Written by: Ojas Achrya - 24046, Grade XI
Posted on: 26 September, 2023
Our SEE exam was over in Chaitra and we had around four months of holidays. Those were the days that I enjoyed a lot. During lockdown as well we stayed at home but that holiday and this 3 months of holiday were very different. Many of my friends had joined the bridge course but I decided not go for the bridge course because I thought that I had finally been unbounded from the studies. So, I decided to enjoy each and every moment with the family and do the things I like. Also my parents didn't put pressure on me to join the bridge course.
I was free from all the academic pressure away from studies and enjoying my days. I really felt like a free bird. During the first week of holiday I felt like how am I going to spend three months but time passes really fast. I had a lot of plans to do during the holiday. I had planned to learn something new during those days but that never happened. I had a lot of time during the holiday and I thought I would be doing it tomorrow. When it was tomorrow, I found that I still didn't learn anything new.
But if you ask me how you spent three months of your holiday, my answer will be just the outing. I used to be out of my home for hours and hours and that too freely without any stress thinking that I need to go back home do my homeworks or to study, engaging in myself exploring places. I like exploring new places. So I used to be out of the house everyday with friends or my brothers exploring new places and finding new and good places to eat food and enjoy with. I also went rock climbing as well, which I liked a lot. Rock climbing was very adventurous and fun at the same time.
I mainly spent my time cycling everyday. I used to go cycling with my brother and friends. Once me and a brother, who lives near my house, planned to go to Sundarijal. We went to Sundarijal and even to Tarebhir which was a short distance. The locals they said its very near. We also thought so and made a plan to go to Tarebhir, but that decision made me regret later. We walked for four hours and still there was no approaching Tarebhir. At times I got scared, but we still moved and moved on. Only two of us in a silent jungle inside the national park. Finally, after seven hours, we reached Tarebhir around 2:30 pm. That uphill climb was one of the longest climbs I had experienced in my life. It was a very horrible experience but I got fun in adventure.
I had gone on a hike to Phulchowki which is more than 25 kms from Kathmandu and is one of the tallest hills in Kathmandu. During the hike the rain disturbed us a lot because it rained heavily and I had a lot of leeches sucking my blood. Tarebhir was none less than that one.
In fact, I am naturally adventurous. I mainly spent my holiday by going out and exploring. During the first week I felt like how I was going to spend three months, but when the holiday was near to the end, I felt like the three months of holiday was very less. There's a saying that humans are never satisfied. It was the same for me. While there was a long holiday there was stress of how I will spend that holiday, but when the holiday came to end, I wanted more.
