August 30, 1986 to October 9, 1987

As my pranks being increased day by day, my age too… Many of my neighbors and my relatives became my fan… I am three years old on those days of 1986 in which I met my childhood friends Ajay Kumar Jaiswal, Aarthy Kumari Jaiswal and Luna Ram Jaiswal… They lived nearby my home and all our parents were very close from their childhood and living nearby as neighbors… Ajay was born on May 25^th 1983, Aarthy was born on September 10^th 1983 and Ram on November 7^th of 1983. So we all were same year born babies and from our third age we were best friends. We usually use my home and Ajay’s home to play. There were some coconut trees in his lawn and we usually play thereby and each coconut tree must be with a height of 55 to 65 feet’s and each tree contains more than two dozens of tender coconuts. This made us fall of a great love on coconut tress and even now a day(s), when we are in travel towards hill stations or some other of our favorite spots we usually stop our cars near coconut trees and remains talking for hours and hours… Several Philippine proverbs demonstrate the usefulness of this species:

"If you could count the stars, then you could count all the ways the coconut serves us."

"He who plants a coconut tree, plants vessels and clothing, food and drink, a habitation for himself, and a heritage for his children."

Even there are some great stories about coconut trees we heard from our moms and grandfathers… Of the more than 1500 species in the Palm family of plants, the Coconut palm is the best known. A unique tree, with no really close relatives (it is the only member of the genus Cocos), it is considered to be one of the most useful trees in the world. A recent study reported 360 contemporary uses for this tree, half of which were for food.

In June 1987 we started our schooling in Al Ameen Matriculation Higher Secondary School which is situated in our hometown. There by we got some more friends in our team… five months passed by… Its October 9^th 1987… an unforgettable day for us in which we met our friend Mustaq Ahamed in our School from our nearest Classroom…

… … to be continued … …