Rads tagged me to “list 10 secrets about yourself” and she also wanted me to make it interesting. I sure can do that but it depends on how much I want my readers to know about me. I have been a real wild girl in my days (and the old me comes back every now and then), and I will try my best to share the secrets as long as they wont come back and bite me.

1. I once bullied this guy on the phone (now this is secret is something similar to RADS secret). So this was from the time I was doing my summer internship (part of MBA course) and one of my classmates P (Intern) was also with me. She was a free spirited girl and believed in having fun and living life to the fullest. And in this company where we were working as interns, there happened to be an employee S. So our P fell in love with him at the first sight over lunch, of course we were eating in our table and he sat in the opposite table. This guy was good looking but not really mirror cracking material. So she wanted to start a conversation with him but she was not sure how to start it and guess what she thought of calling him on his hostel phone and break the ice of course without revealing her true identity. But there is a catch to this, her voice was a little coarse and she wanted me to call him and speak with him. Well was not really busy those days and I started chatting up with him pretending as P. One fine day we were in the campus and he called out my name, I was with P at that time, for a moment I was startled. P convinced me to speak with him and it seems Mr.S fell in love with me and he was aware of our little prank. I was really embarrassed and told him the whole story and ran from there and never spoke with him for the rest of my stay there.

2. In 7th standard I ratted about my classmate who was cheating in the exam. In the later this whenever I remembered this incident it made me feel very silly

3. Myself, my sister and two close buddies tried to steal bhutta (sweet corn) from our school security guard’s backyard. So this guy used to live just outside our school and he planted corn in his backyard. So all four of us would eye the corn plants every day in the morning and afternoon and one fine day we plotted to steal a few in the evening. As planned we were strolling around his house till it got a little dark and we tried pulling the corn and in the process we uprooted a few plants and the watchman heard and came chasing us with a stick. It was dark and he could not recognize us but one of our friend who was around 6 feet at that time was spotted and he complained to our principal the next day. This happened when I was in the 8th standard.

4. This one time I broke my leg while riding a scooter without my dad’s knowledge. He and my mom were out of town. I went to the doctor and got a cast around my ankle and pretended as if everything is ok and when parents returned all three of us sisters told them that I slipped from the stairs and broke my leg. I think they don’t know about it till now.

5. Now this secret is from those days when I was dating M. I was in Chennai on a business trip and was supposed to return the same day evening but I told my parents that it is a two day trip. After returning from Chennai the same evening I spent the night at M’s place.

6. I had a huge crush on my 10th grade science teacher. This whole crush thing proved out to be quiet helpful to me as I used to study really hard to impress this teacher he was just out of collage) and as a result of this I scored 97/100 in the board exams. He left the school after my 10th exams, I was left heart broke. I think he knew about it because one time when he came to our school in the 11th grade he met me and gave me a big lecture on how studies are important and how I should not get carried away by this whole “love and relationship” thing. It had a huge impact on me, it was like I understood the whole thing so easily. Later I found out that he cleared the IAS exams and is posted Bhopal, M.P

7. I tried smoking pot onetime when I was in Cyprus but chickened out at the last moment and never tried it again.

8. I did lots of naughty stuff while in Cyprus, which I really cannot write here, so they are going to my grave with me.

9. I go shopping for clothes on the day my salary is credited. Nothing like retail therapy.

10. I lost my engagement ring and M doesn’t know about it so far.

Wow, that was pretty exhausting I must say. I am not going to tag anyone. Whoever wants to tell their secrets, take it up.