Recently, my uncle advised me to enjoy my time as a student for
as long as I can. I contemplated his advice for a moment before
realizing, for the 37th time in the last few months, what a
carefree student’s life I lead. I mean, when else in my life
““ besides when my teeth are falling out and I can’t get
out of bed to piss ““ will I have the option of starting my
day at 2 p.m. three days a week?
I relish the days when my biggest worry was deciding how many
parties I could hit up in a night.
The past four years have flown by and as June approaches, I get
this weird fluttery feeling in my stomach. It’s a sort of
nervousness I feel as I see the curtains begin to fall on my 22
years of carefree existence. Carefree it has been indeed. Looking
back, I’ve had some fun times in college. Not necessarily the
kind that blow you away, but the ones that make the whole college
experience memorable.
Some of my fondest memories come from putting together Senior
Send-off for SAA (where on earth did that keg go?), dancing with
the Outta WAC company, chatting with Ed at The Bruin (I’m
telling you, coal makes a great gift), and a poo bear. Not to
mention the more run of the mill occasions like road trips to Vegas
and munchie-satisfying midnight food runs. I also managed to sneak
away to Singapore for a semester, sit on some of the most beautiful
beaches in the world in Thailand, and climb a 10,000 ft. volcano in
Bali in the middle of the night.
I occasionally wonder when there will be another time in my life
when I will be so untroubled.Being in college has taught me a great
deal, not only in the realm of academia, but in that of personal
growth as well. True, I’ll eventually have to trade in my
four-day weekends for 8 a.m. rush hour traffic and a cup of coffee.
But for now, I’m ready to take that big leap into the
“real world” and see what I have to offer in it. I can
only imagine that it will get better from here on out.
Eng was a Daily Bruin designer for 4 years and graduates
with a B.A. in economics.