Sohams personal Diary

Soham's weekly diary! 4August'22

4 August 2022, Thursday

421pm-5pm

Dear future Soham,

2 things, 3 paragraphs, one day, let's go.

Firstly, I had my school's squash selections today. I've been playing since first grade and e from others to come 1st. Which I did! Let me tell you what happened. Firstly it was in the 4th period right after the short break. I went and took a couple of my classmates who didn't know how to play...I told them it'll be fun and we'll just bunk. I didn't expect a lot of people but I was surprised by those who came. I and two other people in my class who knew how to play were directly in round 2 because well we knew how to play. Most people who showed up didn't know how to play and they were sent off after the first round. The good players stayed and so did my friends. Finally, they left and the games kept on going. Finally, I was playing this guy from my class named Nirvaan. Wes started playing and the score was about 4-1 with him in the lead. I panicked. I didn't want to lose. A lot of people told me that I will come first. My dad would be devasted if I lost to a guy who barely even knew how to play. I was scared but not too much. I took a deep breath, played and won 6-11 after that. I was a little shook after that match. But winning it was a piece of cake. Then I was chatting with the other guys who came. A guy called Deepanshu, a great guy, who used to play good squash...came for the selections. I started talking to him and we went to our classes together for a timepass. Then I came back and matches was still going on and I came to know that I made it to the finals. Now the head of all coaches came to congratulate us for getting into the finals etc and then he looks at me and goes...I know this boy for a long time. His name is Ganeshan and I remember, I used to play with him when I was in the first grade. It's been 10 long years to that and I felt gratitude when he said so. The finals was simple. It was an 11 pointer 3 set game, unlike the rest. I beat my opponent in the first two sets and won the whole competition. So this means that I am in the school team and came 1st in the race to it.

Girlfriend. Not officially but I call her that. Not to her...I just keep saying that she's my girlfriend. I think it's been about a month and a half since we went together. We go to our buses together each day at the end of the day. I don't hold her hand tho. I don't have the courage. My friends are fed up with me because I can't hug her, hold her hand and lastly ask her out. Asking her out is the easy part, but I am waiting for the right time. I asked her out once and she said, "Let's be friends first". Then she asked me out, I said, "Let's be friends". So the ball is in my court and I'll make the call when I feel I am ready. Coming back to the holding hands topic, Yesterday It was raingin heavily and I was finding her bus with her and she said just go back to your bus, hyour just getting wet looking for my bus. But I said no and we kept on looking. We finally couldn't find it and she demanded me to go to my bus. I shaked her hand and parted my way. Today we found her bus, before going I did the little handshake. Then I asked her a question, still holding her hand. It was probably 5 seconds; it felt like 5 years to me. I don't remember what the question was and at the end of her answer I just hugged her from the side. Then she said- hug. So I just all out grabbed her. Like THAT WAS NOT A HUG. I don't know what it was. In the pace of things, I did what I did. I said bye and was on my way. Hhahaha. 

I know I haven't been writing weekly, its something I want to do but don't do becuase I act lethargic. This writing felt like a mammoth to start and I took numerous breaks in the middle. I shall try to write down every week so that none of my life goes to waste. It can still found somewhere when I am a little older.

Yours truthfully,

Soham