It had been raining all day. For the first time I wasn’t much thrilled about it. Standing by the window I stared out at the downpour. Things looked glum, real glum. I wasn’t sure it was the turmoil outdoors or the turmoil within me.

College had started a fortnight ago. We were in the final year of our engineering course. As usual with the onset of college our lives settled into the routine drudgery of student life. There was only one thing that made it bearable- Friends. Thanks to them I had a wonderful start to the semester. Last week had been full of fun, frolic and flair. So I had no reason to be feeling the way I was. That frustrating feeling when you want to hold on to something but you can’t. That feeling of emptiness when you lose something you treasured most. That helpless feeling you have when you can do nothing to stop the march of time.

Staring out at the rain I realised the reason for my emotional edginess. I always knew it would happen someday. It was as certain as death. But I was not sure if I was ready for this yet. The final year of our college life; the four years sojourn that would come to an end within the next few months; the year that would bring down the curtains on my ‘Student Life’.

Maybe this realisation was the reason for my saturnine behaviour. Parting ways with your near ones is never easy. I wonder if life would ever be the same razzmatazz it was when in college. At the end of this year there is so much to lose and so little to gain. I’ll be missing so many things. Bunking lectures; Hanging out in canteen; Snoozing on the last bench; Putting a friend’s proxy; Going to good movies; Going to crappy movie; Sitting in CCD for hours and gossiping about girls(Yeah! Boys too gossip); Having night-outs; Night calls on conference; Those squabbles, those quarrels; Those nights before the exams when we’d study together; Those nights after the exams when we’d party together; Those moments of elation when one of us topped; Those moments of dejection when one of us failed.

As I was thinking about these things, the rain stopped. The dark clouds disappeared, revealing the beautiful azure sky. Sunshine returned and miraculously lifted my spirits. It was as if the sunshine had cleared the pall of gloom within me. It dawned upon me that although I felt bad about the imminent end of college life, I shouldn’t let it ruin the final few months, when I still can enjoy with my friends and create memories that I can cherish all my life; the months when I can be who I am; the last few months when I can celebrate this glorious STUDENT LIFE and end it on a high with “The Last Cheer”.

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