February 7, 2025

Nostalgia

As I get to know my GCIL peers and occasionally scroll through our old pictures to show each other, I am reminded of my first year of living at the UW dorms. Not just the aspect of sharing a living space with fellow students or waking up at the very last minute for school breakfast or watching movies projected onto a hanging bedsheet or talking my roommate’s ear off. But I was also reminded of who I was back then. Back then and now in India was when I stepped out of my comfort zone to meet people outside of my high school friends. I’ve been learning things about my peers like what it was like to grow up in their hometown or whether or not they went through an emo phase. Since moving back home from the dorms, I never made as much of an effort to meet new people as I used to. I think about how limited our time is in India and how it encourages me to step out of my comfort zone more. Why have I stopped applying that to my life in Seattle? This year marks my last year in college and I hope to return to Seattle with the same mindset I have in India. I hope to make the most out of my time regardless of whether I’m home or out of town. I know I’m also supposed to talk about my day in these blogs so here is what I did today: Team TUI worked from home today, combing through CCTV footage and spreadsheets from Bengaluru Metro in our pajamas. I am also sick so I Swiggy’d myself a latte and a fried chicken sandwich. I love Swiggy.

By,
Amy