My First…

Its always going to be fun when you recollect your thoughts about your first ever things in life. On a sleepless night, when I attempted to do so, I was pleasantly surprised…. I could remember sooooo many!! It made me happy and took me back to the past ;)

Here we go....

First ever theatre experience – HE-MAN (English) - 1st standard

First School - Nalini School (That school is no more now)

First ever tamil movie in theatre – Varusham 16 (When I was in 1st standard)

First ever stage experience - Appeared on stage for Pledge (U.K.G)

First uniform - White shirt and a dark brown half-trouser

First class teacher - Ms. Vimala (My English teacher, 1st standard)

First stage competition – Fancy dress – Dressed up like a doctor (2nd standard)

First stageplay – Played the role of a district collector (3rd standard)

First time ever to get a prize – A certificate in Drawing Competition (Consolation prize - 3rd Standard)

First competition ever won – English Essay competition (4th standard)

First book ever read - The Secret Seven (Never completed it though ;) )

First ever Flight travel – Madurai to Chennai (When I was in 8th standard, went all alone :D)

First ever watch – Titan (Got it when I was in my 4th standard, which I lost in a few days!)

First pet – Guppy fish (Had it in a Horlicks bottle)

First cycle – BSA Champ

First ever letter – To my aunty (I guess in 1st standard) – The letter is still with me :)

First ever out-of-state trip – Guruvayoor, Kerala

First cartoon ever watched – HE-MAN

First ever comic hero - HE-MAN

First actress who attracted me – Manisha Koirala (Bombay)

First actor who attracted me – Kamal Hassan (Don't raise your eye-brows! I was a Kamal fan till 1st standard. Then, I became a Rajini Fanatic!!)

First close friend – Pradeep Kumar

First sport – WWF (WWE now)

First favourite sportsperson – Hulk Hogan (WWE)

First favourite cricketer – Vinod Kambli (I used to wear ear-ring like him and deliberately bat left-handed)

First school trip – A trip to Thanjavur medical college for the exhibition(10th standard)

First ever theme park experience - VGP Golden Beach, Chennai (5th standard)

First ever star hotel experience - Hotel Trident, Chennai (5th standard)

First ever two-wheeler – Sunny (9th standard)

First ever Jeans – Oxemberg

First perfume – BRUT

First pocket video game - Brick game

First computer – PCL 248 MB with DOS

First software ever used – Poet (A DOS s/w, which is still with me)

First ever computer game – Prince of Persia I

First ever CD bought - Audio CD of 'Uyire' -300 rupees - 1998

First ever online shopping - Bought a T.shirt in rediff.com for 199 bucks (College 1st year)

First ever e-mail id – Yahoo! (10th standard -Not using it right now)

First ever cricket tournament played– Star Air Travels’ Cricket Competition (Played under lights- Town Higher Secondary School,Kumbakonam – 1997)

First car-driving experience – Maruti Omni (9th standard)

First gadget used – Talking watch (Very famous that time! – 7th standard)

First communication device used – Pager (10th standard)

First cellphone – Nokia 3210 (12th standard)


First cellphone operator – BPL (That was a prepaid card)

First ever fancy number – Airtel - 9894012348

First salary - Rs.3000(I was a student then)

First ever ‘cut’ experience in college – I cut the afternoon classes and came to thanjavur to meet up my school friends

First ever inter-school competition – Inter school science exhibition at Sri Matha Matriculation school (11th standard)

First ever cricket match that I watched in the stadium – India vs Pakistan, Independence Cup, M.A.Chidambaram Staduim, Chennai – 1997

First banking account - ICICI Bank, Kumbakonam (College 1st year)

First cooking experience - Omelette (Just a month ago...hehe)

First crush – Kandippa sollanuma??

First love – Ofcourse, Mom and Dad (hehe)

Why don't you try listing out yours??

Cheers,
Gowri Shankar