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June 04, 2020
‘Ammonia’, ‘Maaikyan’, ‘Madappayan’, ‘Portuguesa karaya’….
Primary School:
- Going to school by rickshaw.
- Running race under hot sun and in the sandy ground.
- Lunch provided in school, mess in the underground of the school and going for lunch in queue.
- Gang fights during lunch break.
- Playing cricket with pad and paper.
- Pen fights.
- Race for copying the contents from board.
- Merit cards.
- Circus, movies, circus, excursions, fun fair and annual day.
- Ponvandu, Gola ice, Elantha vadai(jujube bar) in shops near the school.
Middle School:
- Going to school by bus,
- First row in class and during prayers.
- “I shall not be…”, “We shall over come…”, “Hey Parameshwar…” prayers and the auditorium.
- Favourite principal 'Ramiah'.
- Playing throw and catch with cashew nut.
- Swimming classes and fear to get into the pool for the first times.
- Very eager games periods and cricket.
- Arrogant teachers for computer subjects and frightful lab periods.
- Fun with teasing teachers.
- Playful yoga, karate and extra-curricular activities.
- Evening snacks and having lunch under trees.
- Freaks about tazos, tattoos, stamp collections.
- Class cuts during preparations for science exhibition.
- Parade and sports day rehersals in hot sun.
- ‘House spirit’ in sports events.
- Searching for 18+ content in library books.
- Friday’s casual dress.
- Virtual classes, personality development classes, foreigner’s visiting schools.
- Milos, Noodles sponsored. Mobile library and circus in school setup.
- Prefects swearing in ceremony, teacher’s day, thiruvalluvar day, art-craft competition.
- Science Exhibition, Sports day, Annual day.
- Quarterly, Half yearly, Annual Exams and the most expected Holidays.
High School:
- Last seat chatters in bus.
- Boring and sleepy classes.
- Joint classes for common subjects.
- Strict teachers and scolding from them; frightful physics and chemistry lab periods.
- Chats and teasing by friends about crushes.
- Groups and gang egos and clashes.
- Rumored talks and gossips about relations between teachers.
- Tuition with other school boys and girls.
- Rushing for lunch provided in school(esp for NV).
- Special classes and Night studies.
- Snacks given during night studies(especially mini idlis, bread bajjis) Mosquito, Coils plays.
- Orkut freaks.
- Scrap books & farewell day.
May 28, 2020
The good old 2K's Cartoon Network
on May 28, 2020
It was between 1998 and 2006, my school days when Cartoon Network was our favourite TV channel and our TV keeps running this channel for almost the whole day when its on. We will be fighting for the remote with our cousins and aunts who want to watch other channels.
In the late 90's the channel was not 24 hour and changes to 'TNT' after 9PM and between 5AM and telecasts classic english movies. The end of the last show of the day - the road runner show marks our bed time.
The Road Runner show
Below are few nostalgic shows which were our all time favourites and almost everyone at home used to watch these shows
Tom & Jerry
Looney Tunes
The Scooby Doo
Popeye the sailorman
Then came the nostalgic tamil dubbed shows between 2-5pm 'TOON TAMASHA' with made even the unpopular shows interesting
Swat Kats
Captain Planet
The Mask
The Flintstones
Few shows were never watched but they made the ad jingles and theme songs so interesting to hear or watch that we were addicted to it
Ed, Edd & Eddy
Adam's Family
The power puff girls