Day 1-Part-2 : Reach to CMS, RP, Lucknow

We were greeted warmly at the station by a special welcoming party. We are presented with garlands and refreshments. The Pictures we took can't hide our happiness, We are overwhelmed by the fact that we are really here!

Welcome at Lucknow Station

 The school CAB took us to the school via a scenic route. Lucknow is really peaceful and small, I fall in love with it immideitly. We reach CMS and are super joyous by seeing such a marvellous building of CMS auditorium. The CAB unloads us (=)) and our luggage (mine is the heaviest). While Mrs.Vimla sorts out our entry, we take a look at the stalls nearby..on the right. 'T' is formed and Rs.50 won by me in the 'make a T' game, Rahul helps (in spending them). We head to our building, Kaizen.

Kaizen Building

We are given rooms -38 and 39 (after trading our rooms)......The Rest of the day follows in the next post.

Day-1 Part-1: Travelling to Lucknow aboard Lucknow Shatabdi Express

Its 11pm on 1st August. I can't sleep, I've informed my school friends that I will be out of town for week (my first experience). I promise that I will reach School Gates at 4am sharp. I wake up after having a 2 hour sleep. I dress up and get ready to go. Mom says that its too early, I don't want to listen to her, I reach school gates around 4am. No one is here. I call Mrs. Vimla Sharma, our coordinator. Everyone is present, its 4.45am. While my mother discusses the issue of my laptop with my coordinator, I talk to everyone about the upcoming trip.
We pile our bags in the long Toyota Van and seat ourselves. We reach the New Delhi Station at 5.30am and platform by 5.45am. We are excited to see the train pull up on the platform at 0600hrs. Me, Rahul and Rohit get separted from others and are 3 coaches away from them. As soon as the train starts moving (after the announcement over the speakers) I take my laptop out to share my huge collection of movies and ask them to take a pick. We have Breakfast. We tried about 10 movies but not even watched one complete. I install Fable-The Lost Chapters from Rahul's Pen Drive.

Rahul Playing Fable-TLC

I take a Special Picture to mark the beganning of a long lasting friendship. We eat the lunch provided by the train's catering service. Rohit doesn't like 'Saambhar-Vada' as he accidently ruins his shirt. We talk about the upcoming trip and take photos and videos from Rohit's 10.1M cybershot. We never got bored (although we once did visit Mrs.Vimla to chat). In the end, the AC source proves very handy and we did enjoy the complimentry Bottled Water and food (Although it was more fun to play with the seats).
We reached....LUCKNOW.

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A year after....

I don't know what to say and what not.....but from the bottom of my bottom-less heart..I say we all miss the days....