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[2008]
I was the most socially ill-equipped and maybe the most
boring person ever. My friends actually knew how to dress up and look pretty,
where I with big glass, face full of pimples and braces on my teeth didn’t know
the basic of trendy look. I had two best friends at that time and not only they
but also the whole class used to call me double battery and pimple queen.
In that year I got the taste of my first crush. He used to
be a charming and most handsome person in our school. Most of the girls were following
him all around, hoping for a glimpse, but I was the lucky one he asked for my
friendship. And of course I accepted it gratefully. I had never dared to give
him any clue about my feelings.
[2009]
The days passed by and I had started to develop inferior
feelings about my look and complexion. I feared of rejection. I shared my
feelings with my best friends. At first they laughed, but when they sensed I
was serious they gave me some tips about how to remove my pimples.
I had tried so many methods, some I heard from my family,
relatives and some I heard from my friends. I had applied the Neem paste with
turmeric, sandalwood with neem paste but nothing happened. So I decided to give
up on my face and rather than that concentrate on studies as my board exams
were approaching.
I had never studied that hard in my entire life and appeared
my exam with a smile on my face. It is
well said that ‘Hard work is the key to success.’ Well, I got 95% on my board exam and got
admitted in the same school for eleventh standard.
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I, my best friends and my crush were in the same class. Our
friendship went smoothly and at that time I contemplated my study as the first
priority. By the end of 12th standard I converted myself as a studious student.
I was top in my class, but never gave him a hint of my feeling.
After our 12th standard we changed our path; I became an
engineer where he went for further commerce study. In the due course of time four years passed
by I last saw him.
I never realized when my crush became my first love. And I
got my first unsuccessful love story. But I never mount over my pimples, which
was also bothering me. Sometimes I thought that maybe my pimples will come in
the way of my interview.
Before some months, one of my relatives had introduced me to
Garnier Pure Active Neem Face Wash. I thought to give it a try. I had tried
several face washes but never taste the effect. After 3-4 weeks some unexpected
thing happened; my pimples started to vanish one by one. And after some more
days I got a pimple free face. I had succeeded in my first step and then I
moved to my second step, which was getting the lens. My second step was not
difficult though.
I went to a parlor; cut my hair into some layers, got
manicures, re-do eyebrows and something more hard to recall. The beautician
passed the mirror and I looked myself. The first thing came to my mind was ‘Is
this me?’ I looked beautiful, first time in my life.
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My transformation led me a confident lifestyle, I got placed in
a very well known company and I got an invitation for school get together.
[December 2014]
I never expected to see him again at the get together party.
He hadn’t changed a bit; same charming look, flirty smile and full of energy.
He came closer to me and said, “You look different.”
“Define different?” I asked with confident look. We both
laughed and talked for hours. I realized something buried deep inside in my
heart and that needed to come out. With thumbing heart beat I called him, “I
have to tell you something. You will listen completely and don’t react.”
He nodded with a concern look. I started to explain him
everything. He listened patiently and spoke when my elucidation was over.
“If you had told me
at that time I could have accepted you. It’s too late now. I had always liked you
because you were ‘YOU’; unique from everyone. I have a girlfriend now. Can we
remain friends after this conversation?” He sounded exceptionally sincere. I
said, “Of course!!! We are friends and we’ll be always.”
Till now we also remain friends and we are ‘the friends in
need and friends indeed.’
I have always thanked that I’m being introduced to GarnierNeem Face Wash, who gave me the confident look and pimple free face.
Written for Garnier Pure Active Neem contest
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