Ok, Well.. I have no idea what the title means, but I just typed it out cos it was catchy.
I’ll be writing about my experiences in the 19-day Summer camp I went to :
Chapter 1 (first day at @grassrootjgi)
The Recruit
Mom and Dad came to JIRS [jain international residential school] to drop me. they helped me get my ID CARD. We had lunch and they dropped me here. I gave each one of them a very tight hug and went to my room. My room is kinda big with 3 beds with 1 fan on top of each bed, one balcony, 2 bathrooms. I made 3 new friends…. Zakk, Mohd Aryan,Raunak. we went to the football ground for training.
We went to the football ground for training. We had many fun exercises. I thought the days from now would be very exciting…
Chapter Two- May Day (even though its May 2nd)
I thought it would be like May 01, but no! it wasnt. The fitness training starts around 0600 hrs and goes on till 0700. and OMG! how difficult it was! They made us do every damn thing/ Squats, Push-ups and what not! My thighs were so tight and stiff, I couldnt bend my legs or walk properly. Oh! and I forgot, my coaches were Harris Sir (professional footballer), Jigme Sir (Professional footballer). We had to introduce ourselves thrice so that we remembered each others names properly. Like, I do a Ronaldo celebration and simultaneously tell my name. I returned to my room, called my parents. I was really homesick. After a while, we went to play basketball and I have no idea how people even play that game, I really am not into basketball and don”t know the concepts. We returned to the room and went for lunch and then to the football field at 4 pm. This routine continued. We had a few drills and exercises. I spoke to my parents for along time that night and gave them a virtual kiss and hug and went to bed.
the routine for the next few days was going to be like this…-
5:15 – 5:30_ wake up call
5:30- 7:00_Deadly fitness
7:00- 9:15_ football training
9:15- 10:15_healthy breakfast
10:15- 11:15_ rest time
11:15- 1:00_ recreational activity[ zumba, yoga, other sports]
1:00- 2:oo_ lip- smackin lunch
2:00- 4:00_ rest-time
4:00- 6:30_ football training
6:30- 7:30_ fresh’n up
7:30- 8:30_ elaborate dinner
8:30- 10:30_ the two hours where i used to have fun with my roommates
10:45_ LIGHTS OUT.
Chapter 3- The day I cried
The day started off with fitness as usual, I was bored… I didnt pay attention and got yelled at by the coach, i conceded goals and was morose.. ran back to my room crying and spoke to my mom. She gave me a pep talk that pushed me out of my depression. We did yoga and I learnt of an Asana called Shavasan, where I had to just sleep:) The day ended better than it had begun, We got real skills training and goalkeeping training for the first time in the evening session of football coaching.
Chapter 4- I was to engrossed that i couldnt remember what happened 🙂
Chapter 5- The canteen adventure
YEAH, as usual the fitness, then football training . Todays recreational activity was ‘Zumba ,which I dreaded!!!! But my mom forced me to go saying that my friends would all go, but ZaKk and Raunak too were very reluctant to come. They told me to lock the door from outside so that nobody would suspect that they bunked. I snitched to the volunteers that they had bunked and they got dragged for the activity. And believe it or not, we had a lot of fun. We had lunch, took rest and went for football. During dinner, Raunak started singing Justin Bieber songs… ugggh and I hate JB songs! He ran behind me, dropping his food all over and I almost fell face down into the garbage bin.
Vinayak Pandit 