Well, the junior year a.k.a third year is a time when you basically have settled down and learnt how to and how not to deal with things. Politics starts to play a major role. The rivalry between the first and last benchers deepens. Subjects start becoming more time consuming. You might even start detaching from your family, thinking that friends are all that you have. YOU ARE WRONG. The only people standing by your side through thick and thin is your immediate family. Parents, brothers or sisters. Not cousins, not some extended family people. Adopt this life lesson.
Anyways, college either becomes more like a drag or a place to be in 24x7. People know you for who you are and word spreads fast. Even the teachers get in on the gossip and treat you in a more friendly way. At this point of time, I had decided that i've had enough of the hostel life. I wanted to be free- of the campus, of the area and the annoying people that come along with it, and of the food. It wasn't that i'd started to miss home badly, but I wanted to LIVE, not slog. So, the two of us moved- into the heart of Noida. Shifting is one hell of a task. And if you're shifting into a flat, there comes the expenses. New stuff, rent, food, internet. Everything needs to be brought and paid for. We spent about 35k in the first month of shifting to Noida. This included 1+1 rent, a brand new refrigerator, an internet connection, hardware, plastics and stuff. And a lot of convincing our parents that we won't screw up our marks since well, freedom can be misused. And we didn't regret it a single bit. The trouble started when two more of our friends shifted next door. Conflict of interests, eating and spending habits- all started getting noticed and slowly, the seed of resentment was laid amongst us all. Who was to blame? Each of the four people. " Be not like dumb, driven cattle ! Be a hero in the strife!" Mr. H.W Longfellow sure meant this to be a life lesson, but if you're to co-habituate in the same four walls, you have to agree to some things, understand the circumstances and learn to not mind some comments. We ultimately fell apart in the beginning of final year. Anyways, that is a different story.
Coming back to college life. Well, mine was swell. I had finally started getting the recognition I craved for, friends became an integral part of my life. I had returned from a big ass internship and couldn't feel more proud of myself. New friendships blossomed, we started going out on more and more night outs, random short trips were easily planned since the group was getting larger by the day. We even had some good out-station trips. This is basically the buildup- it reaches a peak point and after that, there's the fallout. Enjoy this time- bask in the glory, have the most exciting time of your life. It does not get any better than this.
Anyways, college either becomes more like a drag or a place to be in 24x7. People know you for who you are and word spreads fast. Even the teachers get in on the gossip and treat you in a more friendly way. At this point of time, I had decided that i've had enough of the hostel life. I wanted to be free- of the campus, of the area and the annoying people that come along with it, and of the food. It wasn't that i'd started to miss home badly, but I wanted to LIVE, not slog. So, the two of us moved- into the heart of Noida. Shifting is one hell of a task. And if you're shifting into a flat, there comes the expenses. New stuff, rent, food, internet. Everything needs to be brought and paid for. We spent about 35k in the first month of shifting to Noida. This included 1+1 rent, a brand new refrigerator, an internet connection, hardware, plastics and stuff. And a lot of convincing our parents that we won't screw up our marks since well, freedom can be misused. And we didn't regret it a single bit. The trouble started when two more of our friends shifted next door. Conflict of interests, eating and spending habits- all started getting noticed and slowly, the seed of resentment was laid amongst us all. Who was to blame? Each of the four people. " Be not like dumb, driven cattle ! Be a hero in the strife!" Mr. H.W Longfellow sure meant this to be a life lesson, but if you're to co-habituate in the same four walls, you have to agree to some things, understand the circumstances and learn to not mind some comments. We ultimately fell apart in the beginning of final year. Anyways, that is a different story.
Coming back to college life. Well, mine was swell. I had finally started getting the recognition I craved for, friends became an integral part of my life. I had returned from a big ass internship and couldn't feel more proud of myself. New friendships blossomed, we started going out on more and more night outs, random short trips were easily planned since the group was getting larger by the day. We even had some good out-station trips. This is basically the buildup- it reaches a peak point and after that, there's the fallout. Enjoy this time- bask in the glory, have the most exciting time of your life. It does not get any better than this.
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