Say Hello to Goodbye. (part 2)

I decided to divide it into parts because there is so much to talk about, and I thought that I shouldn’t leave anything out. Joke on me though, everything that I thought of mentioning through the whole semester suddenly washed off…

The first thing I just could think of (and call me silly if you want) is Skapto’s shower! Oh how are we going to miss it…and if you say you were never impressed by it, you’re a liar and you know it!

Second and even more important: the Free-responsibility days ! Where and when else will you have the chance to lay down, decide to skip classes, order food in and just decide to chill and relax for the day and postpone everything for tomorrow ?! Well, of course if you win the lottery or become extremely reach. However you will have to find ways to protect your wealth and how to spend it, so that will take you quite some time and thinking. While on free-responsibility days  at AUBG day you don’t have to think about anything! It’s all taken care of…or at least you’re just accepting the fact that it is what it is and not much can change, or just trying to boost up your morale by thinking “Meh…there can be worse…”

Now I don’t know about you , but I’ ve had quite a few of these days. They  are  also called “hell-with-it-all” days and happen exactly after you’re having a “im-losing-it”  week, or “why-is everything-happening-to-me” day …or best case scenario “Im-in-a good-mood-for-no-reason” wake up.

Unless you can afford losing your job, you will never have the opportunity to wake up some days and just decide to switch off your alarm and turn on the other side… The grown-up world after university is messed up and won’t quite allow you to do that… So enjoy it as long as you re a valuable asset to the school’s finances. 

Say Hello to Goodbye. (part 1)

Okay ,  okay…  i know that might sound a little too cliché and you re probably creating this very sensitive image of me , but lose it ! It is just something that happens to all of us. To the ones who consider themselves as careless when it comes to getting attached with things and people, of course it happens to the ones who treasure memories( especially the stupid ones who happen to happen only at certain times in life) and it happens to those that have a “I don’t give a fudge” reputation they don’t want to mess up but that deep inside do feel sad about having to leave and move on to the next stage of life.

If you were to ask me a couple of years ago (those close to me can recall my whining…) I couldn’t make it to the other day. I used to wish of having other opportunities and that I could pick up and leave just then and there…but I couldn’t. I was so eager to experience new things that just waking up and just realizing of being here drowned my morale and killed my mood for the day. I would rather spend whole weekends in my room munching away than going out and socializing. Zero incentive…NADA!

But the senior year approached and I was literally willing (finances permitting) to make a firework display countdown just because the end of it was so close! And then the last semester and my best friend happened ... She has a master of creating this emotional vibe around the room that regardless my strong defense walls, did get to me eventually. Now, we re all experiencing “The last…” whatever event in school . Here is how it goes: We start getting ready and we are so much in the mood to get to the school’s party/event, and there she goes: “Boshke…this is our last one…” Now, here is where we switch to the depressive music list and feel like we will be banned from ever visiting AUBG again.

Eventually we get over it and make the most out of the experience …but in between drinks there, we do bring it up and feel sad , then our jam starts playing and SWOSH sadness is gone ! This is how we get used to the idea of having to say Goodbye but…

Little things in life.

I‘ve always thought of small details and little gestures to be much more fulfilling than big ‘screaming for attention’ actions. A student’s life is very restricted when it comes to finances so not anybody can afford doing nice gestures for people close to them regardless of the big desire to do so. That is true indeed, however there is always room for being kind with almost no money at all. If you had some money …that would be so much better though (remember how generous you get when you get your tax refund?)

I can tell you some free of charge nice gestures or things to consider if you ever feel like making somebody’s  day.

1.       Be a hugger! Say Good morning or good day or smile and take a second to hug the person. If you care enough of course… that will make the both of you feel good.

2.       Compliment! If you think any of your friends girls is wearing something nice, do say it. Why do you think they go shopping and take their sweet time to match and look good in first place ?! (well mostly for the other girls to envy but that’s for another time)

3.       Share sweets or whatever you’re enjoying. Don’t be Joy, if you share , the chances of you getting it back ten times and even more are pretty high.

4.       Let stupid things slide. Don’t hold on to immature things that might have caused unpleasant things between you and other people. Do believe me, things feel awkward for the other person the same way it feels for you when you have to see each other.

To be continued…