Nostalgia tomorrow

WIMWI started its T-Nite today..

Four days of excessive fun and delight which will remain frozen in time for both the fachchas and the tuchchas..
Its memories will remain one of the strongest.. especially for our juniors.

Though a completely internal affair, with no involvement of those outside, it pulls in the alumni who sneak away from their corporate abodes at least for the weekend if not the whole event.

Why?

Its probably that nostalgic link.. obviously this is a no-brainer..
.........................................................but then as we sit here, now, today, there emerges the question of tomorrow.. when we will be away from these red-brick walls.. and we fall into this complex double-thinking trap of the nostalgia that we WILL feel tomorrow.. and suddenly you enjoy the moment all the more.

Not that this is any deep rumination.. its a natural motivation of thinking of tomorrow.. unfortunately, we keep thinking of 'where are we going tomorrow?', rarely asking 'when are we coming back tomorrow?'. Luckily some off-the-tongue commitments we make seem to help pull us back. If someone asks me, 'How often will you come back to campus?', I'm sure I'd say, 'Every year'.. and I'd do it, not because I said it to someone, but because some nostalgic juice asked me to shout it out to the world, using the words only as a tool to bind me more firmly to my alma mater.

..and this makes me miss the place, even as I stay in it.. and work, and complete assignments.
..and it resounds telling me to give it my all.

Its a beautiful and unique experience.. not one that just flows to you.
Its one you need to think about to experience it.

That somehow seems to rob it of some of its beauty..
But you've got the ability to feel it all the more consciously.
And this awareness suddenly makes you look at yourself from far away.

A similar experience of a collection of people together would be astounding!
I wonder where I'd find it.
Maybe that's another experience in itself.. altogether.