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Modern Fresher

Every new Experience brings out our naivety but a good learning opportunity. Therefore it sounds a good idea to try out new things and be adventurous but all this should be calculated and repercussions should firmly be held in our minds, otherwise… I remember how grateful I was, to one Susan, for helping me carry my luggage from admission offices to my hostel room in my first day in campus. She told me how good campus life can be, but still how nasty it is for reckless fellows…I heeded and reaped. I made a commitment to myself that I will orient first years when they come, share with them what they expect in their new life being the base of what they want to do their entire life. I did that, hope someone benefited. But I was perplexed to share with a friend about her first semester in campus and she confessed how they were ‘life changing’: v   Fresher’s Night Guys got drank and everything she saw, sorry to mention, can only be seen in a hardcore movie v   My B...

If Today Was My Last Day...

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Hallo, I've seen the sense in learning from other peoples mistakes and experiences because I may not live long enough to learn from my own mistakes. Brownie Ware's experience while working with a palliative care   noted the regrets   of dying people during their last days. They were ;   1. I wish I'd had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me. This was the most common regret of all. When people realise that their life is almost over and look back clearly on it, it is easy to see how many dreams have gone unfulfilled. Most people had not honoured even a half of their dreams and had to die knowing that it was due to choices they had made, or not made. It is very important to try and honour at least some of your dreams along the way. From the moment that you lose your health, it is too late. Health brings a freedom very few realise, until they no longer have it. 2. I wish I didn't work  so hard. Thi...