The reason why this particular fest during my MBA makes me miss it too. Can you relate to it?
So before sharing what happened in the fest I will share about DJ. So he wasn't a DJ and his name was the short form for his name Deepak Justin and he is a public speaker and speaks in TEDx. So he was in our MBA campus to address is students and teach us leadership skills. He was bald tho and is from Kerala but lives in our city Bangalore in India and he would even say don't call me sir if any student called him sir as he wanted to keep things informal and casual haha. His sessions were fun and I remember I had crush on Anshika and he knew it too as his sessions were fun so someone told him and he used to sometimes ask me "Hows your crush doing?" and I would blush and he would say "He is blushing" and everyone would laugh. So yeah in 2nd semester in early 2024, he took leadership skills class for us which were fun but he told every sections in our year to conduct a fest where everyone out stalls, some danced etc but he said me to sing. I chose Linkin Park.
So in March 2024 during the fest I sang Numb and my classmates encouraged and cheered me as I was a bit shy in 1st year so they wanted me to come out of my shyness and I was 23. But yeah I sang Numb. But then DJ later after the fest was about to end, told me to sing another song and I chose to sing the most personal Linkin Park song for me which is From The Inside. The song is personal as it reminds me of my school bully Arjun who severely bullied me especially in 9th and 10th grade. I remember hearing the song first time in 2015 when I was entering 10th and it felt haunting especially the verse when Chester sings "I don't know who to trust but no surprise" as it mirrored my trust issues I had after so much bullying and I couldn't hear it in 2015 and 2016 as it haunted me and only started hearing it after I entered 12th grade but Arjun still comes in my mind when I hear that song. So yeah I sang From the Inside in the fest and my classmates Rahul played the instrumental in the speaker and I sang on the Mike. I used the same raspy Vocals as Chester and screamed intensely in the bridge. I remember my classmates even the women were cheering me up which felt so validating and they were surprised by my screams. Now at 25 tho I am feeling nostalgic about it as MBA is freshly done, no DJ, no Anshika, no classroom, no such fests, no one to cheer me up and I cover songs on Smule and post them on Instagram stories but no one to cheer me up and my peers just see a post but it isn't the same anymore. What do you feel?
So in March 2024 during the fest I sang Numb and my classmates encouraged and cheered me as I was a bit shy in 1st year so they wanted me to come out of my shyness and I was 23. But yeah I sang Numb. But then DJ later after the fest was about to end, told me to sing another song and I chose to sing the most personal Linkin Park song for me which is From The Inside. The song is personal as it reminds me of my school bully Arjun who severely bullied me especially in 9th and 10th grade. I remember hearing the song first time in 2015 when I was entering 10th and it felt haunting especially the verse when Chester sings "I don't know who to trust but no surprise" as it mirrored my trust issues I had after so much bullying and I couldn't hear it in 2015 and 2016 as it haunted me and only started hearing it after I entered 12th grade but Arjun still comes in my mind when I hear that song. So yeah I sang From the Inside in the fest and my classmates Rahul played the instrumental in the speaker and I sang on the Mike. I used the same raspy Vocals as Chester and screamed intensely in the bridge. I remember my classmates even the women were cheering me up which felt so validating and they were surprised by my screams. Now at 25 tho I am feeling nostalgic about it as MBA is freshly done, no DJ, no Anshika, no classroom, no such fests, no one to cheer me up and I cover songs on Smule and post them on Instagram stories but no one to cheer me up and my peers just see a post but it isn't the same anymore. What do you feel?
22-25, M