Life @NITK and aftermath

It's been a long summer and a boring one. Perhaps when i am old i would cherish one such summer. But now things are different. College is over for me, at least temporarily and i frankly don't want to be stranded in the middle of no where. Like every sensible being on the face of this earth, i want to move ahead, get nitk out of my head for sure, be done with nitk. But better said than done. It's four years of my life i am talking about. The four years of continuous metamorphosis which has resulted the present me, is what i am thinking of removing and i know its not possible. All i can do is wait for future to come and embrace me and i can only hope its a pleasant embrace.

It was one hell one hell of a ride though. Like any other roller coaster ride it began slowly with my life moving ahead. Even though the pace was less, i knew i was learning and moving and most importantly gaining something. And like any other roller coaster ride, the steady phase was followed by chaos, and there were ups and downs and most importantly we enjoyed it all like we would enjoy a roller coaster ride in a amusement park. However the hangover after a roller coaster ride is temporary one, as against what NITK did to us. Imagine if each and every significant stages of our life pass of just like our college days. Will i ever get to sit alone on the beach with a empty open mind perceiving everything around, with no worries and with space always segmented for all sorts of ideas, thoughts to flow in and dance rhythmically like that of a musical symphony?? Or if i stop being philosophical, is it ever possible for to attend classes, gym hard, swim, and go out and eat and come back to the hostels, only to find out that a party beckoned you, and all of it in a single day?? Believe it or not, this went on for a month or so and the best part it all felt normal. Like it was something we 'nitkians' deserved and others didn't.

Those were the days of past and here i am like a monkey in the mid-air leaping between 2 ground surfaces. Future seems promising or nitk has made me an optimist. However i care less about future, i've never been the one peering too far into it. Is the present calmness the figurative 'lull before the storm' or is it the story of the future to come. If this is the future, god forbid it, i've already started feeling old i guess. I've been growing bigger, heavier and stronger and i would like to think i am ready for a storm. I want to be taken up and down. NITK has made me strong for these lows and cheerful enough to celebrate the ups. With optimism i await my entry into a professional journey. But its a long wait. To be suspended in mid-air awaiting something so much big is not an easy job. Memories of the past haunt me and the only way i reciprocate is by replacing the desktop background of my computer with yet another picture from yesteryears. Music suddenly has somewhat started making sense than ever before. Things have started to change or i've become more matured and sensitive.

Now i am an ENGINEER, at least the provisional degree certificate i got recently says so. There won't be another semester, there will be no more placement seasons to come nor placement treats, there won't be that day in july when i'll board a 2+1 'Ideal bus' to surathkal from jayanagar. Life clearly has moved on, am not sure if i have. Its high time i realize, 'Every great journey has to end', and so did NITK. The journey called 'engineering' which was carried out in a sturdy ship called NITK with the most amazing of the crewmates has now officially concluded. The Fellowship of the batch of NITK 2004-08 has ended. My destination has arrived i've just got out of this ship. Thanks to this journey, i now stand in light and am sure of continuing the greater journey. NITK has changed me, and for good. All i can now say is a Kudos and three cheers to HMS NITK and her crew.