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MY TEENAGE YEARS

By Bassama Tanvir
18 March, 2016

 

MY TEENAGE YEARS

Date of birth and star

January 7; Capricorn

The best thing about being a teenager

You are carefree

I was glued to the TV for

Sesame Street and cartoons

My favourite movie was

Fight Club

My favourite actor was

Al Pacino

6. My favourite actress was

Meryl Streep

My favourite book was

The Alchemist

My friends were

And are the same as they were. I’m still best friends with my childhood friends.

My room was full of

Archie comics and candy

My room walls carried the posters of

Tom Cruise

My closet was full of

Jeans and tees

The thing that hurt me the most

My Nani passing away when I was nine years old

My best teenage memory

My first stage play - written and directed by Mashal Peerzada -called All’s Fair in Love and Marriage

My biggest struggle was

Focusing on my school books

My dream was to become

An actress

I wish I had known then

What I still don’t know now

 

Relations with siblings

Are amazing; [they’re] my pillars of strength

Relations with parents

MY TEENAGE YEARS

My mom is a rock star, my friend and biggest critic; dad was very strict

Relations with teachers

Some good and some terrible

My school was

A ton of fun

I was known in the school as

The Jangali Brat

Ragging at college/university

Is VERY unnecessary

I couldn’t stand

Nasty and mean people

My favourite ice-cream flavour was

NutellaMY TEENAGE YEARS

My favourite dish was

I was a big desi food fan; definitely nihari

My favourite hangout was

The gym

My favourite superhero was

Batman

My favourite villain was

The Joker

My favourite sport was

Cricket and swimming

My favourite pastime was

Eating and cooking

 My favourite subject was

Food & Nutrition and Psychology

My least favourite subject was

Maths

I was scared of

The Bogeyman

Message for the readers

Live life to the fullest and, for God’s sake, let live!