TODAY Is the happiest day of my life. Its the 31st of December and tonight 1'11 be going out with my friends after a delicious dinner with my family. Its the first time that my parents have allowed me to go out a new year's eve.

I woke up at quarter past six this morning, and I spent the night almost sleeplessly. I was very excited all night through and kept on imagining new I'd look in the new blue dress that I was going to wear to the party. I'll be doing so many things and almost all of them — for the first time. Its going to be the first time when I won't be feeling depressed, seeing my brother, younger to me. get dressed up elegantly while I sit Idle with welling eyes.

It'll be the first new year when I won't be angry at my parents for giving so much independence to my brother and not even letting me throw a party in my own house. Its going to be the first time 1'11 be staying out alone with my friends after sunset, having fan. Last night was the first night before the new year, which I spent almost sleeplessly, not out of hurt and dis-tress but out of excitement.

This is the first time when my parents have taken out the word yes' out of their mouth without me begging endlessly and ceding seas of tears. Its going td be the first time when I will not only listen td the blabbing of my brother about what he did all night but this time I'll also be able to blame out. myself. This- new year will really give me 'new' things. Fun.

. happiness, enjoyment and laughter. I'll be receiving all of this in just one night.

Today's sun seems so bright, new and tfappy. jbst like me the day seems wonderful, the weather — perfect. The day passed by quite reluctantly while I kept myself busy matching make-ups with my dress and trying them on my face . Every time a hideous face appeared in the mirror, and so the whole thing "had to be rubbed-off with tissues.

1 had lunch in a rush. I bad yet not decided what sort of costume Jewelleries would I wear with that dress. Without . rest, I took out ail that I had. as well as some of my mother's 1 powered out all the initations on my bed and tried almost all of them. But nothing seemed to match some looked good but not till the end, that is when I wore them along with my dress and make-up some made niq, look no less beautiful than a ghost and some just irritate the eyes. After almost an hour or two I could make up my mind.

1 felt a lot lighter. But no, this wasn’t the end.

So 1 realized that I had to decide upon a pair of shoes. But what sort? I wondered. High-beels, flats, reds, sandals or should I Just go bare-foot? My mind was totally Jammed

should I match it with my dress or my trinkets? My sister helped me get rid of that burden, but 1 was still left with the hair prob lem. After making hundreds of tangles by trying tie it into different styles. I decided to just let it go

The clock struck seven and Just after two hours friends will come to pick me up. My mother prepared a delicious dinner. We ate earlier than we usually do and laws still worried about how’d 1 look, finally. It was al most eight when I started

dressing up. First I started with the make-up. This took me quite long than I had expected but the result was worse than before. The dress made me look hilarious. 1 don't know how'?

It was the same dress that I had adored when it was displayed in the window, and finally got It after being successful In convincing my mother

, But now that- same dress made me wonder how I had ever liked It. it was almost nine and ignor ing my appearance I waited impatiently for my friends to ar-

rive.

They were quite punctual and then finally. It wrfs time for me to go. I said good bye to my parents and off we went. I was overjoyed, but my fhind was never tension-free. I wondered now the parties would be like, what I d do and if I was really going to enjoy all this. These things are typical when a person is going somewhere for the first time. But it s true that I have never had so much fun before in my life. The whole night only seemed too good to be true ft was laughter and pleasure all the way.

There was smile on every face. Some danced madly, while others chatted and some laid drunk and out of their senses. Although the latter is not acceptable for an enjoyment but It the person intends to have fun that way then why should others bother?

The next morning I came back exhausted and sleepy. But I was too excited to tell everything- tomy brother who had also Just arrived. So I managed to say the most interesting ones before falling asleep.

Suddenly my mother snatched away the pen and Command'-'! me to sleep. After ahhost an ho-:r I've now come back from that world of fan-tasty. It was fun going to a party and see how new tear is celebrated in dream.

Now don't tell me that you guys believed all that? Those things can’t (to) be true for a girl, can it? So those of you are depressed right now. for not being able to have fun last night, take a visit irK.the world of | dreams, make yourself cheerful ' and a happy-new yearlf