Subhekshya's blog

I don’t know what my school mates call me at school. I bet it must be something like – ‘lady hulk’ or ‘the ugly duckling’. The only time a last bencher guy talked to me was when he needed info about some good looking girl in my class. I am just 15 but I feel like a complete disaster.  I am always having a bad hair day; I don’t have a perfect set of teeth and my mother tells me time and again that the only thing I am good at, is my study and if I give up the only thing I am good at, I will end up nowhere because I am neither good at work nor am I as pretty as the other girls my age. I am not 60yrs, however my parents and teachers tell me all the time to cut down on the food that I eat.  To tell you the truth, I love to eat. I love chocolates and ice creams. I love doughnuts and pizza and I am always ready for a mid-night snack. Yes, I am a bit chubby and that’s the reason why my school mates call me by some lame names like lady hulk. It’s not that hulk is lame, coz I love him. 

One of my colleagues broke up with her long time boyfriend. She said that her boyfriend was relocated to some Middle East country and had no intentions to return any time soon.  So, they decided that they would break up instead of waiting for their relationship to fall apart and destroying every good memory they had when they were actually in love.  When I asked her whether she was heartbroken, she replied ‘I am, but it’s for a better good’. There are so many couples, both married and unmarried who are in a long distance relationship, as long as 10 years or even more. All they long is a better tomorrow.  They live their life expecting a better future for themselves or their children.  And there are people like my colleague who believes in ‘living in the moment’. Does long distance relationship actually work?? As I pondered deep, I was clueless.  Being in a long distance relationship is not easy.  It’s actually terrible coz you want someone to hold your hand when you are fa