FAREWELL VSSUT

"Life is full of frightening transitions - adolescence, parenthood, those god-awful bifocals that morph into sunglasses when you’re outdoors - but perhaps the most overrated metamorphosis occurs when you ‘enter the real world.’ "- Stephanie georgopulos

You’re told that entering the real world is jarring because before, when you were in college or high school or whatever the hell people do before they’re real adults, that was all fake. None of it counts. Suddenly You question happiness and have trouble sleeping.

You’ve graduated, but the party’s ending, over, or completely dead.  But there you are, standing by the speakers playing the latest song on the radio, two-stepping to the beat, drinking your cheap beer with your eyes closed in complete denial that once you open them you’ll be staring in the face, or the asshole, of the real-world.  Post-grad life’s a bitch. But these memories can help you get through tough times.

THINGS I WILL MISS ABOUT COLLEGE. AND YOU'LL TOO.

~Feeling so exposed when a large group of your peers sees you with your family whilst you’re moving in into your new dorm, for the very first time, before Orientation because it’s like they’re getting to see the fatter older version of you. (Freshman Year)

~The new feeling of You knowing nothing. But you also know absolutely everything.~I for one will miss the geographical proximity of everything that going to college, (at least a small one such as mine) allows.

~Last Night Preparations & Sleeping through Exams.
~Preparing Cheats and Cheating in an innovative way.
~Glued to Counter Strike & Fifa. Week in, Week out.

No, what I will miss the most about college is the unified sense of purpose. The instant commonality with just about anyone else on campus.

  

~The VolleyBall sessions. Day & Night.
~The night Hostel Cricket Premier League bidding auctions and tournaments as well.
~Winning the Debut night WPL. 

Drinking & Smoking:
You drink of these primary reasons : Boredom, Money, Stress, Wondering about Future, Entertainment/Parties. And you’ll miss every bit of it.
~You will miss the long night walks, when you’re returning from Jhumri to your room, excessively drunk. Especially with your trusted ones.
~Boozing sessions at the Basketball ground.
~Going out on b’day treats & campus treats.

The addaas at Kalia & Bullu - Our morning and evening and night deities.
~Trips to Zero point & checking out all dhaabas.
~Watching IPL is never gonna be the same.
~Following and fighting for favourite EPL team is also never gonna be the same.
~The feeling you get when One of the best papers you’ve written all 8 semesters will receive a D grade because of some unknown reason.
~Complaining about the poor quality of mess food.
~Hostel feasts.
~Never, ever, EVER turning down free food.
~The Holi & Diwali festivals at hostel.
~Watching movies. Loads of them. Every night.
~Your roommate. ~Having an all night "khatti" with your "Gosthi".
~Being Broke. All the time.
~Nothing will make you make you feel more like a student than when you’re fishing through your wallet for spare change so you can buy a Gold-Flake.
~Sharing everything with your selected group of people (Seniors & Juniors alike), ranging from Slippers, Underwear to a Flake.

~You’ll miss classroom crushes and seeing a certain babe 3-5 days a week.  ~You’ll miss being expected to fuck up .

~Failing to understand that a lot of the friends you make freshman year of college will disappear soon, once you’ve found your niche. Which in my opinion is absolutely okay though. 

You’ll miss the close friendships you made and being a five-minute walk from all of your best friends. When you graduate, you’ll suddenly realize you no longer have the luxury to lie in bed with them while nursing a hangover on a Wednesday afternoon. Your world has gotten too big for that.  You no longer live in a vacuum. You will miss the feeling that you were given four years to indulge, to be insane, and to figure out what not to do. And now you’re expected to have all the answers.

You’ll miss having the knowledge that it will all eventually end. When courses end, grades are given out and you move on.  After you graduate and get a nine-to-five job, there is no real end, and if there is, it typically means you’ve been fired. And your parents, they’re still going to worry about you. All the time. Except now they worry about the not so massive debt you’ve incurred earning a degree that would be better used wiping your ass; they worry that you will never own a home, or a business, or a car even. They worry that you won’t find someone to love you the way they do, or they worry that if you do, they won’t be able to help you finance the wedding. They worry that you won’t give them grandkids, or that you will, because how the hell are you going to afford that?

The classes, the learning, the dormitories, the Bullu/Kalia cafeteria, the weed, the booze, the parties, and the faux sense of “community” and “school pride”? Whatever. But to be able to open my door, sit down at dining mess, or gather at Bullu or spend quality time with your pals and relive these 4 years ? Yeah, I’ll take that again.

Preparing for a new life after you graduate is going to be hard. That is what I've been told. Adolescence was a time to explore and live well. And so I did.

I wanted to sign out of this place with a "Good riddance", but somehow or the other, I couldnot. My message to all my beloved juniors - "Go out fighting, Go out Young".