The book of life turned its leaves and I found that i have arrived at an end of another chapter. Another episode has come to an end with this new year. The new year began with a frenzy of assignments and exams and study leave. we knew that a new year has dawned but no one could really ponder on it. One might ask "what is there to think about a new year?" but well, its a NEW year. A whole year has gone by and we are another year older ;)
However the end of the chapter i was referring to was not the end of the new year, but rather it was something that the new year brought with it. The End of our life at university.
However the end of the chapter i was referring to was not the end of the new year, but rather it was something that the new year brought with it. The End of our life at university.
Once with the dawn of 2008 we got our A/L results. I can still remember how the results were released on the 1st of January. And that year marked the end of the chapter of school life. And after nearly three years now the new year brought with it another change.
Life at university could not be called as a bed of roses. It has its pits and rises and along with it there were loads of memories. I spent two and half years away from home in the burning sun and amidst the towers of concrete of Colombo. We found new friends and collected some memories. Some left lasting footprints in the heart, memories to last a life time. It was a new world for me to struggle with - the university. I guess that it was the same for all of us. Away from home and alone in a world unknown, we somehow learned to survive. Learnt the hard way that you cant always accept for granted that everyone is a friend. Learnt the hard way that there are many "Nool sooththara" people in the world.
But along with this came the realization and the appreciation that there are also some sweet people in this world who will die for you.[Maybe dying is a bit of a exaggeration. But I hope that i drove the point in :) ] I found some people for whom I can sacrifice my own happiness, for whose happiness i would do anything. They created happy memories that always brings a smile to the face.
Of course studies wise we learnt a lot as well i guess. But that is yet to be seen when the results are released ;)
Somehow its not easy to believe that I might not meet all my friends again as i used to do each day. Sometimes its hard to imagine a life without them. A life without all our mad talk, talk that no one else could easily understand coz of our list of code words. How can anyone know that a kandyan fantasy refers to a person? that a mosquito is a person? that big star is a person? that for us pink was not merely a color but something more than that??? :D :D :D But I guess that life moves on and the people we value and the people who value us- in short, the real friends, will remain forever.
So that would be about the end of another chapter in my life. I turned the page and now its over, and yet its memories will remain with me forever :) :) :)
