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When I finished my primary education, I had to move to a new school. The primary school I studied was very small with not more than 10 people in each class and the teacher giving individual attention to everyone. But, the new school I moved to had more than 40 people in each class. There were separate teachers for each and every subject. Everything was very new to me and it took me few days to get accustomed to the new environment.

The school was quite far away from my home that I had to take the public transportation everyday. It was really very irritating and the enormous crowd during the peak hours made me feel very uncomfortable. My previous school was very close to my home so that I can walk. The new environment, new faces, my shyness to mingle with people made me quite isolated. Everyday, I go to school and sit in a small stone in the corner of the playground and just be there till the bell rings. I will eat alone and go home as soon as the school is over. My dad bought a scooter after few months so that he can take me to school and back home after his work.

After some time, things got better and I started talking to some people in my class. That's when I got to know two guys named Amarnath and Ramasundaram. Both of them were like me, average in studies and hail from a similar family background. We started having lunch together and play together during lunch and breaks. Soon, we got to be quite close. Wrestling (WWF) was very famous that time. We guys were crazy collecting many stickers and post cards with those wrestling champions and spend a huge part of the pocket money for that. There was also a small canteen where they sell some flavored crushed ice and we use to buy some during snack breaks. Many teachers were very strict and we had good support from each other during tough times.

There may not be much interesting stuff to share with here but the thing is that we had to meet each other everyday and we just stayed close and shared all good and bad during the school time. Two years passed very fast. I was not so comfortable with the school and decided to switch to a new school. The other thing is that Amarnath's father who was a bank employee got a transfer to another city and he was also leaving. Ramasundaram was also thinking about moving to a new school. Even-though we had to separate, the circumstances made us feel good and we were looking for the change.

Final exams were over and we had the summer vacations. Amarnath gave me the address of his new place but the letters I sent him came back to me saying that the address is wrong. Eventhough, Ramasundaram was in the same city, we could not meet. After some time, I pretty much got accustomed again to the new school and had new friends and just think about my two good friends from time to time.

The never met Amarnath after that. But, Ramasundaram moved to a house not very far from mine after some 6 years. I met him once in the bus-stop and we had some chat. He even visited me and I visited him couple of times. But, I should say that we couldn't bring back the same intense relationship back. Probably, time changed our personality and way of thinking.

There were also few other people like Veena, Mubina, Balaji, Hema, Chand Mohammed, Marudhamuthu who had some impact in my life during those two years. I know nothing about all these people.

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