TEENAGE MUSINGS!!!

College was the coolest but fastest  four years of my life .College, that helps us avoid the real world for just a little bit longer. While graduate school seems like the easiest solution to escaping reality, we think we might want some time off after 17 years of school.Four  years ,  pretty short time to make friends, to get committed to the first guy we meet in college , to be involved in fights (big time), to console hearts , to  slap ones back when you get kicked out of the lab,… Well , i think  that was the beauty of  college life .Its about how many people influenced you.Although homosapiens can be difficult, it was definitely more than just 60 different minds of the same species sharing a room from 8 in the morning to 5 in the evening.
Well there are two important facts about college life. One is the college peer and the other is friendship.College is a place that not only gives you a degree after four years of sheer hard work but also human behavior and perseverance.The initial impression that you have on people changes with time . The ones who befriended on the first day of college and whom  you thought might be your partner in crime turned out to be the reason for your crime and you ended up being friends with people whom you never thought you could get along with.I was typically an outsider here as i joined MBT a week later, so making friends for me was quite a task. As in getting the right kind of people with whom I could share a good bond. But my class in general was  good . I may not have been  friends with everybody but there were lots of my classmates whom I found extremely sweet and endearing.
In a war , there a are two ways of defeating your enemy , either with money or power. With money you can update your infantry department with guns and tanks or with power your can win over the weak. Friendship in a class with 60 is similar . If you want to decide what needs to happen in your class then you either got to have a strong group, comprising of the smartest boys and girls (with satisfactory credit in their account ofcourse)  or you need to be outstanding in your grades and should have ingrain respect for all teachers.Personally , i have tried both .The end result was either college life becomes a  nightmare and it assails you or you become bait(you tempt others) for it.Though i sound totally archaic in my believes , we had our moments.Especially  “girl” talks, an intrigue for guys.Hours together , thinking how we misinterpreted something, the opposite sex, said that  got us into trouble, to know what guys and girls are actually thinking, and how you should react when someone says “we have to talk” or “I’ll call you”? Writing chits, sending texts and  running around for facts on whose dating and hating were big time entertainment.(Though i should warn you , be factually correct on this .)
They say whats  fun without a cheese bun.Baking was a great activity to do with your friends or to help reduce stress during exams. There was nothing more exciting than smelling fresh baked cookies in the oven. The recipes were simple, delicious, and fun to make. However, living in a dorm and no access to an oven, was the times when we  checked out the common room, cafeteria, or even  visited a friend’s house to use the oven. These delicious treats were worth it! .Having food that all of us made was like a food fest for us classmates .
More importantly,hostel life was more amusing than what it looks like from outside.The glazed  terracotta building with high walls and windows with tinted glass  gave it an architectural beauty of its own (though it neatly resembled a monastery).As soon as you walk into the kitchen, it hits you like a brick wall thinking what could possibly produce a stench of this magnitude?The answer was the trash bag has been sitting out all night, releasing grotesque smells into every corner of the apartment, the cat on the plate and the cow in the kitchen. While living with roommates, it is very easy to get on each other’s nerves. Let’s face it—it’s part of nature. It’s harder to face these problems, though, when said roommates are your good friends. Is it really necessary to put a damper on your friendship over dirty dishes and heaping laundry piles?But again that’s what made life in the hostel.
While, a lot of us decided to stay and pursue studies for another 2 years, the overachievers had started crediting their account for a stable future and happily ever after. With the current economic recession and financial crisis, the number of students doing post graduation has  rocketed. However, students and educators still argue the price that comes with boasting a 2-year degree.So some working their asses out still feel they have made the better choice. All these and more was because of a silver lining and that was the transparency of college administration . College had access to Media coverage . The involvement of students in activities and sports were extensive. Sharing articles with students about college events and letting them start  clubs of various interests should be brought to the lime light.
Let me conclude.If one needs to accept the facts about a world unknown to you , without caring about the past or knowing the future , not knowing that you are in a whole new world were your possibilities of survival was only if you stood up for yourself or you could  drown in your own ocean of fears.But this was the world worth being, the land of knowledge , the land of friendship , the land of close relation and we call it….. MAR BASELIOS CET.