Those Were the Days

PE17 Fellows,
On a special occasion like this, I urge you all to lie on your back for a sec, free your minds, and think back to the first day you step in here. Your memories are definitely varied, your expectations might be totally diverse, but I firmly believe there are two things in mind we have in common. One is the impression on people and place; and another is the impression on the steady, freshly-permed look on “Mr. K” hair. Isn’t it nice to know that in this ever-changing world there is still one thing you can rely on? Well, I will get back to that later.
First thing first. I tried to think hard of all the academic places I have seen, and just could not imagine any single one similar to ours. Nowhere else I known would offer such a luxurious dinner in the five star hotels, absolutely free of charge, to the notoriously “eat-till-you-drop” students on a monthly basis. I tried to dig deeper and the numbers of remembrances just keep coming up. Could you think of any Eco...