Three years and more

Three years passed away really quickly and in my lone hours i ask myself the question of what else did i do and learn,apart from studies in this three years?What are things that i will cherish and treasure?And,thankfully i am left with ample answers and this is a feeling one gets when one knows that one did not entirely waste ones time,thinking about just marks.I don't know,where to begin from.My first day in my hostel-sleepless it was,and to make it more dramatic,it rained heavily that night.I never knew that someday later i will cherish this extremely dramatic scene in my life.I remember spending 120 bucks on an ice-cream cup in SUGAR &SPICE,the first time, and i could almost be compared to a tragic hero because i thought it to be such a waste when one can get it for fifty bucks,outside.I don't mind and take pride in being too grounded.Sharma's tea will be dearly missed and if one stays in South Calcutta and has not yet got the taste of Sharma's,don't waste any more time.My second home was Nandan.The weird nerdy atmosphere of that place and the film festivals held there can never be forgotten.This place was my company at a not so good phase in my life and that is the reason i hold it so close,to my heart.The roof of my hostel was another place where i wrote innumerable poems and the place that gave me a proper view of the now not so hated place Kolkata.Being all by myself and learning to be self reliant was so difficult.The fact that i stepped out of my hometown and learned about so so so many things,that now when i work and do things at my home,my mother smiles with a shock ofcourse.To be true,even i am amazed and get impressed by me often.Engaging myself in various activities in college,with or without friends,and enjoying those moments is something i am proud of and it becomes all the more beautiful when i know the various challenges i had to face.Knowing people,was always the best and worst lesson in my life but now i can fairly distinguish between my competitors and friends,so even if i am talking with someone sweetly,i know when and where to stop and how to stop.I feel better when i think that with all that i have faced these three years,i have never done or cause harm to anyone,been always good,and tried to engage myself in work,and doing things that helped me breathe.Some people of my age boast of doing this and that and when they ask me if i too have done things?,and then when i say no,they elevate themselves further,but fail to realize that they have more resources than i do and if i had them,i would have proved myself even better.But i can't deny that it was during these three years and with my few resources,that,i was introduced to so many new areas of interests that i am so proud of.As to doing something really significant,these three years-well,i fought with my inner demon everyday to help me remain,the good person that i am.I made money by resisting temptations,i started writing a lot,explored the real woman that resides in me and the activities that i was talking about earlier,too helped me learn a lot-seminars,presentations,exhibitions,etc.Some people may think it to be a waste of time to spend more than the normal time in actives not concerning education-i pity such people,for they will have so less memories to be cherished later on and the best lesson that i have learned is no matter where you are,and what you are,you can still make yourself a knowledgeable person with what you have and how you execute things.Since a child i have more hurdles than perhaps many people,i can claim,i have known-but these hurdles were so necessary for me to understand of how i will have to earn for myself,which most people can easily get.I don't mind,for i am learning and growing the hard way and for good,because in life,the worst of experiences can make one pragmatic,and i am happy for all the mistakes i have done in these three years of college life and even before that-it just made me what i am today,almost comparable to 'the calm of mind,with all passions spend'.So,i surely did not waste my three years-i did things,i thought things,i went to normal places to strike out the extraordinary things residing there,i made memories to give me company in my isolated hours,i enjoyed life that i will not regret.