I don’t how to begin this post, simply I can say one thing this one is for all my friends (Also to those who hardly maintains acquaintanceship with me).
As I already said nothing is popping in my head, where to begin……..
Lets say your daaaaay begins when the first ray of sunlight steers on your face (i sleep near the window), the fresh breeze in the morning, you moan n slumber on your bed, thinking about who was that girl? CRAP! i couldn't see her face, she was quite familiar…and all of a sudden you notice a tall figure footing next to your divan with a tempestuous expression on his face. When your senses bounce back you find it none other than your father (dad, nana, appa, pithajji etc). The very next minute you jump from the bed, you accelerate like a cannonball, to save yourself from morning lambaste by wishing “Ohio Gozimus” (good maarning in Japanese). You gear up like an army personnel to gun down an intruder in Area 51. When you step at the entrance, you heed to what your mother say “Have your breakfast and then go to college”.
Gulping down breakfast after a quick shower, you put on your denims; a cool shirt freshened with some deodorant and run off for college, speeding alongside the road. At the parking you give yourself a last look and adjust your hair in the rear-view mirror. Then you enter your class after meeting some friends, 15 minutes after the lecture has begun. You select the last bench behind a huge and tall guy and patiently wait only to say your attendance.
Almost all students keep gazing at the professor, but with their minds somewhere down in the canteen or at the door, waiting for `that someone' to come or thinking about a special appointment, you have on that day. You will notice a handful of sincere first-bench-students (shareef-badmash guys), who attend each and every lecture and have all the detailed notes, which the outstanding students, (students who are always standing out) can photocopy a few days before the examinations. Joking and gossiping from behind your EDC or MICROPROCESSEOR book or chatting with your gf’s/bf’s in the most boring lecture during which half the class is already snoring, or adopt new methods to kill time (like I do reading novels in Telecommunication class). By the end of the lecture, everyone is restless and keeps glancing at their watches, slamming books and dropping bags. The professor mercilessly continues teaching.
The bell rings and everyone is out of the class, meeting friends at the Aadda or in the canteen. During, winter its funs, to sip a nice hot cup of coffee, drooling over your amour beau or belle. Exchanging secret smiles and then telling your friends of your latest crush. The thrill of bunking lectures, the fun of partying or going for movies and picnics, the joy when you receive the long desired `yes' from the one you have always loved, or the embarrassment of facing the person you were talking about, who all the while was standing just beside you, are truly unforgettable times.
Who can forget the numerous pranks we played. The first time we spoke or were introduced to the one we secretly admired and loved. Shadowing a belle till her home. Selecting the best place in the canteen and grabbing the opportunity to talk and sit beside her. The naughty smiles, the comments of friends, passing your critical opinion of those you envied and hated. The taste of tears when you lost your friend. The heartache when you were ditched and dumped. These are moments that can make emotions flow at any time in life..
Times when you have to make an urgent phone call and arrive at the telephone booth only to find a big queue with some female on the phone having a `I don't care about you' kind of attitude, laughing and chatting while the rest of us frown.
The Rose day, the Sari day and gathering, are the most awaited days in the college when every boy and girl `dress-to-kill' and have a gala time. Hey! Don’t forget Friendship day, Valentines Day and other days for expressing our feelings. And now, talking of our teachers who scream their lungs out to fill something in our empty upper chambers and help us fill that white sheet of paper with those black lines. They are like Greek n Latin to me.
Around March-April, what do we say about them;
“Arey, em chaduvutavu bey?”
“Bore kotada neeyabba!” “Nenu lite mama ee subject dobutundi”
``Sir gadiki em raadu inka manaki em cheptadu!'' or just keep commenting on until the exams are over
I will never forget my college years; they have been the best years in my life till now. I have seen, learnt and experienced so much.
I have found friends; some didn't care and drifted apart. I will always remember my favorite place in college, my professors, the canteen coffee, all my friends, those innocent and decent faces of people who turned out to be devils in disguise. All the twists in the kaleidoscope of life are experiences that have helped me mature. I will cherish them forever.
So enjoy your college life because these moments will never come again. At the same time don't forget that it is not your own but your parents' money which you spend. We owe a lot to them but we don't realize it. Don't be the cause of embarrassment, shame and disgrace to them. At least make an effort to stand-up somewhere close to their expectations. Remember just a few moments can ruin your entire future.
One has to keep a fine balance. Enjoy yourself while in college, but remember there is a reason to be in college. The next 30 to 40 years of your life will shape up on the basis of how you spend your time in college.
