Trip Down The Memory Lane

The title says it all! Doesn’t it?

No it doesn't.

My friend just made me realize we are done with 10 years to class 10 board exams and I am still awestruck.

Wow! We have come a long way. We are old. 😔

And now when I see these revamped textbooks or plan on walking through the old school corridors, It scares me to see that things have changed. A lot!

Some for a greater good, some for not!

But this trip down the memory lane is bringing back a lot of crazy impressions of the good old days.

Speaking of crazy and good old days, I’ve realized there are many things I haven’t written about.

As a Tween now, I find myself ridiculously funny as a teenage person. But telle était la vie and so all were we.

Please don't be lazy. Translate it for yourself. 😏

But it was a good time. Growing up as a kid in 2000s was no less than a treat.

And here are 26 good reasons for it.

Why 26?

Because it’s a silly number, just like us and our age. 😯

So here it is list of all those things we are missing as a kid -

1. Crazy TV shows - Shaktimaan, Shakalaka boom boom, Son Pari, Takeshi’s Castle, etc.
2. Amazing video games - Super Mario, Contra, Bomberman, Circus, etc.
3. Watching Doordashan
4. Guilty pleasure of playing on streets literally and returning home all muddy
5. Cycling all around the town
6. The privilege of eating chips and collecting tazos and trump cards
7. The CHOCOLATES - Kismibar, coffebite, eclairs
8. Dial up internet connection
9. Actually using 25 paise and 50 paise for buying stuff
10. Life without Uber and Ola was easier
11. No Facebook, no Quora..but a little bit of Orkut 😝
12. Hours of chatting on Yahoo Messenger
13. A real “Cartoon Network” with real cartoon shows
14. No mobile phones - calling friends on their landline phones
15. Names that made us happy - Amul, Rasna, Lays, Parle, etc.
16. When Maggi was a snack and not a meal
17. The longest time of the day was Powercut
18. When I believed applying parachute oil would actually give me long and shiny hair :(
19. Amazingly tuned pop songs and remakes
20. Reading Champak, Chandamama, Chacha Chaudhari, Balvihar, etc.
21. The Onida devil that scared me a bit 😰
22. Humming along “Mile Sur mera tumhara” whenever played on DD and that too lyrics of all languages
23. Flaunting your walkman and diskman
24. You were talented when you actually draw in PAINT
25. And how can we forget Name, Place, Animal, Thing
26. Pepsi and its variations - Blue, Cappuccino, and whatnot ...

It’s funny how those little things made life happier.

You don’t realize but it’s always your family, friends, school and hometown that play the major part is shaping who you are.

Though you are miles away from all of these sometimes, there’s this string that keeps you bound to your roots.

 Ah! Enough of philosophy.

One trip down the memory lane is never enough.

You need to revisit again and again to keep the child within you alive.

So adios until the next trip.

As a 2000s kid, drop a comment and let me know what you are missing out the most 😊