So haven't updated this blog for a while. It's been a hectic year. Managed to get a few researches done and even somehow wrote my GRE with all the crap going on around me. Had our ward batch farewell a few days ago which turned out pretty nice. Amjad and Ali brought cake and pizza, and every batchmate lit one candle on it.....
I guess the best part was sitting in a circle and giving our farewell messages. And before I could give mine, Hajra popped in a few words of praise, quite sweet of her, but being praised publicly makes me very EMBARASSED. Khair, here is what I had to say for my farewell message.
" Goodbyes are always hard. Zindigi albata chalte rehtee hai, lekan yaadian reh jate hain. I'm glad that all of you were part of my memories. It's been a pleasure knowing you all. I wish you the best this life has to offer. There's this song of Greenday, Rashid played it on the class function, which goes...
It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right,
I hope you had the time of your life.
Sure do......"
I liked Fatima's farewell the best......It went something like this....
" April 2003, I sat sitting gazing outside the window of my hostel. And I saw the sun setting, and I thought this is the worst day of my life. I will never remember this place when I get out of here. A few days ago, by chance I saw the sun setting again outside the window. And I had tears in my eyes. I was so WRONG. I'm gong to miss this life a lot. "
And Ayesha Qureshi's message was sort of fun.....
" Tum larkoon kay samnay say hee first year may guzrtay dar lagta tha, and ab tum loogon kay saath itnay 2 saal itnay achay guzray batch may."
Faheem........
" Faheem ban kar message doon ya FNA(an sms service Faheem provides, Faheem News Agency, where he maintains a list of contacts around the class and gives them breaking news regarding everything in life from class announcements to politics). Meray tu yeh paanch saal bhoot achay guzray hain har lahaaz say, they have been the best years of my life.........But one message I want to give before everyone moves out is that jitna marzi baray doctor ban jao, apnay maan baap ko na bhoolna...may nay dekha hai, kay doctors apnay parents kay saath bhoot badtameezi kartay hain...aap loog professors bano, principal tak bano, lekan apnay parents ka khayyal rakhna."
And by the end of the farewell, none of us could muster courage to go home directly, because we were so overcome with emotions. So the boys of our batch got together and went to Rawal Lake, where we reflected on our five years................
P.S:- Special thanks to Amjad and Ali for arranging one of the most memorable days of our RMC life....
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