An Ode to the Class of '09

I was a freshman back in two thousand and seven,

Getting to play cricket for me, seemed like heaven.

 

It all began on a boring train ride,

To make me feel comfortable very hard they all tried.

On our weekly hour long journeys for the cricket team

They advised on everything from CIS, Wharton to MEAM.

And then, before long, as you may guess,

I was taught the easiest way to release stress.

And all of us landed up for poker at Harnwell,

Before long with all of them we began to gel.

Obviously Naatak was to come into our lives very soon,

The afterparties ending after the sinking of the moon.

Freshman year had to come to an end sometime or the other

By now each of us knew at Penn we had more than one elder brother.

 

The summer zoomed by and began sophomore year,

We never really realized that for them the beginning of the end was near.

We were told that Yue Kee Aunty cooks the best food,

Going to places even 'further than AC' just depended on their mood!

We observed and learnt as they figured out their plans for after Penn,

So confidently Goldman was rejected by some of these brave men.

4029 was a second home throughout,

Every day we would land up there without a doubt.

The ‘Queen of Diamonds’ became a part of our lives,

May each one of you find suitable husbands and wives!

Watching sports together was always exciting,

And beating them at fantasy games was ever- enticing.

The fun of doing classes together was mad,

With us you took them, just be glad!

The ability of pulling off multiple accents was unique

With ease could be spoken English, Japanese or Greek.

Soon hit the Bahamain ‘Ricardo’ Spring Break o’ nine,

And together we did more than just dine!

 

And as everything does, the circle came back to cricket,

In the last game, even those who only batted took at least a wicket.

 

I was a freshman back in two thousand and seven,

Getting to play cricket for me, seemed like heaven.

 

It all began on a boring train ride,

Thank God I took that ride…

 

It was great learning so much from you’ll and spending these two years together. Wish each one of you the best for the future. We love you all!