A Bitter Realization…
Today- 17 May, 2009
21 May, 2009 – I am dreading this day….and also I just can’t wait for it to come.
Dreading…because I have an exam that day. Anticipating… because I am going home.
Really? I don’t think so! I don’t usually suppress my emotions this way, so I might as well tell you the real reason.
Dreading…because I would have to bid my friends goodbye, and I might not even see them afterwards.
Anticipating…because I would no longer be a student. A whole new world awaits me out there. And that sounds challenging..exciting.
I remember my first day in Sastra University. I wasn’t exactly looking forward to an exciting college life. I was almost convinced that a perfect and jovial college life only existed in movies! Oh I was SO wrong!
I got so much more than I could ever ask for, so much more than I could ever dream of!
“I” have changed too! My mom would vouch for the fact that my character has undergone a drastic change!
I have got a whole new perspective to life. A strange confidence to face anything!
And there’s no way I could even describe the fun I had here! So many new experiences!
- Haha! First real crush! (apart from the score of celebrities of course!)
- Joining clubs, meeting new people. Interacting has never been so easy!
- Discovering a whole new life…online! BIG thanks to the wifi! (Seriously, I love you, my dear dear wifi!)
- Festivals! Technical, cultural…sports meets…Mann!.. I had so much fun participating and winning!
- Birthday parties, impromptu canteen get togethers, bunking classes, sneaking out of the college!
- WADIO!! OMG how can I ever forget to mention it! Our Wifi radio- Song dedications, live quizzes…Live telecast of matches? How cool is that? I still remember watching the Manchester vs. Porto match and tweeting the results simultaneously!
- Above all, my friends..my lovely lovely friends. They are my life now!
So as it turns out, I just can’t bring myself to the thought of leaving this place, the place that has influenced me so much,taught me so much! I’ve got used to being in SASTRA, the buildings, the roads, the reverse osmosis-treateddrinking water, the sometimes-tasty, otherwise-yucky mess food, the almost non-existent greenery…….
Believe it or not, my own home is gonna be a little strange and out-of-place to me! I am sure of that!
I didn’t write this because I am obligated to write about my college, now that I am leaving. I wrote this because this blog is all about offering people an insight to my mind, my feelings and emotions in general, which is exactly what I do with Twitter.
Thank you SASTRA. You have given me so much, I’ll be in your debt for the rest of my life!
May 18, 2009 at 3:38 am
Nice read indeed! It could wipe out every bit of sleep from eyes this morning… Didn’t we tell you it would be good?
Keep posting.In this post, you have left several reasons for us to expect more in the coming days
May 18, 2009 at 8:37 am
Thank you! Thats so sweet! I will definitely be posting more!
May 18, 2009 at 5:54 am
College is something very weird, you know. At least for me it is. When I got into college, I hated everybody and everything. Along the way somewhere I think I’ve started having fun now. It definitely is really different from school. School is a protected environment, and you’re comparatively on your own in college. It teaches you friendship, it teaches you betrayal and it teaches manipulation which ultimately goes a long way in deciding how you end up living your life.
May 18, 2009 at 8:35 am
I went through the same experience yaar! Hope you have lots and lots of fun in the coming years! Remember you wont be able to relive these moments except in your memories!
May 18, 2009 at 6:00 am
You know what.. It has been one year since I left college and we guys had a small get-together at our campus yest. Went back to our classroom & found our old seating positions… and… *sigh*
There’s nothing like college. Nothing at all.
Make the most of what you have now even if it’s just a couple of days left. You’re gonna cherish these memories for a lifetime.
May 18, 2009 at 8:19 am
Yes I will! Thanks! And I agree, there’s nothing like college..absolutely nothing.
May 18, 2009 at 6:30 am
Aai meeeseeing cawledge nao
May 18, 2009 at 8:17 am
yeaaaaa, whaaat tooo dooo?
May 18, 2009 at 7:27 am
Some of the best friends you’ll ever make in life will be in college. School days, you are still a kid and don’t know much. College gives you the freedom to do stuff you couldn’t in school. A lot of stuff. You just can’t forget your college days and you will miss it for sure. But like all good things, it also has to come to an end (unless you have 34 arrears, of course). But what the hell? Welcome to the real world! Step out of a perfect world into the one that is majorly fucked up. And guess what, your learning process has just begun.
May 18, 2009 at 8:10 am
Thanks!
Well, ya I need to brace myself for the bad bad world out there! I am sure you’ll help if I have any doubts! 
May 18, 2009 at 8:19 am
Oh yea! Anytime. You know where to reach me1
May 18, 2009 at 7:42 am
hey hey.. i <3 this post
..
i totaly love my college days… only a year to go in this college n then gawddamit i be in this totaly mad working part of life.. the very thought of it make me
its the bestesht part of life were u can find the bestesht of people n friends.. one year down the line from today il be missing every bit of this carefree whacked life.. !!
May 18, 2009 at 8:01 am
Aww.. thanku sweetheart! Please please enjoy as much as you can while you still have time! I am almost tempted to stay back here!
May 18, 2009 at 8:02 am
You scold, you cry, you fail in the midway sometimes in the college. You might be ignored by everyone sometime but when you are leaving the college after staying for years, every bad feeling goes off and you feel how bad it is to leave the place.
WiFi-radio was something cool in SASTRA
May 18, 2009 at 8:14 am
Hey! yaar we are all missing you already! Hope you come back soon. I am sure everything will go back to the way it was..
And ya, Wadio is like the coolest thing ever!
May 18, 2009 at 8:27 am
the wonders of this phase of your life will stay with you forever.. yes some of the best friends you make are in your college years.. mine are still very much a part of my life.
I miss college too. Thank you for bringing back memories of those wonderful days.
May 18, 2009 at 9:05 am
My pleasure dear! Its always nice to know that there are other people who share my emotions and feeling!
May 18, 2009 at 8:56 am
well it may seem that those were the best days of my life but tell you what we cant live in past. I graduated last year and i still think about the gr8 time i had during college days. This is a dog eat dog world out here and loads of responsibility.
in certain aspects i am still living my college days, the weekends get-together, the cricket match bets etc.
What i hate and like abt this new life is the responsibility that comes with it. I have to take my own decisions, pay my own bills (tht sucks) but then what the hell..
when the going gets tough the great one party.
so welcome to the club
May 18, 2009 at 9:13 am
Thanks! Thats a nice way to put it!
“when the going gets tough the great ones party”
I’ll remember that!
May 18, 2009 at 9:20 am
hey nice post… coll is real funn u learn alot.. friendship is one thing that keeps ur coll memories alive even after u leave it.. after u step out of coll even ur faculty become ur frnds n no more sir or madam.. but still v give them respect…
now is the time where u hav to keep in contact with each other bcos once coll gets over all might land in diff place n its very hard to meet at least once in month….
Thankx to this social media which keeps long distance friendship alive…
cheers
Venkatesh.
http://kollywoodmoviereview.blogspot.com/
May 18, 2009 at 9:39 am
Thank you! I am sure, I’ll be able to keep up with my friends thanks to the social media!
May 18, 2009 at 3:30 pm
June 25, 2009 at 5:24 pm
College.. jaleej