My first Slam Book

Having a slam book, especially during farewell occasions was definitely a craze during my school days. It was definitely one of those things that everyone had just because every other person had a slam book. Quite infectious these 'craze' stuff can be.

I recently came across one of my so-called 'slam books'. It was the first one that I had. This was the one I had when my 6th grade was coming to an end. Now why I had a slam book back in 6th grade is a question to which I do not have an answer but all I can assure is that I blindly followed the ‘craze’ because of my peers who were aping our seniors. Sigh…kids!! It was an age where one would have absolutely no idea that there were so many farewells in future waiting to take place, some for the best, some rather painful. The slam book was in the shape of a pink teddy bear which had a pink bow on its head. The name of the teddy bear was Bonnie. Looking at it after so many years really amused me but the contents of the book amused me even more!! While reading some of them, I almost said to myself, “OMG!!’

Some of the entries (uncensored):

My Monkey Maria

Drink hot coffee

Drink hot tea

Burn your lips

And remember Me

Dear Maria

Don’t run behind boys, it is a bad thing. Instead, what should you do is make them run behind you. (Besides you are very beautiful to make them run after you)

Dearest Maria (Dad’s Dummiest Daughter)

We all sat on the grass,

The greenest we could find,

But you sat on something,

The cows left behind.

I saw you in the ocean,

I saw you in the sea,

I saw you in the bathtub,

Oops…excuse me!!

Dearest Maria

Carry Cute Children

Have Hundred Handsome Husbands

May luck always be with you

Dearest Maria

Bees love honey

Kings love money

But I love you

Because you are so…..funny!

Dear Maria

Life is like an ice cream, enjoy it before it melts!

Dear Maria

Deep in a valley,

Carved on a rock,

Three little words

“Forget me Not”

Dearest Maria

Roses are Red

Violets are blue

Sugar is sweet

And so are you.

I remember most of the people who wrote the above entries. Silly but sweet!! Those were the carefree days, one hardly knew what was in store for the future.