What actually happened....

 

                                                          My Life as a boarder  

Vantage Hall is much more than a school; it has become a second home where one can become so much more than he or she ever expected. It was a combination of joy and apprehension when I got there because I knew I had come to the place that would make me what I am today as a person. Little did I know that this place, and everyone in it, would become a part of me that I could never separate.

Initially, social isolation was a product of the hostel and it was intimidating as well as empowering at the same time. New environment forced me to face myself, my ideas, my fears and my dreams. I first got a glimpse of my own self each time I was lying awake in my room or whenever I used to take a stroll alone on the campus. This was not a loneliness in a literal sense but simply the opportunity to be free and build my own persona as well as grow into the person I am becoming. Sometimes it was difficult but those difficulties were the beginning of my molding as a speaker, shaper and an orator – the person trained in speaking powerfully and arguing effectively.

However, Vantage Hall is not only the process of personal learnings and transformations – it is about the family we form. The people I meet here are friends and folks I have come to know and love and they have been there for me through thick and thin. We have become good friends for the reason that we have formed a sort and unique fellowship not only based on friendship, but on its very foundation which in this case is our support and comprehension for each other. Whatever we’re doing – studying half past midnight, debating or having fun – these moments have created a bond that will stay with us our entire life.

Finally it is the joy—laughter, night discussions, episodes of getting out at night and wandering around the campus. These moments of fine elation are the bonds that harmonize everything and make Vantage Hall more than just a school but a lively one. These are the memories, these are the times which make this place as close to being my home as anything else possibly could.

But for all of this I am grateful to my parents. I’m aware how hard it was for them to let me go, to believe that I would do well in another center. They decided to place me in this house of Vantage Hall much as it has been a nightmare, I know it has been a privilege. I know I’ve grown in ways that I could never imagine; and all that happened because of them. I have wronged them in one way or the other in the past and for that I am very sorry, I hope they will be proud of the new person I am becoming every day. I know Vantage Hall has equipped me to do just that, and for that I will always remain thankful.