When boredom strikes!

I'm so bored, yaar!'' cried my friend over the phone. But Shweta, how can you get bored on the second day of the holidays and there are ...

8220;I8217;m so bored, yaar!8221; cried my friend over the phone. 8220;But Shweta, how can you get bored on the second day of the holidays and there are still two more months for college to reopen!8221; I exclaimed.

8220;Don8217;t terrify me. I8217;m going to die of boredom,8221; she wailed.The very thought of getting bored in hols seems alien to me 8216;cos this is the precious period of time when I feel like doing anything and everything. But I guess I8217;m the one shocking people with my enthusiastic response towards life. Yes life. A teenager8217;s life is divided into two phases 8211; college days and holidays. And it8217;s just not the vacations that bring the blues, but even the vibrant college life becomes stale for many.

8220;Everything is so dull. There8217;s hardly anything happening,8221; laments another friend of mine.And I wonder what8217;s not happening in the campus 8211; plenty of hunks and babes in minis to be stared at and enough of couples going around or breaking up to be gossiped about. 8220;Ah! well. If you want more excitement then why not checkout the college fests like Verve or QuickSilver?8221;

8220;Oooh! It8217;s so boring roaming around watching people doing tamasha and that too in the hot sun. What8217;s gonna happen to my complexion?8221; is the standard statement. I racked my brains to offer some really tantalising opportunity. But failing to do so, I ask them their idea of excitement. 8220;Exams,8221; they answer in chorus.

8220;So, I8217;m talking to a group of scholars?8221; I manage to stutter, marvelling my friends8217; ability to take exams in their stride. 8220;Oh no! Nothing like that. It8217;s only that we8217;ll have something to be occupied with,8221; they answer.Come exams and I scan my pals8217; faces to get a glimmer of enthusiasm but again they had the same listless expression as before.

8220;Aren8217;t you happy that exams are here?8221; I ask.8220;Please no. Exams are so boring. We are waiting for this ordeal to get over.8221;Well then, I wonder what interests them.8220;School days were much more fun,8221; they answer dreamily. I bet they said the same thing about college when in school.It8217;s really weird watching people getting bored about everything. After all, we8217;ve just got one life. So why not enjoy every stage of it and do as many things as possible instead of wasting away your time getting fed up.

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