Aggie Muster

It is quite a memoriable thing...I specifically chose this as my first blog post on my English website because I hold it so dear to my heart. Original plan was to start writing the blog for my friends to stay up dated when I am in China this summer. But I just want to leave a mark for Muster.

Everyone knows about the greatest aggie tradition-Aggie Muster. On April 21st every year, Aggies gather together, wherever they are, to comemorade the aggies who had passed away in the previous year. During the ceremony, their name will be called, and fellow aggies will answer "here" as they will always be with us. Many people said that Aggie Muster is their favorite aggie tradition, I wonder why...for the past 4 years, I have been to every Muster because that was part of the Corps activities...This year, on my own, I couldn't attend it because I was trying to set up the center pieces for my organization event at my friend's house. But we both are die hard aggies, and we both felt guilty not going...so we watched it on local TV.

The purpose of Aggie Muster is 1) to remember fallen aggies, and 2) gather with your fellow aggies. So we had 2 aggies gather together on the evening of April 21, 2008 at a neighborhood in Bryan...goals accomplished. :p

But what really gave me a emotional chill was the Aggie Display during the day. Love ones put up pictures, videos, and articles about the Aggie. Walking through the hall way was tough for me. What I realized is that even though they are not physically with us, but their smile and image and spirit are! Some displays have SO many pictures, that looking at those even makes my eyes teary. Reading stories about them reminded me that what a wonderful person they were. Pictures are important, that's one of the many ways that you can do for your loved ones if something happened to you. K-nut doesnt have too much pictures with me, that's why I am setting up an appoitment with vet school just to take some studio pic so I can carry it with me when I travel back in China, and of course my parents'...if they smile on the pic :P