The Beginning

I was a shy country boy who happen to be in the urban area where everything seems new. I step in College with very innocent look and more innocent in action. As a poor boy, I have to bring my lunch in school since food in the canteen was beyond my pocket's capacity. At lunch time I go up to the highest floor of the building and quickly eat my packed lunch not wanting to be seen by anybody. I thought I was the only one bringing a packed lunch and that others are just buying their food in the canteen. I was drinking the water coming out of the faucet in a laboratory room. I've been doing that for almost a semester. One day after a quick lunch I went down to meet a friend, passing by the canteen I was surprised with what I saw. Guess what? .. You're correct, there are so many students and employees eating there with their packed lunch!!! But still it did not gave me courage to eat my lunch in the canteen, now my worry was my food is not as good as their packed lunch.
My pocket money is just enough for my fare to school and back, but one day I lost my 25 cents. It means I have to walk one of the rides back home. I was taking two rides from home to school and back. the first ride from school is shorter than the other ride, and I have to choose which stretch am I going walk. I was ashamed to be seen by my classmates walking home so I took the shorter ride from school and walked the longer stretch back home. It took me one and a half hour to reach home. My sister was already worrying that I might got lost.
My grades during the first semester were not good either, I felt that the lessons are going so fast and it was beyond my capacity to comprehend. I almost failed in 3 subjects and one those is Mathematics a subject that will determine whether you are for engineering or not. But anyway my first year has ended.... and a little bit adjusted in city life and in college life...