to all the things I loved in collegešµ just design tea #16
core mems + advice I would still give myself!
I distinctly remember this moment during my university farewell. It was all 40ish of us from Bachelors of Design, Class of 2018 sitting around in our department courtyard.
We will never be this together again.
In a few days, we will graduate. We will move countries, start jobs, companies and families. We might plan a reunion in 2/5/10 years, but some of us might not be able to make it. Because life. So this is it. This is as together as we will be.
5 years in, I am glad I was so present I took it all in and really made a core memory.
Here are a few others. Thing I love is, I would still my present self to keep doing all these things.
š spending all my internship money on travel
I have no idea how I had the guts to be roaming around Paris with just 100ish euros in my pocket. Neither would I stay in that shady airbnb!!
I spent almost all the stipend money on travel. Road trips to pristine green north-east India, boating in crystal clear lake near Dawki, buying a I love NYC t-shirt in Times Square, walking around park GĆ¼ell in Barcelona, drinking 1 euro champagne in front of Eiffel Tower.
I can do it all again now, but it wonāt be the same. If there is one thing I did right in college, I would say this is it.
š· taking a lot of pictures and videos
Every time I revisit my 4 years of college on Google Photos - I find a very random picture or video that I had completely forgotten about. Or like did not remember I took a picture of it.
The sh*t we pulled off, how unhinged we were, and how we used to dress omg.
We had no idea we were making memories!!!
š starting a YouTube channel with my bestie
One fine day my bestie and I decided we donāt have enough embarrassing content to show at each otherās weddings.
So we started a YouTube channel!
We wanted a name with both our initials, and spent a week coming up with it. Carmine Kiosk šĀ We were convinced it is a catchy name.
We did like this whole stop motion intro, devotedly went around shooting videos, and edited them after classes.
My only regret is we didnāt start it earlier, and we donāt have more videos on it!
š¬ walking around a lot
We had a closed scenic campus with lakes. None of us had a bike, unlike our counterparts living it up in big cities.
We had bicycles, and it wasnāt as romantic to have two people ride it like in old Bollywood movies. So we walked.
āLetās go for a walkā was an invitation to plot and dream. To chill and unravel. To fall in and out of love.
Sometimes we walked to classes. We almost always walked after dinner. We walked to get chai after classes. We walked before Sunday morning dosa breakfast. We walked before big interviews and after rejections. We walked around lakes when we were starting to fall in love.
Till now a walk is my love language. I love walks.
ā¤ļø dating my future husband
When we graduated, we were pretty desperate to be out in the real world. Little did we know how demanding and chaotic and mind boggling it is to be an adult.
I wonāt rewind time and go back, but I am pretty grateful for all the walks we took around those lakes plotting our plans on a shared canvas.
And thatās how I feel about my college days. Itās an island of precious memories, echoing with laughter and banter. I have strong pieces of it with me. I often make trips to the island, walking through the jungle or sitting by the shore. And then I am back on my mainland.
Any core memories from college that you tasted while reading this?
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š 100 reasons we will always miss IIT Guwahati
A love letter I wrote on graduating, and everytime I read it I get misty eyed. So I donāt read it often.
š Karl Lagerfeldās day in life in Harpar Bazaar
With all the MET hype last week, this one deserves a shout out. It feels like a parody, but it isnāt! 20 daily newspapers, 10 cans of diet coke, 7 hours of sleep ā¦ The designer shares his schedule.
šŗ Queen Charlotte on Netflix
Sorry not sorry. I am a bridergerton fan, read all the books too.
š Iceland
No words, but some pictures on my Instagram!