Party of a lifetime

"come on Darshitha!! it is already 1.25!!! come fast or else we will be late for our farewell party!!!!" said my fifteen year old friend. My name is Darshitha and I am in class ten. My best friend, xena and I have planned to go to the party together. We are not allowed to bring a cell phone but we thought of bringing it just for the fun of breaking rules. Our school has made so many restrictions from dress code to the things that we were supposed to bring. It was like we were attending a formal farewell. My cousin who is studying in another school has told me about the way in which they celebrate farewell. She told me that they have no dress codes and the teachers generally do not attend the informal party. Its between the students only.


I came to my living room where xena was waiting, thinking about their way of celebrating. xena yelled at me saying "Oh no Darshu!! we are late!! quick take your bicycle and we have to drive  as fast as we can to reach there on time!!!"

 
I did as she instructed and we came to the school auditorium in no time.We met all of our friends. Some wore sarees and some wore salwars. All looked as if they were around 20. My section is composed of a variety of peculiar people. There is a girl called Ritu (the one who behaves exactly like a queen bee) in my section who was constantly whispering something to her friends' ears.Her friends never stick on to their own ideas. They always tend to agree with whatever the queen bee(Ritu) says. Its obvious that they are not individualists.Their "FLEXIBLY changing ideas" can be strikingly seen sometimes.Their behaviour usually remains hidden to the eyes of an ordinary viewer. Okay , coming to the party..



unfortunately , the program started a little late .. at around 2.15 as my school correspondent showed up very late. Our formal farewell party started and it was extremely boring. We were very much thankful to our mobiles without which, it would have been difficult to pass our time. The initiation part was full of humdrum.It was more like a program than a party.To be more frank, it should be called as "The farewell program" not "farewell party" so that the juniors who are attending it for the first time wont be misguided. Then, the moment that we were all waiting for- "Entertainment" began. The dance was awesome and was really fun filled.

Finally the time came to announce the most obedient, sincere, responsible students of the whole tenth. Two students (Mr.school and Miss. school) will be selected by the ninth standards. They also get awards for their good work.Well, It may not be deemed that only the deserving students get it.
These are the astounding gifts given to them as a token of appreciation - a crown , a sache that says Mr or Miss school, a teddy bear with a heart(that says "we miss you") and an artificial flower. The winners are put under an obligation to pile up the words of thanks for everyone who voted for them and the teachers(if they want). Three-fourth of the tenth graders usually dream of getting the award and these amazing gifts are awarded only to two of the most luckiest students . Hence, it is a memorable moment for everyone and is considered to be the award of a lifetime.

My school has the practice of giving a gift to all tenth graders who come to attend the party. They gave a calculator last year and we heard that they are going to give handbags and wallets. The games part started when I was wondering why the gifts were not given yet. Each of us were given a piece of a coloured paper. The people who had green paper were selected to play the game. The game was simple. It was like a quiz. A Question will be asked to each student about Chennai and they have to answer it. If their answer is correct, then they are selected for the next round.


A bunch of "mini quiz masters" asked the questions.
The first question- " What is the most congested place of Chennai?"
A student replied ,"G.N. Chetty road"
quiz master - sorry! wrong answer!! the correct answer is Paris.

next question - What is the total population of Chennai?
OMG! the question looked as if the answer is sure to be wrong!!

All of us live in Chennai but we could not answer the questions asked about our own city!!

One by one..the questions were asked and the students were being eliminated. Luckily an easy question was asked to a girl and she answered it correctly. she turned out to be the only one selected for the next round. All were eliminated. She was declared as the victor as no new round of questions can be asked to 1 student alone.

We couldn't guess what was given to her as a prize as it was all wrapped. SO we simply guessed that it has to be a pen stand or a drinking mug. What else would they give???