How far we have come

College life seems so far away, a time in the past, of an experience that we all cherish, and miss ..
At the same time, we are amazed when we are reminded that the College Life that we think we just left behind, was quite some time back and now, each of us striding out in a different direction, trying hard to keep in touch .. with the kind of life we knew and loved.
There were, well .. are 16 members of the Original Jundk group .. from our college .. MSRIT.
IT, Telecom, Med El .. the branches ... but we all had something in common which led us to each other and form a close circle of friends ... It was great fun in college .. and we were famous too :-) and were branded the "Jing-Bang" .. and later on Jundk .. that Story some other day :-D
Most of our 4 years in Eng was spent wth various activities and times spent with each other .. there were troubled times in between. but they were few and far in between nd easily taken care of ..
College ended and all of us were at cross roads .. not knowing where it would take us and if we would be able to keep the friendship going ..
Many went to the US for further studies .. many of us got jobs in Bangalore.. and suddenly we were struggling to find time for the gang .. But I think to our credit .. we still met up and spent time together .. guess the fact that initially most of us in Blore were employed in Caritor helped ..
It was dif to believe that we would actually end up the DCH way .. each getting involved in our own world.. guess we knew and didnt want to accept it.
All of a sudden, I look back and am amazed at how far we have come ..
I guess the wake up call was RPO's annoucement .. :-D .. and we all were made aware that we have indeed crossed a milestone perhaps ?
We have had people getting married, people getting married to aother's from our group itself :-), Long distance relationships (ie US jundk members and the rest of us :-D ), announcement of an Engagement .. and we were still behaving like things were the same .. but when RP announced she was having Baby .. I guess it woke us up .. to the fact that we should be proud of the fact that we are still the same group we were years ago . even with the changing times and changing lives .. we have managed to keep in touch the way we have been ..
guess if we continue this way at the least .. we will have something really special .. each of us will be bringing new members into the Jundk group .. and am sure each will be welocmed to become a part of this .. to let Jundk grow.

PS:Congratulations to Chandru for her Engagement. Wishing her and Bharath all the very best !
A pic from the time they visited me in Boston .. think Prashanth was asking for a photo :-D