In MAC, things never die down, never stagnate. Every event links us to the next and we just, as the popular phrase suggests, “go with the flow.” It was this long chain of non-stop anime activities that gave us one of our biggest highlights that we have received as of yet, an article about MAC in the Times of India which happened to coincide with Comic Con held at the World trade centre Mumbai where MAC cosplayers were participating.
Who knew that single well timed
article in a prestigious newspaper like the Times of India could change our
club so radically. With the monumental
inflow of oh-so-many new members into the club, MAC has emerged as a bigger,
better and much more enthusiastic club than it has been before. The newer
members have added momentum to the already galloping fun-ride called MAC. In
consideration of the new blood of MAC, we decided, quite spontaneously, to have
a New Members’ Meet.
What began as a casual meet, meant just for hogging on the
food, anime talks and chilling out, turned out to be a full-fledged one,
complete with member introductions, registrations and the sale of fan-made
anime merchandise.
It was not just the number of the new faces that we could see at the meet which surprised us; it was the variety of them as well. The TOI article, we soon realized, had a much wider coverage than we expected – we had members as young as 13 years (who unfortunately couldn’t make it to the meet) to older, much more experienced members (who fortunately DID make it to the meet).
Although
the meet itself was not one of the longest MAC has had, it was certainly one of
the noisiest. With the noise of dragging chairs and tables to accommodate
everyone in a restricted public area, the cacophony specific to new friends
being made, the boisterousness of old
members relating stories to the new ones, the commotion created by the people
interested in the merchandise - it was a crazy pandemonium of a meet, with the
only quiet members being the ones trying
to sneak in food without anyone coming to know about it (their attempts were obvious failures considering MAC members can instinctively sniff out food).It was not just the number of the new faces that we could see at the meet which surprised us; it was the variety of them as well. The TOI article, we soon realized, had a much wider coverage than we expected – we had members as young as 13 years (who unfortunately couldn’t make it to the meet) to older, much more experienced members (who fortunately DID make it to the meet).
Even with all the craziness in the air, or maybe because
of it, we all managed to achieve the underlying aim of the meet, i.e., getting
to know each other and bridging the gap between the old and new members.
Even now we are all under the rosy haze of seeing MAC’s
growth in numbers as well as in activities. With such overwhelming spirit
exhibited by all the MAC members, new and old, we have even greater hopes for
MAC’s success. I can’t wait to see the opportunities we might have in the
future, and with such a reliable and enthusiastic, not to mention huge, workforce,
nothing seems impossible for us anymore.
To the bigger and better MAC, banzai!