Hello! This is not my ghost speaking. Yes, I'm alive.
The first term of tenth grade is successfully over! A whirlwind of a term, you could say. Work, work and more work, tension, strained nerves everywhere, studying around 25 pages a night and not remembering a word the next day... A pretty package, don't you think?
But not to forget one factor that outweighs the rest of the negative factors - Fun. Despite having a lot to do, tenth grade is fun. Acting out plays, playing games with half the class during free periods, improvised Minute to Win It competitions conducted by a few of us in English class among others... Yeah, fun. I think my class has bonded more this year, even though we've been in the same class since 6th grade.
But enough of that.
You remember me mentioning practicing for my Arangetram in earlier posts? It finally happened on the 12th of July! An event to be marked forever on my list of achievements. When it was over, I was partly relieved and partly sad. Relieved- well, I worked a lot toward this, and my teacher especially put in so much effort to perfect my dancing, without losing faith in me. The same goes for my parents. They knew I could do it, when I was convinced I couldn't.
And sad? The feeling of dancing onstage was wonderful, and I enjoyed every moment of it, even with the aching muscles. I won't have an arangetram ever again - It's a once in a lifetime experience, and that made me feel sad. But it was so worth it. People had come from all over to watch me dancing, and it meant so much to me to see all of them and receive their well wishes. My cup of happiness was overflowing that night.
I just drafted out a vote of thanks right there. Aren't you proud of me?
And as you probably realised, I broke my promise of posting every month. Three cheers for Keerthana! You all are shaking your heads at me, but that's okay - so am I. I am a failure in that aspect but when I have time to write, I will write. No more promises.
I'm hungry so I'm signing off right now, but wait for the next post that'll come up soon! Au revoir.
But not to forget one factor that outweighs the rest of the negative factors - Fun. Despite having a lot to do, tenth grade is fun. Acting out plays, playing games with half the class during free periods, improvised Minute to Win It competitions conducted by a few of us in English class among others... Yeah, fun. I think my class has bonded more this year, even though we've been in the same class since 6th grade.
But enough of that.
You remember me mentioning practicing for my Arangetram in earlier posts? It finally happened on the 12th of July! An event to be marked forever on my list of achievements. When it was over, I was partly relieved and partly sad. Relieved- well, I worked a lot toward this, and my teacher especially put in so much effort to perfect my dancing, without losing faith in me. The same goes for my parents. They knew I could do it, when I was convinced I couldn't.
And sad? The feeling of dancing onstage was wonderful, and I enjoyed every moment of it, even with the aching muscles. I won't have an arangetram ever again - It's a once in a lifetime experience, and that made me feel sad. But it was so worth it. People had come from all over to watch me dancing, and it meant so much to me to see all of them and receive their well wishes. My cup of happiness was overflowing that night.
I just drafted out a vote of thanks right there. Aren't you proud of me?
And as you probably realised, I broke my promise of posting every month. Three cheers for Keerthana! You all are shaking your heads at me, but that's okay - so am I. I am a failure in that aspect but when I have time to write, I will write. No more promises.
I'm hungry so I'm signing off right now, but wait for the next post that'll come up soon! Au revoir.
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