Eternal Temptations

I just came back after watching 3 Idiots for the second time. And this time around, I could not wait to talk to my friends from college. College was over months ago... in this time, two batches of juniors have graduated... my juniors have come to third year and with the graduating batch this year, perhaps, my last connection with the college will cease to exist... perhaps...
For many people, 3 Idiots is a brilliant comedy. For me, it is nothing close to what my college life has been. However, there were moments during the movie, when I so missed college... and the people that I so willingly hung out with. One of my closest friends, Mervyn, called me today. We work in the same organisation. But I could not find time to go and meet him. Have my priorities changed? Umm... not really! But, the truth is... that I was so caught up in finishing work that I forgot. Mervs, I'll apologise in person.
Life's changed; in the last couple of months for the better. Perhaps, it was a good thing that I began working during college. Yes, there are moments (when even without being instigated by people), I terribly miss not being part of college fun. I don't think I ever mentioned to anyone what it felt like, when our farewell lunch was held. Yes, there was a bittersweet feeling. But more than that, it was shock and not being part of the batch's collective memory. Our juniors made a video, in sepia, of all of us from our batch. They picked photos from everyone's FB/Orkut profiles. The only pic missing was mine. From the whole movie. Even from NB's annual lunch, the only kid missing from the group shot is me -- because I had to rush to office; because I was too scared to ask for a holiday.
I know it pinched me on the day of the farewell. And it will pinch me years later when I read this blog or GD or even look at pics from college.
Gotcha run... will complete this soon