A Semester's Worth Of Magic

Here's to SIX lessons I learnt this Semester, coupled with all those magical moments with my amazing friends and I put in a few Pinterest Photos because, well I like them.

I'll start with an insignificant personal lesson.

1. TIME = $$$$$$ 

I have PATHETIC Time Management skills. And when I say it, I mean it. 2 projects, 1 Term Paper and a few annoyingly dramatic presentations. Reaching the lab/meeting room as early as 9 am, spending the entire day slogging and heading back 'home' at 10 pm. It could have been worse. Except that one night when I returned at 11 pm, took one look at my room that resembled a dustbin and fell asleep on the floor.


Note to self: Next semester, PLAN your time properly. And please. Please throw that clock on your shelf which stopped working a decade ago and get a new one. That would help. 

Ok maybe this wasn't that insignificant after all.

2. BE HAPPY, BE REALLY REALLY HAPPY. 

Happiness is such a great choice. I could spend all the time submerging myself in an ocean of guilt and sorrow. But seriously, if an Architect friend of mine could be that chill about studies, I can too. God knows what this college wants to do with Engineers and Architects. But in the end, what really matters is enjoying what you're doing, finding joy in those little moments of pain. Life is short. Make mistakes, fall in trouble, get drunk ;) but in the end dissolve everything and simply be happy.

It's all about creating castles of bittersweet bliss in the sky and watching them fade away as new memories are made.






3. TRUE FRIENDSHIP IS IRREPLACEABLE.

I'm so thankful to all the Gods (with/without debatable existence) for showering me with the most fantastic set of friends in the Universe. Whether it is sitting in the front row of a ridiculously popular movie sequel with our feet in the air, or driving down town to that exotic enthralling night life in Clarke Quay. Whether it is mugging into the late nights inside the freezing reading rooms, or chit-chatting in someone's cluster kitchen after midnight. Whether it's playing countless rounds of Pictionary or bellowing the lyrics of old Hindi songs from the back seat of a cab.

Those priceless moments of sublime happiness are what kept me going. They will forever and always.
                                                                                           

4. LIFE IS A MIXTURE BLENDER.

So you have a friend who is always lost in a dreamworld. Or a friend who is brutally straightforward about everything. Or someone who is sweet enough to be akin to angels. Or just maybe, someone who is as hopeless a romantic as you are.
And soon enough, someday you will become a complex and beautiful mixture of everyone you spend time with. You'll hear yourself speak in a manner you would have never adopted had it been for someone else ("Controlll", "That's it!", "Verrrry Good!").



You'll watch yourself change from being the same old boring YOU to someone a great deal more colorful, and guess what, a great deal more FUN!






5. FORGIVE, AND HELL YEAH, FORGET. 

The world can be really nasty. People will back stab you, bully you and throw you over. They'll make up vicious lies about you and spread them around for the world to behold. But a good friend once said, "When an elephant walks by, dogs will bark. But this magnanimous beast walks straight through without bothering." So if you really want to make it BIG, be like that calm and gentle elephant.

Thanks buddy, this piece of advice will take all of us a long way.






6. IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, GUYS.

It is. There's so much to do, so much to learn. It's an amazing time for all of us to come together and discuss books, movies, music and most of all, intelligent ideas and innovations. I'm so grateful that within this span of three months, I watched a few awesome films, read some heart-rending classics and met some lovely people. I went to some different places and absorbed the ambience of various unforgettable locations.

It changes how I think about the world and somewhere down there, it's a building block on my tower of experience.

If you haven't watched this movie you don't deserve to
live. Nah, kidding. 

Last but not least, I decided to engage my passion for the first time in two years. Thanks to everyone who encouraged me to create a Blog! I enjoy every minute painting these little literary creations. There has been a gradual evolution of interests, from spending pointless hours of the day staring blankly into oblivion to actually sitting down and pouring my heart out into words.





Life seems to make so much more sense now. After all, our mind is a canvas of emotions and no matter how we hold the brush, there will always be a splash of glittering hues for us to look back on.