It was February 2025, and it felt as if it were only yesterday.
When we were young children, we used to wish we would grow up quickly. It was thinking that adulthood is equivalent to greater freedom. Moreover, it's the liberty to go anywhere one desires. Yet, in reality, childhood was the most enjoyable time of all.
Now that I am older, I travel frequently, but I realize that adult life is constantly changing from one moment to the next.
I recall how frequently I used to go on tours. Now, times have changed so much that now I lack enough money for such trips and no longer have the freedom or liberty to travel. It was the freedom that I enjoyed during my student days.
That is why I firmly believe students should enjoy their lives to the fullest. They should not view their student years as a form of confinement, but those are the days of true freedom.
Danial is my cousin. Whenever we drop him off at his boarding school, I advise him not to view these days as a form of imprisonment, but rather as a time of freedom( indeed, they are but a student often think such days as days equal to prison).
I tell him that once this time has passed, he will look back with regret, wishing he had truly lived those days to the fullest.
I am happy that I lived my own student life with such joy, doing exactly what I wanted to do. Yet for some reason, I still have sense of regret deep within my heart. (I can not figure that out ).
Anyway, I feel I should specifically talk about the day when the Chiniot tour took place. It was a very spontaneous trip. It was planned just a day before, and we went the next day. To our surprise, the Suno News( A Local News Channel) team conducted a brief interview with us. Even more surprisingly, that interview never came publicy( still searching). I searched very much on YouTube hoping to find a clip of it, but I couldn't find it anywhere.
The city of Chiniot is famous for its wooden furniture, a reputation I had heard since childhood. However, upon visiting the city, I realized that it is not just the woodwork that deserves fame. its architecture, cultural heritage, and other features should be equally celebrated. Unfortunately, they are not. In reality, it is a small city situated between major cities like Faislabad and Jhang, and it has remained relatively shadowed due to the overshadowing fame of those larger cities. So, i called it as a "shadow city."
My friend Moazam, who has gone to Italy, takes very strange photos. he wants his own pictures to be absolutely perfect, but he takes photos of others quite half-heartedly.
On our way back, we ate a lot of things like samosas and jalebis and really enjoyed ourselves.it was a unique kind of trip, but it was incredibly fun.
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