When I first placed my first foot in my college life, I was not very sure what’s going to happen next. I mean, I didn’t have much apprehensions, I had some, but not as is normally expected. Well, what I mean to tell here is that I had no plans when I came here, rather I would say, I was in a state of “forget-all-plans”. I thought college life would be the same things as I have always thought of…..attend classes, jot down notes, behave crazy in the fiesta and whatever..... I was indifferent to anything that came my way and thought just to let things the way they are. I was in some “out-of-the-world” kind of state…..no special plans, nothing bothered me. Now, this is not a writing about the same old story of how college life is everything in a student’s life, how “no more friends groups, no more mass bunks, no more b’day parties” , blah blah blah.
I am writing this because I feel a lot has changed since I entered this college and the same applies to me too. After all, change is the only thing that is permanent in nature. So, today. Today is the 29th day of February. The day that marks the leap year. It’s a special one as it comes every four years. Sounds clichéd…..does it? So why I have named this piece of writing as “Once in a blue moon…..”? If that’s the question, then let me tell one thing, this is the day, we never had in our college life, nor will we have it again,…..together. Well, now that’s what makes it special. A thing which is even rarer and more precious than a blue moon. We have had many moments in these four years, some good, some bad, some stupid, and some not worth remembering. But this is one day, just a single piece, more special and unique than a singleton! Just one day which will be the only moment that has never repeated in all these years, a day which we had never lived, a day which we would never have again….. a day which never can be changed again and no one can ever be able to do so. If a birthday celebration plan in 1st year goes wrong, it can be changed or adjusted in the following year or something of sort…..but this day…..never ever can be modified or reframed. So, it’s you know, sort of a permanent thing.
Coming to today, it’s one of the most special days I had in my college life. Comparing to the person I was, with no apprehensions and special plans, I wanted to make this day a very special one. A day, which can never be changed, being planned by a person who herself had changed. Ironical. Though I always welcome changes….. (remember Mohabbatein! ). We had our usual classes but classes are a part of the things I enjoy in college. (Sorry guys….who don’t enjoy them.)
Even the classes seemed special today. Actually everything did. I wanted to feel each moment that passed by. The butterflies, the birds, the setting sun, the sky, everything and to top it all a small outing just outside the college with friends. Usually, we do so but today we did everything in a special way and with a desire to make it good. That’s what made it more special than was planned for. Everything seemed so splendid, so sweet and so very wonderful that even expressing them in words is just next to impossible. Everything and every moment the day unfurled for me was truly special and unique. And so it was truly once in a lifetime kind of experience. Just like ONCE IN A BLUE MOON….. And just ONCE IN MY COLLEGE LIFE!!
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