Life
is indeed [নিশ্চয়]
a drudgery [গোলামি]
of routine. Normally, we are unable to distinguish [পার্থক্য] one day from the other. There are however, some
days that have a special significance [মর্ম]
for us, for example our birthdays or that of our near and dear ones. We
do not easily forget them but look forward to them. Besides this, there is a day,
which is the happiest day of our life. It marks a turning point in our life,
which we can never forget.
It
was just last year when I had appeared for my ICSE examination and after a
brief vacation had competed for the National Science Talent Search Examination.
I had not done the science paper of the ICSE exams up to my expectations [আশা]
and was feeling quite dejected [দমিত]
on this account. As the day for the announcement of results drew nearer
my nervousness increased giving me sleepless nights. At times, I had terrible
[ভয়াবহ] nightmares
that made my hairs stand on end. I knew my parents had great expectations from
me and the thought of letting them down made me paranoid [আতঙ্কিত].
It
was the tenth of May at about 10 a.m. my friend Mohan, rang up to inform that I
had topped in the school. He had just seen the results from the internet and
had rung up to congratulate me. I was speechless, for so numb was I with
apprehension, that his words did not immediately register. I was barely able to
say ‘Thank you’ and gently put the phone down. By this time my parents and
sister were crowding round me to know what the matter was. I jubilantly told
them about my result. What followed was just indescribable. While my parents
kissed and hugged me my friend came around to congratulate me.
I
was indeed enjoying being the cynosure [সকলের
আকর্ষণের কেন্দ্রবিন্দু]
of all eyes and kept pinching myself to ascertain that it was not a
hallucination. Just then my eyes fell on the daily newspaper which had been
lying on the table, completely ignored in the commotion. No sooner had I turned
the cover page when my heart skipped a beat, for Lo and Behold! staring me in
the face was the result of the National Science Talent Search Test. With
shaking fingers, I scanned the roll numbers and to my surprise I found my
number. I called out to my mother and within no time the news spread throughout
the neighbourhood. I had indeed become a star overnight. This was something I
had just not anticipated, but it meant to me more than anything else. It was
indeed a milestone [মাইলফলক]
towards my ambition to become a scientist.
Looking
back, I feel elated for what happened that fateful day which was the happiest
day of my life. This day, which shall always be fresh in my memory for it was
the turning point in my life.
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