Have u ever wished u could go back in time to when u were in school, back to the Mickey Mouse lunch boxes, the Donald Duck water bottles? I do at times! Sunday was one of those days. I went to one of the first departmental stores of Mumbai with my best friend. We had time to kill before our dinner reservation and decided to go where we hadn't been for a while. As we browsed our way through the different household appliances we turned the corner and arrived at every child's paradise - the toys and stationery shelves. Did u know that they had a shower cubicle complete with shower curtain and liquid bath soap for Barbie? Wow! When I had a Barbie all I had was one change of clothes, a hair brush and a pair of removable shoes! There was even a dressing table complete with comb, brush, and make up! How does one apply makeup on a doll and why??
My glance shifted to another shelf where I glimpsed Faber Castell and Staedtler colour pencils and crayons in sets of 12, 24, 36 and 54 colours! I remember using only Camlin products…. Which I may say was awesome! Going ahead we came across a shelf of only different kinds of pencils, erasers and sharpeners. I think all the colours of the rainbow and some more were captured in the erasers and sharpeners - each was of a different colour! Next in line were magnetic pencil boxes, yes the very ones that I used in school! The minute we saw these we went all ooh and aah (what else do u expect from 2 girls?) and started to open each compartment while reminiscing how we used to put our sharpened pencils and small rulers neatly into the "compass box" :-) Besides these there were other varieties of pencil boxes which varied in shapes and sizes and colours from a football shared one to a rectangle one with a Pokémon picture on it, from a cute Mickey Mouse to a stylish Tomb Raider adorned the various boxes. After glancing at our watches we realised we had used up our free time and started towards the exit. Oh to be in school again and carry the Mickey Mouse lunch boxes, the Donald Duck water bottles… :-)
My glance shifted to another shelf where I glimpsed Faber Castell and Staedtler colour pencils and crayons in sets of 12, 24, 36 and 54 colours! I remember using only Camlin products…. Which I may say was awesome! Going ahead we came across a shelf of only different kinds of pencils, erasers and sharpeners. I think all the colours of the rainbow and some more were captured in the erasers and sharpeners - each was of a different colour! Next in line were magnetic pencil boxes, yes the very ones that I used in school! The minute we saw these we went all ooh and aah (what else do u expect from 2 girls?) and started to open each compartment while reminiscing how we used to put our sharpened pencils and small rulers neatly into the "compass box" :-) Besides these there were other varieties of pencil boxes which varied in shapes and sizes and colours from a football shared one to a rectangle one with a Pokémon picture on it, from a cute Mickey Mouse to a stylish Tomb Raider adorned the various boxes. After glancing at our watches we realised we had used up our free time and started towards the exit. Oh to be in school again and carry the Mickey Mouse lunch boxes, the Donald Duck water bottles… :-)
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I had an awesome Robot Pencil Box!
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