Let me first tell you where we reached after this journey. So right now all of us are in a pretty I-may-hug-you-or/and-I-may-punch-you mood. With realities hitting, hormones testing, emotions running high, dreams nudging, people backstabbing, bitching, parents getting concerned about a whole range of things from marriage to career, loads of disappointments and of course, with a few colleagues doing good in either social, personal or/and professional spheres, things can get a little wavy, you know.. ;)
If I tell you about this exact moment, none of us are sure about what we are going to go after exactly, what is all the preparation for. All we are doing is just gearing up for the best possible or say, feasible options that in some faraway corner of the weaved dream show us money, (come on, we stopped denying it long back..:D ), fame, status, time for catching up, time for our "hobbies", satisfaction, and some more money. The dying academics need a lifeline, the gym keeps on calling and then, there are matters of heart, which form a whole new chapter.
Oh no no, don't get the wrong idea. The picture isn't so gloomy. There are awesome friends who can change your mood in like a snap, supporting parents who are there for us no matter what, interesting seniors & interesting juniors and unique, twisted, easy going, difficult profs with heavy accent. Then there are night outs, parties, long walks for long talks, out-of-the-world philosophical theories and reasoning, our ideas of spending time, dinners, shopping sprees, target-one-and-mock sessions, and much more. The time spent together becomes memorable even if it means all we are doing is waiting for clock to strike 10, just chit chatting in canteen. (Munna canteen here is open till 12 at night.. Kinda hostelites special canteen.. ) It's almost the same everyday. Familiarity is boring, but comforting at the same time. We all know whatever we do, how much ever misunderstandings try to tear us apart, how ever we insult each other, we can fall back on others there. The fact that they are just going to be there for me, no matter what, is now giving me courage to experiment, to try out new roads and most importantly, to dare to deny the usual links to "happy" future because I don't want to spend my life working in a bank or a lab. Let's see how we ended up together.
So, I enter this big institute with fantastic gardens and four pillars at the entrance taking along all my hopes, dreams and looking forward to start over afresh. Nothing from the past travels with me beyond those gates I decided. The campus beyond those gates was one to die for. I fell in love with the ambience of the college right from the day I first entered it, and that day, I once again got swooned by the added charms due to the rains. Everything around me seemed to scream, you are going to love being around here. Though this didn't help any of the confusion and chaos in my mind. Everyone around me seemed to know where they were heading whereas I was just walking around aimlessly with a blank look on my face. ( Okay, about the funky entry with all-stares-on-you part, that looks good in Bollywood. This is the real stuff here we are talking about people.. :P ) No one around me seemed to be a fresher. I actually started wondering if I mistook the date. The notice board then asks me to report to some H 103 classroom for my first lecture. A long walk along the corridor tells me that this part of the building has all A-10 something. I look around to ask someone the directions. A girl, dressed to kill, with an air of confidence walks by and I instinctively avoid asking her for the directions. ( First day in a totally new surroundings, with no known face, can make the confident-est of us demure. So don't make an impression of me yet.. :P And this girl, btw, is my batch-mate and now the dance secretary of the college. :P )
Oh no no, don't get the wrong idea. The picture isn't so gloomy. There are awesome friends who can change your mood in like a snap, supporting parents who are there for us no matter what, interesting seniors & interesting juniors and unique, twisted, easy going, difficult profs with heavy accent. Then there are night outs, parties, long walks for long talks, out-of-the-world philosophical theories and reasoning, our ideas of spending time, dinners, shopping sprees, target-one-and-mock sessions, and much more. The time spent together becomes memorable even if it means all we are doing is waiting for clock to strike 10, just chit chatting in canteen. (Munna canteen here is open till 12 at night.. Kinda hostelites special canteen.. ) It's almost the same everyday. Familiarity is boring, but comforting at the same time. We all know whatever we do, how much ever misunderstandings try to tear us apart, how ever we insult each other, we can fall back on others there. The fact that they are just going to be there for me, no matter what, is now giving me courage to experiment, to try out new roads and most importantly, to dare to deny the usual links to "happy" future because I don't want to spend my life working in a bank or a lab. Let's see how we ended up together.
So, I enter this big institute with fantastic gardens and four pillars at the entrance taking along all my hopes, dreams and looking forward to start over afresh. Nothing from the past travels with me beyond those gates I decided. The campus beyond those gates was one to die for. I fell in love with the ambience of the college right from the day I first entered it, and that day, I once again got swooned by the added charms due to the rains. Everything around me seemed to scream, you are going to love being around here. Though this didn't help any of the confusion and chaos in my mind. Everyone around me seemed to know where they were heading whereas I was just walking around aimlessly with a blank look on my face. ( Okay, about the funky entry with all-stares-on-you part, that looks good in Bollywood. This is the real stuff here we are talking about people.. :P ) No one around me seemed to be a fresher. I actually started wondering if I mistook the date. The notice board then asks me to report to some H 103 classroom for my first lecture. A long walk along the corridor tells me that this part of the building has all A-10 something. I look around to ask someone the directions. A girl, dressed to kill, with an air of confidence walks by and I instinctively avoid asking her for the directions. ( First day in a totally new surroundings, with no known face, can make the confident-est of us demure. So don't make an impression of me yet.. :P And this girl, btw, is my batch-mate and now the dance secretary of the college. :P )
I somehow find the classroom. Its almost empty with a few students scattered over. I decide on an empty bench and look around. And my eyes meet his. He with a perfectly sculpted body and sea green eyes, slightly tanned skin, smiles through his dimples. I smile back and think about shifting next to him. Till then, a professor enters the classroom and announces it to be the first lecture of Physics. As I turn around, I find him sitting next to me. I introduce myself as Sharayu extending a hand. Ohh the grip of his hand on mine,.. I actually feel a shiver run down through my spine. He says, "Hey, I am.....
To be coninued.. ;) :P !! (Test tomorrow.. >:O :/)
To be coninued.. ;) :P !! (Test tomorrow.. >:O :/)
PS - 1. All this is my perception.
2. I have promised the 'characters' are real, not the incidents.
3. That doesn't mean they aren't.
4. The characters and the incidents concerning them may have been interchanged as from real life.
5. I am allowed to fool around a little.. :D ;)
6. Thank you for the idea of writing PS's.. :P
3. That doesn't mean they aren't.
4. The characters and the incidents concerning them may have been interchanged as from real life.
5. I am allowed to fool around a little.. :D ;)
6. Thank you for the idea of writing PS's.. :P
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