Half empty or half full..

“Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take but by the number of moments that take your breath away”..though it has been merely 3 years since I’ve joined this fantastic school,it has given me many moments to cherish for a lifetime.. When I’d come to Kerala in 10th standard,this place was entirely new to me and I did not know what to expect of the life here.I’dd the feeling that the students here were something different but each day proved me wrong. Life here was more challenging than it was in Bahrain where one could say it was spoonfeeding in many aspects and we failed to experience the real life out there..Also maybe because I was away from my parents or maybe because it was India after all. The tension while writing the board exams in 10th and the excitement on getting the results were soon forgotten as we had bigger challenges up ahead.New friends were made and new lessons were learnt each day.Some of pain,some of joy to some of love but all for a reason. The t...

An African Safari... The two months vacation after the strenuous 10th standard Boards w ere indeed very memorable for me. I had decided to pay a visit to my uncle in Tanzania on my way back from Bahrain. Disembarking from the plane...and stepping foot on the African Soil was indeed a special sensation, though it might sound silly when you hear it. Thanks to the diary, I’d kept updated during my stay there; I’m now able to recount my experience of the African Safari. Our journey began when we landed at the Kilimanjaro Int Airport (KIA), on the Precision Airlines flight. Unlike the other planes, this one resembled a 19th century fighter plane, with rotating blades on the wings, which provided lift to the plane. I was lucky to catch a glimpse of the Kilimanjaro Mountain through the small cabin window. Our 1st destination was the ‘Ngorongoro Crater’. It took us a few hrs to reach there. The place was engulfed with thick,silvery mist and the smell of fresh air was rejuvenating. After taking...