Transition into real world

I can still remember the day 16 years ago. It was a warm day and I had this fulfilling feeling that I have never had since then. I had just completed the final exam of my standard 10 board exam in Dombivli ( a town I grew up in near Mumbai).
It was a feeling of accomplishment that I had after one year of hard work and I was not worried about the results because I knew I had given my best. I came home after school had great lunch and watched a old Tamil movie on very own DD channel.
I spent the evening playing gully cricket with friends. I had never skipped a day playing even during the exams. I used to play for 2-3 hours every day and on exam days it was about an hour.
I was busy planning on how I would spend my 3 month vacation. My planning was around playing cricket and managing my team. I was the captain of a well knit group in my colony. Those 3 months were spent playing cricket, lots of cricket and hanging out with friends and going around the place having bhel puris, pav bahjis and other Mumbai delicacies and endless hours were spent just chatting with friends. I also spent a lot of time at my neighbors place; we were a very close knit community. I never even once was worried about the exam results.
After 3 months of fun and frolic in my very own little world of gully cricket, my team (friends whom i miss immensly in my life now) and the limitless time that I had to do whatever I wanted to do the exam results were announced one day and I had secured good marks. I was happy and my folks and friends were happy too but little did I realize that this would turn around my life forever for this was the beginning of the transition into the real world which in this case was getting into junior college.