Friday was almost the last day of college for my class. After this, we'll never again sit together in a class room. So, we thought it was only obvious that we should get together & make it a day to remember for the rest of our lives. Before I continue, let me make this clear. My classmates aren't like the usual college bunch. I mean, we aren't that close, we were almost never united in anything. So, coming together & making it a memorable experience is rather a hard target to achieve. But still, we decided to invite all the boys to Mahabalipuram (50 kms. from Chennai). Out of the 28 boys, 19 of them made it.

Most of them spent the whole day in water. If it wasn't the beach water, it was the swimming pool; after the swimming pool, it was alcohol. We had a lot of fun in the first 2 sessions. Though I don't drink, the alcohol (third) session which started at 9pm in the night, was one of the best times I've had in my life. Basically, we sat down in a room and decided to talk. Not your everyday chit-chat, but about our 5 years in this college. We decided to talk frankly about eachother, about our feelings for one-another, about the positives and negatives of each person sparing no details. And until then, I had no idea that so many incidents have happened in my own class. My view completely changed after that discussion.

It lasted for nearly 6 hours. We kept talking till 3am. It was the time to forgive & forget. I mean, its not every day that you go announce to your classmates that 'I hate this guy the most in our class' and that too right in front of that person. We simply wanted to vent out our feelings so that we don't have any grudges or regrets left; we wanted to part as friends, nothing more, nothing less. Yes, a few did shy away & didn't let out the truth, but most of us did, and only those who did, will really understand how satisfying the feeling was, to simply say it & leave it at that. It was very inspirational how being truthful, is sometimes, such a big thing. It wasn't like in a movie, we didn't cry, we didn't light candles, we didn't say "I'll miss you"; but for once in our 5 years of college life, we said the truth. It was an immensely satisfying experience, emotionally. I couldn't have even dreamed of a better farewell. Thank goodness that I have another semester to go. Even the thought that my college life is gonna end, sends a chill down my spine, though I don't understand why..