Bidding farewell
apagama, vigama, atisarga, aapracchana - farewell
Now that is the most difficult thing for you to do especially considering that you've practically been living with the same people in the same place for 2 years,
we came here to study,
we came here to find jobs,
We did a bit of both but more importantly
we made good friends,
some of found their soul mates,
some found their life partners,
we go with heavy hearts and reluctant legs
GOD what wouldn't I do for just one more month of the fun I had in these past two years
There are freshers here and there are the experienced guys like me, this farewell I feel is more difficult to us the experienced guys who have snatched some time from life to rewind back, so to say, jumped from the other side of the fence and are here. I for one do not want to go back to that world, the world of dreary jobs, work-pay-expenses handling-reporting-appraising-being appraised and all that crap. I've been on the other side of the fence I've waded through my share of muck sometimes more than my fair share of muck in those 2 years of outsourced night job.
I loved a part of it then, I was proud of being independent, but now.... I'm going to face life with a definitely much better job and salary than what I did before, but I do not want that, I just want to rewind life back to July 4th 2005, an Ali Baba's cave was opened to me, I was intrigued and then reluctant to accept this change but thinking back I've had nothing but a great experience overall, GOD has always been benevolent to me despite the hardships he has given me,
HE took away my Father but he left me in the care of an Angel and a little sweet cherub, My Mom and My sister have always been great source of inspiration, love, pride, joy and faith to me. He has given me good friends, wherever I go I've made friends, whom I've come to love and respect- My neighborhood, My School, My College, My Workplace and once again My college. I have a good job now and great friends here,being her sometimes I almost, almost, do not miss home.
But as they say, This too shall come to pass, and so it has, time to move on time to let go of the bygones and look forward to the new, But it is not an easy task to accomplish, life has thrown some pretty wild characters in here and forgotten them for 2 years, we've come to like, hate and love each other, I spend every waking moment with these people, they are my roommates, my classmates, my friends, my well wishers, my antagonists and my loved ones, I sit and joke around with them, have food with them, go to class with them, play, fight, watch movies, go to class and copy in the exams from them. 24/7 we are in the same place, keep bumping into each other, step on each other's toes and give a helping hand to each other.
I have never stayed in a hostel in my entire life except for now, but I've been pampered here by the hostel security, the warden and especially by the mess staff, sometimes far worse than happens at home. Now how do you expect me to leave this place and go, it is almost impossible and the thought if it is choking me, I generally haven't felt misty eyed at farewells or for leaving school or under grad college but here, now!!! I feel choked and heavy about the thought of leaving this place 20 days from now, it is something i do not wish to do.
Farewell
I have got my leave. Bid me farewell, my brothers!
I bow to you all and take my departure.
Here I give back the keys of my door
---and I give up all claims to my house.
I only ask for last kind words from you.
We were neighbors for long,
but I received more than I could give.
Now the day has dawned
and the lamp that lit my dark corner is out.
A summons has come and I am ready for my journey.
Rabindranath Tagore
apagama, vigama, atisarga, aapracchana - farewell
Now that is the most difficult thing for you to do especially considering that you've practically been living with the same people in the same place for 2 years,
we came here to study,
we came here to find jobs,
We did a bit of both but more importantly
we made good friends,
some of found their soul mates,
some found their life partners,
we go with heavy hearts and reluctant legs
GOD what wouldn't I do for just one more month of the fun I had in these past two years
There are freshers here and there are the experienced guys like me, this farewell I feel is more difficult to us the experienced guys who have snatched some time from life to rewind back, so to say, jumped from the other side of the fence and are here. I for one do not want to go back to that world, the world of dreary jobs, work-pay-expenses handling-reporting-appraising-being appraised and all that crap. I've been on the other side of the fence I've waded through my share of muck sometimes more than my fair share of muck in those 2 years of outsourced night job.
I loved a part of it then, I was proud of being independent, but now.... I'm going to face life with a definitely much better job and salary than what I did before, but I do not want that, I just want to rewind life back to July 4th 2005, an Ali Baba's cave was opened to me, I was intrigued and then reluctant to accept this change but thinking back I've had nothing but a great experience overall, GOD has always been benevolent to me despite the hardships he has given me,
HE took away my Father but he left me in the care of an Angel and a little sweet cherub, My Mom and My sister have always been great source of inspiration, love, pride, joy and faith to me. He has given me good friends, wherever I go I've made friends, whom I've come to love and respect- My neighborhood, My School, My College, My Workplace and once again My college. I have a good job now and great friends here,being her sometimes I almost, almost, do not miss home.
But as they say, This too shall come to pass, and so it has, time to move on time to let go of the bygones and look forward to the new, But it is not an easy task to accomplish, life has thrown some pretty wild characters in here and forgotten them for 2 years, we've come to like, hate and love each other, I spend every waking moment with these people, they are my roommates, my classmates, my friends, my well wishers, my antagonists and my loved ones, I sit and joke around with them, have food with them, go to class with them, play, fight, watch movies, go to class and copy in the exams from them. 24/7 we are in the same place, keep bumping into each other, step on each other's toes and give a helping hand to each other.
I have never stayed in a hostel in my entire life except for now, but I've been pampered here by the hostel security, the warden and especially by the mess staff, sometimes far worse than happens at home. Now how do you expect me to leave this place and go, it is almost impossible and the thought if it is choking me, I generally haven't felt misty eyed at farewells or for leaving school or under grad college but here, now!!! I feel choked and heavy about the thought of leaving this place 20 days from now, it is something i do not wish to do.
Farewell
I have got my leave. Bid me farewell, my brothers!
I bow to you all and take my departure.
Here I give back the keys of my door
---and I give up all claims to my house.
I only ask for last kind words from you.
We were neighbors for long,
but I received more than I could give.
Now the day has dawned
and the lamp that lit my dark corner is out.
A summons has come and I am ready for my journey.
Rabindranath Tagore
