In rememberance of an unforgettable day!

Next day was a very important day of my life, a day which anyone would have cherished for their lifetime, once in a lifetime event and probably the materialization of a dream. Though I would avoid mentioning the occasion here as it came pretty early in my life and I am still unable to understand why I was the chosen one for prosecuting it.

Nevertheless, Next day was D-Day for me and here I was celebrating convocation marked by departure of some of my best friends from college which obviously was associated with merrymaking and drinking, apologies not just drinking, it’s gulping till you are sloshed and wasted.

Here’s an index of that night, time wise:

9 pm: Convocation Ended
10 pm: Dinner
11 pm: Back to college
11.30 pm: Drinking Started
11.35 pm: Whisky
11.45 pm: Vodka
11.55 pm: Beer
12.05 am: More Whisky
12.06 am: More Vodka
12.07 am: Rum
12.10 am: Something
12.11 am: Something
12.12 am – 2 am: Something

So, it was at 2 0’ clock in night, in a herd of bewildered young men that I recall about the D-Day the next day and miraculously also summoned up my thoughts to recall that I have to give a speech on this D-Day!

So, here I started writing, barely distinguishing anything and blurred vision. Wrote 2 pages, slept at 4 am and woke up at 8 am and delivered speech at 10 am. Swear to god I was still shivering and not in control still at the time I was reading my address, it was only later that I read it and thought of sharing it with everyone –

The occasion was Sports Day for a School in Chennai,

Respected blah blah.., a very good morning to all of you.
Right at the outset let me extend my earnest thanks to XYZ School Management and ABC Association for inviting me to this elite school and giving me an opportunity to rejoice my schooldays.
Today as I see your face red with determination, eyes twinkling with a will of achievement & I recall the undying learning one can have from the life journey of Lance Armstrong & V.Chandrashekar (Former TN T.T Player) “Never Quit”. As of now, I will reserve my comments about building a career in sports but nevertheless sports in absolute sense is undoubtedly a great character builder & real time teacher of various skill sets like team management, perseverance, perfectionism & enterprising attitude.

Though Sports may not be the final destination yet it is always a means to achieve it. People are working world wide for social upliftment & empowerment using sports as a medium. To speak in more realistic sense, in today’s life we all know it’s not theoretical but holistic education which is required for the overall development of a child, my appeal to all of you parents is please please (emphasis) let have your ward a first hand experience with what real life is, let him come out and break open the virtual shackles of internet and T.V, let him use his mind not only for calculating 2+2 but for realistic strategic planning, let him come out and play, let him enjoy his life rather then fooling around, we wanna see our lovable happy, don’t we? Gandhiji once said, “Be the change you want to see in the world”. Today is the time to embark upon this change. This hour is the time to realize where we stand & how we want our future to be? I leave the choice in your hands….

Aah :) a neat attempt by my drunken part, I would say :)