1. Ashwin Bhakre
Ms. Krengel
Vision Of Your Future
Monday, February 20, 2012
VISIONS OF YOUR FUTURE
September 20th, 2027
“Trrrrriiiiinnnngggggg” The alarm clock screeched and I erupted up from
my bed. I couldn’t wait to start my day. Brushing my teeth, I pulled open my new
curtains, opened the terrace door and went out into the balcony. The sky was
blue and there wasn’t a cloud in sight. The roads were completely soulless (since
it was 5:00 in the morning). I went back to the bathroom, turned some light
music on and got ready to start my day. Sandra was waiting for me at the
breakfast table, she had a coffee in her hand and my usual breakfast (Milk, Cereal
and Rye Toast) laid out in the space opposite of hers. We finished eating quickly
and started walking down to the garage where she got into her Audi Q14 and I
got into my Audi R16 and we drove off to our work stations.
Whilst in the car, I started thinking about our new house. We had just
bought this house two fortnights ago, it’s a mansion squished between two other
mansions that belong to our friends Santiago and Raul. There are 5 bedrooms, 7
bathrooms, a heated blue colored indoor swimming pool, a Jacuzzi, a home
theatre, a fully equipped gym, a 4-car garage (2 Audi’s and 2 Rolls Royce), and a
heli-pad. Before the list of features in my house could finish, I was there. Real
Madrid Football Club.
It was a magnificent, mind-blowing, unbelievable sight. I had been here
before many times, but today was different. Today I was PLAYING FOR REAL

2. MADRID. As I parked my car, the manager came out to meet me. We walked and
talked to the changing rooms where I got changed into my Real Madrid No.9
jersey. I told the manager I needed a moment alone and then he left. I sat down
on the bench in front of my locker, held the OM necklace given to me by my mom
and strapped it around my neck. I closed my eyes and thanked god. I thanked
him for this wonderful opportunity that I was given to play with Real Madrid. I
thanked him for the supportive, encouraging and inspiring mom and dad, for the
beautiful and caring girlfriend, for the life changing friends and last but not least
for the amazing, incredible, stupefying and awesome little brother that I have.
And then I walked slowly to the field.
After training finished, I picked up Sandra and we went for lunch. She
listened with full of excitement as I told her about training. Then we started
talking about some other things. First of all we started making plans for our first
vacation, The Moon was Sandra’s first choice, while I preferred a more calm and
quiet place like Ibiza. In the end Sandra won and we decided to go the moon for
our first vacation together. After this topic we started talking about the plans for
the upcoming weekend. I thought about going back to India and meeting my
parents because it had been a while since the last time we met. Sandra thought it
was a good plan so that was decided. After that she started talking about getting
a pet. I quickly agreed and told her that we should totally get a bulldog and it
would really change the atmosphere of quietness in the big house. We then left
the restaurant to go back home.
In the car, Sandra reminded me of how we had first met and I think I have
already written about it but well I feel like writing it once again. It was on
February 14th 2025 and I was walking around the park early morning in New

3. York. Suddenly I heard a dog barking furiously whilst a woman screaming
frantically. I turned around just to have that woman hold my hand and pull me
alongside her. I quickly told her that it was a bad idea RUNNING in front of the
dog and we should stop. After stopping running, our next stop was coffee and
that’s how it all started.
At home I played my Xbox-1080. It felt quite amazing to play as yourself
in Real Madrid even in a video game and that’s how I spent my evening. At night
whilst I was reading I suddenly put down my book and went up to my heli and
just flew around aimlessly. I looked out onto the lighted yet quiet city of Madrid
and thought to myself why am I so happy? The first thing that came to my mind
was Real Madrid but is that it? There was something that I had to do, I took out
my phone and called my mom and told her about my day and told her that I love
her and dad and can’t wait to see them. I then texted my brother a ticket to
Madrid because I wanted to see him and then I decided to spend the night on the
balcony and went to sleep staring at the stars.
Ashwin