Life happens the moment you decide to step out of your comfort zone. My comfort zone was until my higher secondary. I stepped out of it three years ago with zero knowledge of how and what to do.
Confused and puzzled, I stepped in at Tetso at my friend’s request to get the form and prospectus for her. But the moment I stepped in, I was taken aback by its ambiance. “WOW!” was the first word I uttered the moment I saw Tetso. It indeed is a wonder. At that very moment without a second thought, I called my parents and asked if I can join Tetso.
To my surprise, they happily accepted what I chose. With the form and prospectus in hand, I rushed back home. My friend, who was supposed to get the form for her did not get rather I, who came with zero intention got the form.
The admission process took one whole day with lots of things to be done, such as creating my Tetso e-mail, filling up the form for the bus and a lot more. After the admission was done, it was a direct vacation for one whole month. Restless I was and excited to experience the new phase called “college life”.
My first semester at Tetso was probably filled with a lot of confusion. Confused, as the routine was way too difficult for me to understand. To add more was the shuffling of classes every 45 minutes. Sigh! It was tiring. But Tetso was quite different. It was a huge task for me and to cope with it took a good amount of time. Friends and teachers helped a lot in adjusting to the new environment.
By the second semester, I was a lot more familiar with the system. I was able to read the class routine clearly. I was able to decipher the places clearly only because my friends helped me with it. We explored the college to the fullest in the first year. We visited the Hotspot, the Tetso Arena, Hive, Library where less time was given to books and more on gossips. We were basically the daily tourists of Tetso for the first year.
The third semester (beginning of the second year) started with a real kick. My friends and I almost tripped the first day of the class in Hall 3 (now B1). The third semester was more fun than the first two semesters because by that time, I’ve known a lot of my classmates of both the Honours and general papers. Some extrovert, some completely introvert and some with a mixture of both i.e., ambivert.
The third semester was the actual year of stepping out of my comfort zone. Least comfortable in public, I, along with my friends decided to participate in the folk song competition at Summer Fest 2018. To our group’s surprise, we bagged the 2nd place in the competition. Not forgetting the wonderful drama week. The third semester was all about fun and experiment.
The fourth semester was a little bit serious one only because the exam papers were going out. But my friends and I knew exactly how to have fun. The hotspot was always our hangout area since the first semester, but the attachment to this place grew more in this semester. Our group will mostly be found there either filling our tummies or gossiping and sometimes completing tasks assigned by the teachers- class works. ‘Hectic yet fun’ would best define the semester.
The fifth semester marked the “Beginning of the End”. My last year at Tetso. The teachers told us that “These three years will pass within a blink of an eye”. Then I thought, three years? That’s quite long. But I was wrong. Even I didn’t realize when the two years had passed by and I was left with just a year in hand to make every moment count. So to say, life actually happened after the fifth semester.
Fifth semester also blessed me with teachers I take pride in. They have helped me realize that I can achieve greatness. All I have learned from them is that hard work is the key and that one should never give up trying. There was a time I thought of giving up in a particular paper but the particular subject teacher said, “How can you give up when the actual exam hasn’t started yet?” These words really ignited the fire in me. Just a ‘Thank you!’ will not be enough for that encouragement.
With the end of the fifth semester, I realized that there are only six months left to be in college. Well, sixth semester made me realize how much I’m going to miss the college. The love and support I got from friends and teachers is something that cannot be described. It’s a real bliss. The highlight of six semesters was the TRIP 2019. The amount of craziness, fun, and enjoyment I have there is something that’ll be treasured for a lifetime. There I became friends with many other students. The bonding between the teachers and the students became stronger in those nine 9 days.
The sixth semester holds a very special place as the semester carries a lot of sentimental value. The friendships that I made in college life is the most important aspect. The friends that I made here will give the strength and will be my knights on the shining armour of my life.
Life at college is the time when one dives deep into the ocean of new beginnings and possibilities. College life is a mish-mash of experience. This period has equipped me for all the challenges that I’ll be facing in my life. The beauty of college will stay with me even after years. When I’ll see the pictures of college life in about five to ten years from now, I’m certain that I’ll land up smiling reminiscing all the funny, crazy and weird moments I had.
Asoienla
(Tetso College)
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