“Why did you wake
up so early?” Sonam asked me.
“Is past 7 so
early?” I asked.
“I am surprised
that you woke up without me having to come to your room and pull you out of
bed. I thought you will sleep for the whole day.” I smiled at the well stated
fact.
“Don’t we have
class today?” I murmured quizzically getting what was coming next.
“Didn’t you check
webmail? The classes are called off as per the order of His Majesty.” She was
laughing at me.
“Arrggggg! I should
have checked the mail.” I mentally slapped myself. After exhausting days of
first midterm, I craved for a real rest. I reluctantly woke up in the morning
to prepare for today's class.
Yesterday, after
writing the last paper from 4-5pm, we were informed that His Majesty and Her
Majesty are coming for the royal visit to the college.
A visit, students
anticipated despite the tiring days of exams. The visit which lasted for 40
minutes comprises of the words of wisdoms, advices and guidance, appreciation
for working hard, his expectations of the technical students and His Majesty
clearly expressed a wish to spend a day with the students, attending the
lectures and blending with a life of CST, however, he stated that he has to
visit Singapore to pay condolence and attend a funeral of a man he deeply
respect, former prime minister of Singapore, late. Mr Lee Kuan Yew.
His Majesty said
that we, the students must be tired after exams and deserve a day off. A line
which brought a smile on face of six hundred people in the MP Hall.
However, it was not
officially confirmed. After special late night dinner from a mess, I retired
for a day with a movie. Probably, dozed off without completing it and yeah,
didn’t bother to check the mail. That’s how I land up waking early today *wink*
Anyway, the perk of
rising early is that I could clean the room, arrange the closet, and do the
piles of laundry.
As I lay on the bed
reading the first chapter of ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ by Oscar Wilde,
mentally I counted the number of days I have to stay in a college. Hardly 100
days left to leave the college.
It’s hard to
believe that it’s almost 4 years as it feels like yesterday, when I first
timidly stepped inside the gate of College of Science and Technology. The place
which has given me a real foundation both for my career and life. I think I
have changed by leap, in past 4 years than the previous 17 years of my
existence. I felt unknown emotion rupturing inside me, I tried to suppress it
with the line I read somewhere ‘Every beginning has an end and every ending is
a new beginning’.
Suddenly my heart
swelled with mixed feeling of fear, apprehension, excitement, responsibility
which lies ahead and a few others I couldn’t name.
I felt the need to
breath for a real. I closed and tossed away the book, opened the laptop and
began writing, nothing in particular but meant everything deep inside.
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