After being inactive for so many days, I’M BACK… hope with a Bang!! = )

To your great surprise, let me transcribe the most procrastinated entry of mine…

My “Farewell”…

The most memorable or shall I call the most awaited day..

Call it predestined in my life, or celebrated like a ceremony,

21^st of March must be engraved in the heart of each of my batch mate, like mine!!

The preliminary preparation of the event began almost a week before, my girl friends were deciding about their respective saris, where as guys unlike girls were quite composed. Apart from making materialistic provisions,

There was a psychological-construction taking place as well.

(My job as a narrator gets tougher for this point.)

May be because no words can justify or put my feeling across to you,

Fading naivety and passing adolescence only brought me close to a transformed person at the end of my final year. The event was held in the Seminar room (which was actually booked ten days before the event took place) of the college. Let me just make you aware of the 'Outlook'…  (You must be thinking what is she talking about now),

What about those preliminary preparations, and those group discussions among my fellow batch mates…??

The answer is –

I was a little more than happy to see the arrangements made by the juniors and to see all of my friends dressed the Best ever!! = )

Teachers had a very different ‘smile’ in their eyes to bid farewell to “each one of us”…. Perhaps they were attached to each one of us.

(By writing this post, I don’t aim catharsis, but smile in the eyes of the reader, tell me if I have got it.)

The program began with a  ‘Poetry Recitation’ competition, and Principal madam’s short speech; which almost made my eyes moist. It was indeed very simple and special, touching the hearts of whosoever present in the room. Besides good luck wishes, she recollected her college days and shared a few things from her past as well. But her self-composed poetry couplets grabbed applaud from the students. Which was further followed by the giving of “Titles” to the seniors (us). I was quite shocked to get the title very early, as I was still thinking-

“What to say when I go up there to speak?????”

My colleagues who collected their titles before me said a lot things. Things, which were good, bad, memorable, unforgettable, and close to their heart, some about the teachers and some about how they felt in past THREE years.

The moment I started speaking after collecting my title (which was “Miss Sweet”!), my friends were saying a lot things.. a few were telling how I looked, some were telling me not to start crying.. To be really honest I don’t remember what I said in my speech, not because it’s been really long now, but even after giving my speech I was unable to recollect what I just said, may be because everything I uttered was straight from my heart and was never there in my mind!!

I’m not exaggerating but that’s all I remember apart from me crying at the end of my speech, I said a lot of things and my friends who were screaming- ‘Come back!!…It’s enough”. But something with in me had tons to say.. and say.. May be longing to speak about these past three years. One thing, which I remember and I would like to put down, would be-

“I still remember the day I entered the college, I was not enthusiastic. I was unhappy, unexcited. But I’m glad that I feel the SAME today-‘Unhappy’... but for a different reason, because I’m Leaving this college, leaving my friends and my teachers.”

Well, after all of my friends were done with their speeches, we (final year students) gave our teachers, Titles and a little gift as a memento. I will never forget the way each of our teachers spoke at that time, it seemed that there was actually some connection between us!

Then after cutting the cake, we took a group picture. And simultaneously final year students took many pictures with their friends, teachers (I took some too) in college. After having refreshments and cake (which I didn’t have) we proceeded to place where we had organized a Lunch for our ‘Teachers’. I had never thought, not in my dreams that one day I will have lunch sitting next with my favourite teacher. Oh! I had a ball, and I really enjoyed the comfort level and the easy-going attitude of our faculty. Again and again I feel that words probably will fail to picture out the elation and immense pride I was filled with at that time.

It was quite unconventional, that while having the food… my pals entertained the teachers with mimicry. Without letting you guess, we imitated our teachers and on our teacher’s request impersonated each other too. Believe me it was sheer FUN!!

(Everything mentioned over here might be sounding sugar coated). But, frankly at that time it felt like - a Family.

Before leaving there was photography round, everybody took pictures before they said the final Goodbye.

I finished my camera roll before I left.

Something, which made the whole event “Special” for me apart from whatever, I have mentioned above; was, a Second Hug. A Hug, which I never knew could mean so much to me, or my relationship with someone. I exchanged it with one of my ‘friend’ before I left for my home with my friends. I really don’t want to put the details (whom all I hugged) down here, but deep down in my heart I have a very warm effect of those last twenty minutes before I left. I cried again. The event was over, and I was returning back home, with a bag full of “memories”. Which are going to be there with me Forever!!

Adieu! College life.

P.S. As it is meant to be we have to move on... in life!