Cant believe its finally happening !! With less than a month to go, I am going crazy with all the wrapping up to do. Never realised I gathered so much stuff in my almost four years of stay here.
But more than anything, I am not able to understand the turmoil of emotions that I am going through right now. Its not easy to leave a place which has so many memories attached to it. And I literally mean, so so so many !!! My biggest lessons in life were learnt here.I think I hit the bottom-most point in all aspects of life at one point or another in these four years-academically, professionally, personally, financially. But I was blessed with such amazing friends to stand by me in these times -made some really good new friends and the bond of friendship strengthened further with the existing ones. Craziest times were lived here, did some things that I had never done in my life before - playing cricket at 2 am in the parking lot, talking about whether God exists or not for an entire night with two people who are not even ready to listen to each other,my first nightout for a project (I never did nightouts before!).There were so many firsts - first time away from family,first job,first apartment,first car,first snow ! Ohh - its been by far the most eventful phases of my life. I know I cant go back and live those moments again, but they will be etched in my memory till my grave. In a way, all these experiences here have made me the person that I am today. This was the only time in my life that I had to take all my decisions alone(ok not all, but most). And one of these decisions was to go back to India (read here).
As I get all nostalgic about my years in US, the fact that I will soon be in India is very exciting. Not just be in India, but to enter a new phase of life is even more exciting. But, that demands another post when I actually do land in India. Right now, let me just keep wandering in this walk down the memory lane...
But more than anything, I am not able to understand the turmoil of emotions that I am going through right now. Its not easy to leave a place which has so many memories attached to it. And I literally mean, so so so many !!! My biggest lessons in life were learnt here.I think I hit the bottom-most point in all aspects of life at one point or another in these four years-academically, professionally, personally, financially. But I was blessed with such amazing friends to stand by me in these times -made some really good new friends and the bond of friendship strengthened further with the existing ones. Craziest times were lived here, did some things that I had never done in my life before - playing cricket at 2 am in the parking lot, talking about whether God exists or not for an entire night with two people who are not even ready to listen to each other,my first nightout for a project (I never did nightouts before!).There were so many firsts - first time away from family,first job,first apartment,first car,first snow ! Ohh - its been by far the most eventful phases of my life. I know I cant go back and live those moments again, but they will be etched in my memory till my grave. In a way, all these experiences here have made me the person that I am today. This was the only time in my life that I had to take all my decisions alone(ok not all, but most). And one of these decisions was to go back to India (read here).
As I get all nostalgic about my years in US, the fact that I will soon be in India is very exciting. Not just be in India, but to enter a new phase of life is even more exciting. But, that demands another post when I actually do land in India. Right now, let me just keep wandering in this walk down the memory lane...
