Summer holidays

It’s probably years since I had a summer vacation! Man… what fun we had then…
It never struck me for long until my cousin, who is also working in the IT industry, said “How nice if we had some summer holidays just as in school”.
I long for such holidays… and wonder if we could get some days off like that.
What a break to this mundane life!!

I don’t want these holidays just to sit back home and relax, what I want is the essence of the childhood days!
Those were the days when the entire family gathered in together and would share joyous moments …. And during the first few days of the vacation, I always used to stick to the television to watch possibly all cartoons and various movies…

It’s the time when all our cousins come in and we get to go out somewhere together, say a theme park or beach or wherever!!
We’re never in short of a hang out in this wonderful Chennai…

Though, out of station was pretty rare, the once in few years trips were unbeatable!

My school provided some summer camps and coaching which I participated almost every year. We would have several activities such as tennis, yoga, swimming, music, dance etc etc…
Every year I learnt something new….

I used to play throughout the day…. All kids gather in, not only from that apartment but from you-don’t-know-where only…. There would be batches of kids playing ranging from the age of 10-18.

Now the sad part comes in…. the homework…. which is a part of summer vacation activity (God knows who started this only!!!! It spoils the entire mood of the vacation…)
We are given some assignments in various fields such as Science, English so on… which has to be submitted without fail on the reopening day!!
My history says…. I had never submitted it on time!!

As always, my last minute work and the major contribution from my folks around help me complete the same successfully, though with a ‘B’ grade for late submission…

Who cares about the grades… for there’s always next time…. and I eagerly wait for my next summer vacation (Of course, not for my betterment in grades ;))

It almost 6 years since I have completed my schooling and I cherish every moment of my school and the summer vacation….
Everyone’s settled in life and these moments are precious in each of our hearts!

Now, where are we?
Why no such lovely healthy days together....
No time for play and no time for family….
Probably I should rephrase it as “We don’t spare time for them”
However we need to move on… in order to exist in this challenging world… and to meet the expectations…
I’m not saying we don’t have time for family but the wonderful moments which we spent happily together has drastically reduced…. There could be several reasons for this change which would be inevitable for each one of us…
Else would someone miss such joyous moments with our beloved…?
NEVER!!!!!!!!

I’m still longing for one such summer vacation to spend with my family and friends for we're…

SO CLOSE YET SO FAR……