Our youth never ends on the road - remembering the 15th anniversary party of the 1998 Foreign Languages ??Department graduates of Southeast University

When we look up at the starry sky, we are always a little moved. Those twinkling stars must have some kind of connection with us; when we look down at the earth, we always sigh, such a high-altitude perspective, It will more or less expand our spiritual perspective; when we look at the flying snow in the sky, we stretch out our hands and let the snowflakes fall quietly on our hands. We will all be amazed by their perfect shapes and colors, even snowflakes can So perfect, aren’t the people we have met and the youth we have experienced all the same?

On this planet, in China, in Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu Province, there is a school we love—Southeast University, where we spent four years of our youth together, at our alma mater. On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of our school, our friends from the Department of Foreign Languages ??in Class 98 have graduated gloriously! At that time, we had the dream of "youth never ends" in our hearts!

Ten years have condensed into a deep call. The students have been away for ten years and reunited in Nanjing. Everyone has the atmosphere of the past. When we talk about the past, they are the deep imprints of our youth. When we talk about the present, they are all different experiences created by ourselves. This gathering made everyone determined that we must see each other again on the 15th anniversary of graduation! Because we don’t want our youth to end, we want to get together with each other occasionally and stir up the youngest, freest, and most beautiful feelings and dreams in our hearts!

Youth never ends, it is a calling deep in the heart. In 1998, youth brought us together! In 2017, following the call of youth, we got together again!

As agreed 5 years ago, under the organization of President Zhang and his wife Fang and Yao who are based in Nanjing, and with the help of other Nanjing students Chen and Sheng, we really came as promised.

Bao and Xia, a couple who are diplomats stationed in the United States, returned to China in July. Juan and Qian, who have settled in Singapore for many years, traveled thousands of miles and came to Nanjing to reunite;

Rui, a senior alumnus who lives in Beijing, Qiang, a top student who has settled in Shenzhen, and Lan, a fashionable girl from Shanghai who married in Qingdao, have traveled a long way and gone through thousands of twists and turns, but finally came to Nanjing and reunited smoothly;

Hui came back from the United States and went straight to the party, Kai came from Shanghai despite suffering from foot pain, Ying came as promised this time despite not being able to come five years ago, and there was also a dimpled smile and cuteness as ever Min, Ling who is based in Shanghai, Hui who returned to Yancheng, Xin who stayed in Nanjing, and Qin himself who is writing this soft article, are all here, all are here!

For those students who couldn’t come, love has arrived and hearts are gathered together!

Our dear teachers, Teacher Hou, Teacher Zhang, Teacher Liu, Teacher Huang, Teacher Gao, Teacher Wang and Deputy Secretary of the Department of Foreign Languages, Teacher Tang, all the teachers who can come come with cordial expectations. Got it!

To the teachers who could not come, love has arrived and hearts are gathered together!

When I met my classmates and teachers one by one, my feeling told me clearly that there is no fifteen years, fifteen years is false, and not being separated is true. The style and appearance that everyone naturally shows in front of each other are the same as they were fifteen years ago. Curious, what makes us seem unchanged?

What’s interesting is that everyone is recalling every bit of that year with passion. Those people and things that I have hidden in the corners of my memory have never been recalled again. But when a classmate said it, The pictures of those green years suddenly emerged and became vivid!

Students with similar memories will burst out with more discoveries. There is no hiding place for secrets here and now, and the story will be clear and complete. In replaying various experiences, we seem to be watching everything above ourselves in the past. Now, we are just joking and chatting. Only the students can understand whether they still have the ups and downs in their hearts!

In the past 15 years, I have always remembered the farewell message from my head teacher, Mr. Hou:

I don’t know why, these few words seem to guide me to live a simple and authentic self, Hai. With the fish leaping and the sky high enough for the birds to fly, wouldn’t this kind of heart be happy? Wouldn’t living a happy life be passed on to the people around you? Teacher Hou’s wisdom has been ringing in my ears for more than ten years, and I can only remain grateful.

Goodbye classmates and teachers, each one looks alive. No matter what kind of life we ??have experienced in the past fifteen years, here and now, everyone is happy, pure joy, and Full of youthful atmosphere!

l? Enthusiastic original intention, breaking through the heat wave to stay in Pukou Campus

There are such sentimental people who meet to cross the Yangtze River Undersea Tunnel (the one they crossed was the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge), regardless of During the heat wave, I arrived at the empty and shadeless Pukou campus, where my first two years of independent life began.

Military training, classes, activities, hangouts, youth romance... are all performed here in a colorful way.

When we walked outside the teaching building, walked into the classroom, and walked downstairs to the dormitory, the breath of that time appeared. I felt the scene 19 years ago, so lifelike. This is the essence of time and space. This is the verification of the illusion.

On the morning of the 16th, the long-awaited group photography was held on the main campus of Southeast University. In the hot summer, on the green campus, we did not feel the unbearable heat as expected. Instead, we bathed in the breeze and enjoyed the shelter and love the campus gave us.

I just remember that wherever we went, people who saw us took out their mobile phones to film us. When people asked us which crew we were from, Dabao said "Deyun Club". Humorous online and offline communication like this accompanied the entire morning. Happy laughter floats in the campus. We are so young, so relaxed and happy. This is the most real us!

l? To the years of youth, the dots and smears of blue and black

l? Those most beautiful, truest, and happiest moments

No We have come thousands of miles away to meet each other, and our parting is condensed into a "goodbye". Everyone seems to know in their hearts that we will meet again sooner or later. Even if we cannot meet, in this age of advanced information, we can connect with each other freely. Even if we don't speak, our hearts are still connected. What else is real separation?

After these two days and two nights of intimate goodbyes, everything has been worth it. Those flight cancellations and delays when I came have long been a thing of the past, and the same experience when I returned can not erase the happiness brought by the reunion. and satisfaction. This is the meaning of the party: parting again, the hearts are connected even more closely. And I know that my classmates need me, and I will always be there, just like they have always been there.

This is a very beautiful metaphor, feeling the fire ignited when we get together. No matter what we talk about, what we listen to, or what we understand when we get together, it is a familiar place for everyone. Here we happily create this short-lived experience, but it will make everyone What I took away was full of enthusiasm and energy.

Now we are separated again. Looking up at the stars, each of us is the star shining with eternal light in the sky. Whether we know it or not, we are the stars in the sky. Infinite, infinite possibilities, be yourself, accompany each other, light up the vast night sky...

What does youth mean to each of us? Why are no one willing to let their youth leave them? In 20 or 30 years, our youth will never end. What kind of people will we be at that time? Is the life blueprint in our hearts complete? How do our experiences of life transform us into higher versions of ourselves?

Who will dominate our lives, those wrinkles that will eventually appear on our faces, or our inner soul? Can the soul never grow old? Will you never be caught in the worldly web? We, the students of Southeast University who have such a deep love for youth, and the friends of the 98-level foreign language department, what will we talk about next time we get together?

I think, let’s continue the innocent joy when we get together, let this kind of close friendship continue, let us continue so calm and comfortable ourselves, let each of our little friends be in their own Continuously create joy, friendship and peace of mind in your life, live in the present, and be grateful for every moment of your life!

This is the meaning of coming thousands of miles to meet, this is what our original intention calls, this is us!