I've been meaning to mention this for quite some time. About the life in college. That wonderful place we don't really want to call home.

Every facet of college life is shaped by our seniors and their seniors. (and their seniors before that, and their seniors before that . . . )

Like the houses. They only came into being for but a few years. Before this we had the now redundant amethyst and some other precious-stone-themed house. Many of the clubs we have were only recently formed. Just the other day at a Rotaract Conference I met one of the founders of our college's roteract, Sanjiv. He's in UTP now, president of Rotaract there. (how he ended up in UTP is another story; detailing the fragility of scholarships, rendering us to the whims of our sponsors). Not to forget some dead sites littering the net. I saw a Veritas website featuring an online edition.

Perhaps not just the large obvious things like clubs and constitutions that are significant, but also the little things; the urban legends, if you may. The Flabby Ricky song for instance. The story goes that someone knows a senior who knows a senior who's chaletmate was the famed very-convincing-impersonator in that song. And it follows that none of the Segerombolan Batak gang went overseas. Of course, I don't really believe it, but hey its legend. These guys have become legend.

And are very talented. I just love the Craig David's 7 days parody.

We shouldn't also forget the guy who almost scored full marks for a history paper. a history paper! 99 or something. Or one super-dee-duper senior who went to oxford for engineering who was a mensa member. Or the great 1 month long induction program. Or the fact that there used to be two inductions per year, one in january and the other in june. (and we actually had ragging then) Or that our seniors were not just sent to UK, but also to the US and Australia. And that SC president who was asked to step down, you know the one who had a lasting quarrel with our ex-principal Mr Morris. (But I hear, then, everybody had a quarrel with him)

Our college isn't that old, but a mere 6 or 7 years of existance has created such legends shows the capabilities of our students past and present. Think of the great limitless possibilities open to you. Go ahead, start that club you've always wanted. Make that song. Do what you love, and love what you do.

And leave your mark.