The recent warm weather and sunshine remind me very much of my long-gone college days, when I used to hang around campus in a big grassy area known as the Quad. During those hot and long summer-like days, most students like to lie on the Quad for a short nap under the shades of a tree with a book over their face. Others just like to gather around with friends, group studying or pure gossiping. I love to sip into an ice-cold drink and people-watch. Everyone is in their tees and shorts, sandals and all...all relaxed-fit. Everyone seems to be very happy. Life was so lazy and casual back then. Everything went and everything just goes. I love my college days -- enough to really miss them. I think whenever we become nostaglic about the past, we tend to only think of the good memories. Even the bad things that happen suddenly transform to laughter and become bitter-sweet. All I remember about my college days were good memories.
My younger sister is graduating from my Alma Mater this June and I will surely take a trip up there to see her graduation ceremony. True, the ceremony will probably be so artificial and boring, but I think it will be a good reason for me to go up there to see all the changes to the campus. I heard that they remodel a lot of the older buildings, including my favorite Memorial Union, where the Coffee House resided. They also built a brand-new Performing Arts building. Changes are mostly good, but I just hope that the grass on the Quad is still there -- so future students can still enjoy what I enjoyed during my 4 years there!
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