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MY TEENAGE YEARS

By Shermeen Zuberi
21 October, 2016

The best thing about being a teenager was The adrenaline-filled ambition and feeling unstoppable

Ambitious and debonairMY TEENAGE YEARS

- Zahid Ahmed

Date of birth and star

20th September, Virgo        

The best thing about being a teenager was

The adrenaline-filled ambition and feeling unstoppable

The worst thing about being a teenager was

Being clueless about life, love and responsibility

 

I was always listening to

Junoon!

 

I was glued to the television for

I never watched TV; was too busy roaming the roads!

 


My favourite movie was

The Matrix

 

My favourite actor was

Amitabh Bachchan

 

My favourite singer/band

Junoon, Najam Sheraz, Metallica and Pearl Jam

 

My favourite super hero

Superman

 

My favourite book was

Everything written by Jeffrey Archer

 

My room was full of

Cheap pop culture paraphernalia

 

My room walls carried posters of

Metallica

 

My closet was full of

Rolled up clothes, never in their place...

 

MY TEENAGE YEARSMy friends were

Fearless monkeys!

 

My first crush/date

I was the first crush for the girls in my school. First crush I had was on Scully from the X-files

 

My most precious possession

My cowboy boots

 

What hurt me the most

When my mom would get worried about me staying out with friends

 

My dream was to become

An actor

 

I wish I had known then...

How important health is!

 

Relations with siblings were

Chaotic

 

Relations with parents were

Ultra chaotic

 

My school was

Fabulous. I was popular for just being extremely funny and a great speaker

 

Ragging at college/university

Never received it, never gave it

 

My favourite subject was

English

 

My least favourite subject was

Chemistry

 

I couldn’t standMY TEENAGE YEARS

Being told what to do

 

My favourite hangout was

Corner of the street with neighbourhood friends

 

My favourite food/dish was

At that time I could digest even plastic!

 

My favourite sport was

Cricket. I was a furiously fast bowler

 

My favourite pastime was

Loitering, snooker and more loitering

 

I learned that

I am not unbreakable

 

Greatest victory

Passing college

 

Biggest/any regrets

I regret everything I did to upset my parents

 

A confession I’d like to make

I confess I’ve had fun answering these questions

 

Note to my younger self

Dream big buddy, you’re gonna make it!

 

I have a dream to

Eradicate illiteracy