The Big Reunion!

A whole 5 years passed since my batch of classmates got together at one, single place.

5 years passed since that emotional, tear-filled last day of high school. 5 years on, we are still missing those high school days: the fun, the togetherness, the careless chats and those nostalgic classes of boring subjects like History, Political Sciences amongst others. The more I think about those days, the more emotional thoughts linger in my mind. For every student, these days are extremely memorable. And once I had done thinking about those amazing days, it was almost time for the get-together party. 5 years was a long time. Barring my shyness, every aspect of my personality had undergone a drastic change during this period. Or so I believed. I can now speak to girls, almost. (Yes, I tried) I was the one boy in my class who barely spoke to girls. You can even replace ‘barely’ with ‘never’, and still the sense remains same with me. Such was my behavior that most of the girls might have thought I was a gay. Now, you might wonder why I wander off the topic so rapidly. Well, fear not. The reunion took place. And in a great manner.

The gravity of the meet was decided as ‘Food Villa’, a popular food joint, near the famous Cotton College. If you have ever visited ‘Food Villa’, you ought to see many young, pretty, beautiful ladies. You might be tempted to happily wonder that all the pretty girls of Guwahati had landed on that place on the same day as you. Your eyes and brain would be on a war as to decide which one is the prettiest of the lot. The only drawback of this procedure is that the girls wouldn’t be alone there. They would be either with their uncharacteristic, over-stupid boyfriends or with their loving moms. That might demotivate you a bit but this place is worth a visit. Now, as soon as all of us arrived, mixed emotions followed it. Some of us haven’t seen each other for years, so some were extremely shocked to see the kind of changes time had brought about in them. For example, one of our friends who weighed a mere 50+ kg, turned into a muscle-filled, protein-diet-follower huge person. He now weighed some 80-odd kilograms. Another friend, who was short enough to compete for the title of ‘the shortest man on the planet’, was now tall enough to measure around 5ft 6-7 inch. It was almost metaphorically evident that time and tide waits for none. Barring a few, everybody was almost the same. Some became fat. Some became thin. One tall, while other muscular. Some were still single, others coupled. But what felt good was that everybody was the same at heart. Everyone had almost the same personality. Time may have had brought about vast changes physically, but emotionally no one had changed. The food was good. The environment was even better with old memories filling the air. This was followed with laughter, cheers and a photograph session, where the girls clearly outshone the boys because generally, boys including me didn’t know how to give an amusing pose!

With time flying at the speed of light, the wonderful occasion ended pretty fast. This get-together was a much-needed one. It brought out some well-cherished, wonderful memories. It made us even closer than before. And with this, I hope that we would remain connected with each other throughout our lives and would never forget each other. That, in the future such reunion parties would be held more often so that we value each other and never ever break the ever-lasting bond of friendship. Thank you, my dear friends, and a Happy New Year.