such disasterous rank is beyond comprehension and history anyway. So as i look back on a an eventful 14 years bittersweet memories come... sweet are obvious to every1 reading but the bitterness jus that i could have probably signed off a wonder ful skool life with a more respectable rank. Anyways all's well that ends well.