A Picnic
Man wants change, novelty and variety. He
feels bored with routine, monotonous and humdrum life. Variety and change add
sugar and spice to life. Man wants rest, relaxation ,entertainment and
holidaying after hard work and busy life. Life would be a burden if there were
no refreshing moments away from the daily routine. Picnics and outings provide
us with much needed rest, refreshment and relaxation. They lend charm and
novelty to otherwise dull and monotonous life. A picnic with friends or members
of the family is a fine opportunity to escape from routine and dullness. Picnics
from an integral part of student life. Picnic are arranged by the schools to
provide the students with much needed rest, relaxation and entertainment. After
such an enjoyment, the students feel quite refreshed, energetic and can devote
themselves to their studies with renewed energy, interest, devotion and vigor.
Our school often takes us on picnics and
outings. There are many picnic spots in the around Lahore which include jinnah
park , Allama Iqbal,Mazar, Minar-e-pakistan, Hiran Minar, Jahangir Tomb, Race
Course park, etc.
Three luxury buses were hired for all the
three sections of our class X. We were charged Rs. 100 each and the rest of the
expenses were met from the school fund. It was our last picnic of the school as
we were the students of class X. And it was final class in the school. We
gathered in the school premises in morning at 8 o'clock. We had our own lunch
packets. The buses were already there. Many students had come with walk men,
transistor radios, cameras, tape recorders, small drums etc. Shahid, my friend,
had brought his violin.
By 8.30 we started for the picnic spot and by
9.45 we were there. It was a very enjoyable short journey. As the buses moved,
the students began to sing, chat and play on their instruments. They clapped to
the tune of that music. It was early winter and the weather was very fine and
enjoyable. The wayside scenes were a feast to our eyes. The cool breeze was
blowing and birds here and there chirping in the roadside trees and on telephone
lines. I had taken a thermos flask full of hot coffee some of which I enjoyed
during the journey with my friend Shahid. Students enjoyed eating chocolates,
toffees and snacks in he buses. What a happy lot we all were! It was really a
unique experience of collective enjoyment and sharing with one another.
We spent the day at Jallo Park in sheer
delight watching animals, birds, boating and swimming. Some of the students had
come with kites and they enjoyed kite flying for a while. The bright and
colorful kites in the clear blue sky presented a beautiful sight. Every now and
then the cameras clicked and a number of films were exposed. The weather was
perfect and try pleasant. We took a short walk along the lake after tea and
refreshments.
There was a large flock of rosy pelicans in
the lake besides many other feathery friends like mallard, pochard, teal, geese,
cranes etc. These birds were identified and explained to us by a guide provided
by the authorities there. He was a jolly fellow and told many anecdotes and
jokes to our great delight. It was a big lake and really a paradise for bird
watchers and lovers of nature. Many of the birds had arrived there from as far a
place as Siberia. Birds of many sizes, shapes and colors were gliding, breaking,
floating, diving and flying on the vast expanse of clear blue water. It was an
unforgettable and fascinating experience. After a hearty lunch and dessert of
fruits and sweets we had some rest.
Again there was a new session of sensational
enjoyment. Students cracked jokes with one another some danced, others listened
to music and a pair busied itself in playing a game of chess. Still some others
were busy taking photographs. Amidst flashes of cameras, sweet music, dancing,
clapping, happy shouting and eating, it was an experience full of thrill, gay
abandon, sheer joy and delight never experienced before.
In the evening we were served tea, coffee and
cold drinks, with hot snacks, pakoras etc. by the contractor of the restaurant
there. Time had wings and we did not know how the hours had slipped by till the
moment of our departure had come. Ultimately, we packed and boarded the three
buses.
It was really a memorable picnic and its
memories are still fresh. When I see the photographs of the picnic in my
personal album, I am once again transported to the lake. We enjoyed every minute
of it and feel it was one of the best picnic we ever had collectively as
students.
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