{I wrote this for a friend who wanted a welcome speech. He was a sophomore and the event was a fresher's party in college WRITTEN |
sometime in 2003 |
Ladies and Gentlemen, |
I would like to raise a toast to all the new faces in here. New faces that we don’t know till now but would wish to know. The |
same new |
faces that once belonged to us an year ago. The same new faces that, over ashort period of time, will no more be, 'NEW' faces. But |
faces they are now to us, and yes ‘new’ faces. |
Well, I speak on behalf of all the second year students here. Just a few lines of how we all feel at this juncture. Here I go. |
Newness or novelty has been intriguing and fascinating to man since the Neanderthal times. Novelty for us is excitement and |
exuberance, surprise and science, cheerfulness and joy, hope and happiness, boldness and buoyancy, positive ness and passion. But |
men as we all are, novelty to us also means risk, unfamiliarity, uncertainty, fear, doubt and disturbance. |
In the same token, the old and the established stands for ‘the familiar and comfortable’, ‘knowledgeable and therefore able’, |
‘mature and |
therefore trustworthy’,‘rugged and therefore reliable.’ But all this goes with accusations of ‘stagnation and staleness’,‘out |
-of-date and |
outmoded ness’ and ‘the slow and the stumped'. |
What I wish to express using all the ‘adjectives’that I used is that these new faces in here, our juniors for the coming year |
, represent to us |
the same hope and challenge as new players in a cricket team or new twists in a good story. And we, as seniors,should ideally be the |
matured bunch, a bunch of guys and gals they could trust and depend upon. |
Together, we can make a terrific team. You, a brand new Ferrari and we, the sparking black, Ford Model T. |
So, I, on behalf of all the ‘old’ faces here, welcome the new faces with open hands, open minds and above all, OPEN HEARTS. |
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Reference & Special thanks to- Mr Shyam Kurni ( |
http://shyamkurnihyd.blogspot.com |
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