how far back can you remember?

Sun, 06 Jan 2008 21:33:39 +0530

13:27 |
15/Mar/2007 | 37 Comment(s)

How far back
can you remember?

Some of my oldest
memories

- Tripping and hurting my knee on my way to nursery

- My first day at school seated in the KG class looking for my mummy at
the door.

- Evening walks to the Gateway of India, eating Joy Ice Cream,
boiled groundnuts, and feeling the hot exhaust from the basement of the Taj
Mahal Hotel.

- Trying to pull Santa's beard at the X'Mas Tree (for children of Taj
staff) in the Taj Ballroom.

- Crying on the stairs on my 5th birthday because I didn't want one boy
(Marku) at my party

- Playing in the corridor of Mandlik House with Mathew, Murli,
Savio, Sunil, Kayoz and dreading if the ball went into Louis' house.

- Getting my picture clicked in a studio dressed in my school uniform,
holding my blue bag with "C.Vaz" inscribed by my mummy.

- Eating Champion Oats for breakfast

- Talking back to the radio, thinking I'll be heard.

- Being hand fed lunch by Mathew's mom

- Eating "Chooha ki lendi" (sugar coated aniseed) from
Amritlal Stores

- Listening to my surrogate dad play the mouth organ.

- Hearing my dad sing "You are my Sunshine" to me almost
every other day.

- Reciting the rosary after an evening bath

- Going for horse rides to the Cooperage Bandstand

- Believing that I was bought from Chowpatty beach (opp Purandare Hospital, where I later learnt
I was born).

- Hearing a priest offer to adopt me in a children's home and my mother
refusing.

- Recording nursery rhymes, "Miss Molly had
a..." on a cassette recorder...

It's all feels as if it were yesterday.

Everytime I look at this photograph of Mathew, Murli and me.

(I'm at the extreme left)

I must've been all of 5 years old.

And that was 36 years ago!

Hope you have pressed the rewind and play in your mind too.

Ritu V said...	10:26 PM \| 23/Mar/07 \| \|

Nostalgic post ..

Neelambari 07 said...	11:38 PM \| 22/Mar/07 \| \|

Very Nice and you are right , I pressed the rewind button also..

Arpita Mahipal said...	6:33 PM \| 21/Mar/07 \| \|

indeed Caje.... took me back to those days... i have often realised that the best period of a person''s life is the "childhood".... excellent..

eden iram said...	4:53 PM \| 21/Mar/07 \| \|

you correctly guessed it.....i was also going through my memories as i was reading your blog.

aravind das said...	12:56 PM \| 21/Mar/07 \| \|

so quick !fast forward ?

Usha Shetty said...	3:19 PM \| 20/Mar/07 \| \|

Hey wow that was nice, certainly sets my memory rolling, coincidentally I had been thinking of my childhood, recalling that the earliest birthday I remembered was my 7th ( all this reminiscing was happening becoz my daughter turned 7 today!)

madhumati chitale said...	11:02 PM \| 19/Mar/07 \| \|

Hello, One more of Gods fantasticincidents, I too was born at Purandare hospital and so was my brother , I remember it was 21st march and our nice neighbours took me for a movie Pathar ke sanam I came back home to find out i had a little brother my first instinct and memory of him is trying to feed him and being shot down.

J G said...	4:38 PM \| 19/Mar/07 \| \|

Nice one.. even me to was thinking of posting ----I 27 years b4... sometime ll post it!! ...... cheers..IP

Malini Laskar said...	2:27 PM \| 19/Mar/07 \| \|

Wow that was too good

kanksha p said...	5:41 PM \| 17/Mar/07 \| \|

I realised the charm these memories can have...! Guess what i can remember reaches far back than that, and i hope i will share with you some of my own childhood moments in a blog soon.....

PRIYA JOSEPH said...	5:33 PM \| 17/Mar/07 \| \|

your post has given me this idea now..........................

Revati Sadawarte said...	3:52 PM \| 17/Mar/07 \| \|

I enjoyed every frame of it.......made me recall my golden days also.....too good......................

jaspreet tina said...	9:57 AM \| 17/Mar/07 \| \|

i lost in my memories what ever i did in my child hood well done yar keep poting me u blogs i always waiting for your blog

Divinity said...	9:19 AM \| 17/Mar/07 \| \|

awesome.......i plan to frame my childhood pic, been planning since long.Ur post gave another push to the same...........memories and memories.......just rewind and u are happy........it was plain sweet.

amrinder tiwana said...	12:41 AM \| 17/Mar/07 \| \|

very nice!!some memories are so vivid in my mind too coz they are so close to my heart though I often forget the present day to day things...wierd....eh...keep up the beautiful chain of thoughts....

leelu singh said...	2:59 PM \| 16/Mar/07 \| \|

really nice one, while reading it i cud visualize my childhood and the unforgettable memories....... keep posting such blogs.

ayesha afri said...	2:56 PM \| 16/Mar/07 \| \|

liked it very much....wonderful post...

shivani narula said...	3:16 PM \| 16/Mar/07 \| \|

that was something wonderful............and nostalgic...

rinki m said...	2:54 PM \| 16/Mar/07 \| \|

after watching ur childhood movie ,i went to my flashback...good post

Prachi Sameer said...	1:52 PM \| 16/Mar/07 \| \|

Once again the Sensitive & Thinking Soul has done wonderful job which has made all of his friends Nostalgic! I feel great for you, Cheers Caje! (I am sorry, I had ''mis-spelled'' your name last time! Best wishes, Pra~! If you feel like you may read my Blog: http://prachidublay.spaces.live.com

C V said...	1:04 PM \| 16/Mar/07 \| \|

wonderful post

dilnaz b said...	12:03 PM \| 16/Mar/07 \| \|

I pretty much remember most of the stuff fro my childhood too! Always helps to remember... puts things in perspective i guess. Na?

shweta said...	9:12 PM \| 15/Mar/07 \|

I really enjoyed reading this post... as i do all others :-)

pammi kishore said...	7:45 PM \| 15/Mar/07 \| \|

Thanks. In my mind I can already see all those friends I have left behind and those dreamy days of childhood.

divya said...	7:19 PM \| 15/Mar/07 \|

Those moments are the one we can never forget, just need some time to recall, and magic is, by recalling them we also started smiling.

sahil banga said...	6:58 PM \| 15/Mar/07 \| \|

that was nostalgic...

urvi s said...	6:57 PM \| 15/Mar/07 \| \|

looking back at memories is such a mixed feeling. u smile and u get a tear missing those days...its a truly heart felt post caje, loved it

rachita chauhan said...	5:29 PM \| 15/Mar/07 \| \|

So we can find your age now, Ha ha ha, Rcahita

Gouri Sarkar said...	4:32 PM \| 15/Mar/07 \| \|

These moments are precious collections of life, never to be forgotten. Enjoyed the read

dee vine said...	4:25 PM \| 15/Mar/07 \| \|

rewind button has been hit : ) thanks

dee vine said...	4:25 PM \| 15/Mar/07 \| \|

thought 1 - i remember things way back to when i was under 3...thought 2 - is the pic deliberately blurred to protect identity? or is it a bad scan?...thought 3 - heck! you look younger than you are!....

priya bajaj said...	4:23 PM \| 15/Mar/07 \| \|

Hmmm...u hv a way with words i must say..probably it has to come from deep within to hv that effect..

shoba deenan said...	3:29 PM \| 15/Mar/07 \| \|

Can we ever stay in childhood forever..................Nice one.

Rajakumari Manikkavasagam said...	3:12 PM \| 15/Mar/07 \| \|

Wow! Beautiful! Ever memorable in life!

richa bhagwat said...	2:29 PM \| 15/Mar/07 \| \|

wowwww.....thats a very interestin post.Old is gold.How i wish,i cud be a kid again.Njoyed reading ur post, as always..............ME

pooja pooja said...	2:47 PM \| 15/Mar/07 \| \|

really nice,u know childhood is the best time of ouor life, ever ones life is different but so very same

vatsala joshi said...	2:24 PM \| 15/Mar/07 \| \|

wow, one helluva post!brought back memories in a rush....

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