One crazy Roller Coaster!

     Barca's victory in the the Copa Del Rey Final not only marked a blissful ending to Pep Guardiola's reign but also the end of the football season, leaving the fans to turn their attention towards the Euro 2012!
   What an outstanding season it has been! Strategic, Tactical, Exciting, Fascinating, Interesting, Aggressive, Ugly, Shameful..on an whole, a punch packed season.All the shades of the beautiful game quite evident.But on the forefront, it would be remembered for the wonders, miracles, highlishts & headline making events.The miraculous recovery of Fabric Muamba from a cardiac arrest,the 8-2 thrashing Arsenal received from the defending champions, the rise of the noisy neighbours, Real Madrid's complete domination over La Liga, Suarez-Evra's Racism saga, Mario Balotelli's "Why always me?" T-shirt, Tottenham's commanding displays, Carlos Tevez's refusal to warm up at the Allianz Arena & its blown-out-of-proportion consequences, Inaugration of Sir Alex Ferguson stand, Andre Villa Boas' sideline reactions, Peter Crouch's magnificient goal with his back towards the goal, Roberto De Matteo's luck filled campaign, Joey Barton's foolish Idiosyncrasies, Robin Van Persie's scintillating form, Fernando Torres' 'troll' season, Suarez's wonder strike from half line, Newcastle United's surprise rise into the top quarter of the table, Paul Scholes' coming out of retirement, John Terry's stripping off from captaincy for the Three Lions & its consequence of making Roy Hodgson the England manager, Failure of the Spanish giants to make it into the champions league final, Falcao's heroics in the Europa League Final, and the biggest shock/miracle/news whatever you may call...Chelsea bagging its first Champions league, thanks to the significant & critical contribution of Didier Drogba.
    Keeping my personal feelings towards Liverpool FC aside, this has been the one of the most thrilling seasons in football history especially because of its last day drama. What an end it has been to this brilliant season. Roberto Mancini rightly summed it up by saying 'It was a crazy ending to a crazy season!' How much more crazier would it have been other than boiling down the 9 months of English Premier League to a fitting 150 seconds where the two strikers,Aguero & Dzeko, scored the winning goals during Injury time, ringing out the biggest shock I have ever seen on Sir Alex Ferguson's face, while the trophy was being carried towards the Etihad Stadium. It was a perfectly scripted ending for this amazing season, which was nothing short of a thrilling Roller Coaster ride for a true football fan!  

Premature Nostalgia!

     After two weeks of exhausting compree's (read final-exams) resulting in sleepless nights, here I sit at 2 in the night before my laptop, not with the despair of messing up two nor with the delight of cracking a few but with a set of feelings I am not accustomed to. Its not insomnia or gratification flowing in my mind, but rather it is nostalgia. This time it is not a typical last compree feel where I count the seconds to board the flight. This time it is bidding Good bye. Three years of my graduation is about to be completed. Three full years!They passed away so quickly, that I still remember wiping the tears rolling down my cheeks when my dad looked back & waved his hand while leaving Pilani on the first day of my campus life.It feels like yesterday. But a lot has changed over these years. Friends formed, hangouts increased, bondings developed, Individuality grew, personality developed and of course, knowledge & wisdom, the essence of my Journey to Pilani! Deep down, the DNA has evolved so much, that I feel like a different person now. This place has truely transformed me. And like all good things, this is approaching an end. A more appropriate phrase would be 'taking a break', as I would be back for my psenti sem(last semister) for one last time.
     Probably,we,Bitsians, might be the only breed who virtually complete their degree at the end of the third year. Even statistically,what else is left? One PS2(read internship) and a psenti sem with a couple of courses and loads of placement sessions to attend to. One way of looking at it would be to contemplate about the prospect of a 6 months internship in a new city and looking forward to life with bright hope. But sadly, the other one is to realize the fact of bidding good bye to half your friends & probably, the complete 'typical' Bitsian life. Both irreplaceable happenings especially when your dearest mates are leaving. I feel like approaching the end of a journey. I feel like I am gonna gravely miss my travel companions.Even before entering to the final year, I feel like experiencing a farewell. It is like Au Revoir? coming true. It is like premature nostalgia. An inevitable event, but reaching far before my expectation. With loads of mixed emotions & heart felt wishes, I am bidding farewell to many of my pals.
     If life was a fictitious novel, this would be the last page of a chapter. With only ifs & buts, this would be the point where the author reflects upon the past & makes way for the future. Cherishing all my happy memories, I wish this wasn't an epiphany striking me hard. I wish I had saw the nostalgia forthcoming, if not for the premature occurrence.