A fresh start!

I'm in one of those transient phases when you are not in college and feel ecstatic and apprehensive, at the same time, about the professional life you have just stepped into.Am just out of BITS, so really dont miss it that much.Probably, it has got more to do with the fact that I'm still in touch with most of my wingies and ofcourse, my best friends.
To think of it,both the lifestyles have some very unique aspects to them and i guess, at this point of time,it is not really possible for me to prefer one over the other.
In BITS, I felt more secure,more at ease with myself and with people around me.I didn't have to deal with people i didn't like or didn't get along with.I had fewer pressures.The only expectations from me were that of my parents and myself.I could afford to be lax 'cos the only person affected by my irresponsibility was myself.I didn't have to worry much about managing my expenses 'cos I wasn't the one earning money anyways.At the time,I felt life was pretty routine in BITS 'cos there was a limited choice of hangouts.You didn't meet new people too much.Once u make some friends,you tend to stick to them.This was'nt exactly what I had in mind for my future.So,even though I liked BITS for its quietness and freedon it offered me(I love going on long,solitary walks at 10 in the night which is an impossible thing to do when I'm at home),I wanted to be amidst crowds,lose myself in it and most importantly, be totally independent so that I could do whatever I felt like doing.
Even though I was born and brought up in a small town of J&K which owes its existence to the army base camp thanks to the prevalent terrorism,and calling it a town would actually be an exaggeration,I always knew that was not where I wanted to LIVE my life.Even though it meant that I had to be away from my family,I don't remember a time when i was not prepared for it.
This was all that i knew i wanted to do but I didn't know how I was going to make that happen.
The BITS admission came along at that point and things just fell in place.
I fell in love with BITS at first sight.But as far as I'm concerned,things that excite me the most at the first go also bore me the fastest.By the time i was in 4th year, I was bored of BITS and desparately wanted a change.
Today, sitting in my part of this cubicle,I know what my seniors meant when they said that professional life is too monotonous.I never agreed with them.In my opinion, nothing could be more routine than the plain,"non-happening" life of BITS.But it turns out that they were indeed right.
The only thing that I like about my present lifestyle is that I'm financially independent. And I can do things which I couldn't do earlier due to the lack of exposure.
Yes, at the end of the day, I'm glad that I'm a product of BITS 'cos it taught me many things.It taught me that there is a solution to everything. You just have to be smart enough to search the right place.It taught me to be selfish and generous at the same time.It taught me the meaning of friendship.It taught me never to take things to heart.It taught me to live life and to be able to smile at the end of a bad day.
I'm sure thats someday,I'll start missing it like everyone else.But today,I acknowledge BITS for the difference it has made to me and I thank it by moving on with the same amount of zeal that I had when i was a fresher.'Cos, after all, it is a new chapter of my life, and if anything, BITS has only increased my appetite for life and taught me how to savor every moment of it.