Hi, I still remember the first time that I was told to write a few lines about myself. Those were the years in school when we were oblivious to the intricacies of life and were totally unaware of what it would present us with. All I could come up with was that I had a brother ( whom I never found wonderful at that time), a fantastic sister and a few words about my parents.
Well to tell you the truth as I write this today, things haven't changed much. I still love to talk about my parents and my sister, their qualifications and achievements and how much they love the three of us and how much we love each other. So I am gonna try and not be myself when I write these few lines about me.
They say people change and circumstances make people change. Well that's not been the case with me. For all those who know me I am still the same old Anuj who manages to surprise others every now and then. I haven't changed much.
I did my schooling one of the very well known schools in town, St. Xavier's Boys' Academy. They say the best years of your life are the years in school and we truly didn't realize that until we left school. If I actually sit back and think about the wonderful times that we've had during those years, I would so dearly long to go back to those days. But time and tide waits for no man and so this being the rule......life still goes on. It's come a long way since then. I topped my school and decided to take up science at a good college in town.
The memories of Jai Hind, my junior college, were not in the same bracket as those of my school and truly speaking, I don't remember much. But what I remember till date are the friends that I made during those years. It is really worth a mention that we still hang out together and are a wonderful group. But I very strongly feel that had these people not studied for all those stupid midterms and other timepass exams, we would've added color to even those drab years of our life which we spent with books that meant nothing to me atleast. Not many of us have wonderful memories of those times expect a few outings here and there and the very eventful Esselworld trip.
HSC was even worse cause there was no hope of these people freaking out then. This is when I found a true friend in Rushabh and it's been six years now and though distance has played its part ( he is in the States at present) in limiting our meetings and talks, it has never managed to dampen our spirits. We still spend most of our time together when he comes down to India and not to forget those never ending carrom matches that we've played. We still are tied at 3-3 Rushabh.
The vacations after the HSC meant apprehension ( results ofcourse...who the hell thought I'd get more than Viral, Ankur and Rushabh) and lengthy phone calls to Arti. The friendship that we've shared is simply unbelievable and sounds more like a fairy tale. We haven't met each other that often nor did we knew each other so well during junior college but we just managed to talk, talk about every possible thing. It's really wonderful to have a friend like her and am really grateful to her for a lot of things ( If I sit to mention those, we'll run out of web space).
Well I somehow managed to score a 95 PCM and got into one of the worst colleges of Bombay, Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engineering. Trust me guys the college sucks from top to bottom and so does the management. We knew life was hell when we got in.
But that is where lightning strikes and thunder roars and in a very filmy ishtyle we have a kahani mein twist. Yes, inspite of studying in the worst of all colleges, not to mention the staff and other problems that we've faced, I'd rate these four years of my engineering as the best years of my life. Yeah it could not get better than this.
I found the most wonderful of people in the form of my classmates and we left no stone unturned when it came to partying and freaking out. Apart from being a really intelligent and talented bunch, and as Manas says " the most enthusiastic class of CRCE " we all were in the same boat when it came to studying...WE HATED IT.
These four years in college with these amazing people have entirely changed my life and made me a different person. I've learned to type faster after chatting for long hours on the net and surely that is not the only improvement. The sports that we've played, won or lost, have taught me a lot. Won a lot, Lost a lot but whatever it was I learnt a lot. ( That is some peotry my friend)
But parting is not going to be easy.... Let's see.
Well I had never ever in my wildest of dreams thought that i shall study further after these four years of engineering but somehow i am planning to go to the States for my master's in Computer Science and fortunately i have a few of my closest friends going along with me. Life is surely going to be different from now on.
There is hope, there is the apprehension of going to a distant place, the excitement of meeting new people and finally the abysmal sadness of leaving those whom I have been found of.
Hoping that the next few years of my life shall mould me into a more practical and smart idiot and the company of new people have the same impact on my life as my present friends and family members..