Sunday, December 23, 2007

ON REQUEST.

(Although I "don’t" like to share the following tenets I've learnt in the first year at college, for each of them reminds of the the follies that ive commited and paid dearly for, but due to some special requests to put this one also on my blog, I oblige….)

Few things i can tell for sure i learnt in college...

1. I’ve learned that no matter how good a bandi is, how hard u try to b honest with her, befriend her... care for her, she’ll only contribute to your alcoholism.

2. I’ve learned that no matter how much I care, some people(other than our good ol chicks) are just assholes.

3. I’ve learned you should always leave loved ones with loving words. You may need to borrow money, n take treats.

4. I’ve learned that sometimes the people you expect to kick you when you’re down will be the ones who do.(So kick ass when u hav time!)

5. I’ve learned that you shouldn’t compare yourself to others — they are more fucked up than you think.

6. I've learnt that no matter how hard I try I cant work-hard/study until am in serious trouble.(so I don take the trouble to even plan studies before exam season).

7. I’ve learned to say, “FUCK U ! if they can’t take a joke” in 6 languages.(N may b thats y they call me "THE FUCK MAN" lol..).

Sorry but thats the way I am. Cant help being cynical !!

Saturday, December 22, 2007

Hostel Part 2

So here I am back again completing the story left in the lurch.
Last time it was up to the character sketches of our good story, this time around lets get down to business!

The myriad shenanigans that make up a perfectly "imperfect hostel life" are numerous and really hard to describe. Moreover even if I sat describing them all it would be hard to imagine, for such things can only be experienced rather than be put up on a stupid blog like mine for your perusal. Even after I say this, since am here to write something, lemme give u an insight of what I experience on numerous days.

Good morning.
On holidays hostel life has no mornings, for usually I wake up by 12.
But on the normal college days, aah! It begins at 8:30am with
"s**** Antriksh uth K****! Sirf sota rehta hai! Uthaya kyon nahi! F*** aaj phir late ho gayi, k*****!"
for a class at 9 (All Thanks to Baruah and occasionally to Ankit Bihari we manage to maintain even that "8:30 and seriously late" figure). Getting fresh happens to be the first adventure u encounter on your way to college, it all starts with an endless queue to loo n then for the bathroom. Before bathroom it’s the endless search for your "stolen" bucket. Even inside the bathroom solace is hardly to be found. Half the time its either there's no water/hot water or the shower isn't working or your dearest friend playing a prank of running away with your "prized" undies, OR if none of the above rest assured, u will definitely be finding an insect creeping inside your towel! Lol. You hardly ever find time for having breakfast, even If u find some, a daily menu of south-Indian upma-idli-vada isn't everybody's cup of tea.

Good morning part 2
(since for the last one month its been exam season, so this is more or less life in exam season )
Evenings are the time when the real fun begins in hostel. After waking up from the incomplete quota of sleep by 5:30pm its usually a dash for the evening snacks. Even though they taste the same, the flavors' are always colorful having them with friends on the porch in front of room 122. Now this is the time when u share it all, from days grueling lectures, to mastiful practical's, to the latest hot bandi spotted in the college premises. Maneet's "pearls of wisdom" to Arjun's "I don give a Damn!( gm bchd!)" to BBC's(Bhaskar's) latest "Adventure cum failure stories" are all PURE GOLD.
The discussions take a break for say an hour to one and half till 7:30 between which we supposedly aces our screwed up situation in studies (Mind it Bhalu(Arjun) usually tends to sleep even in this interval).
By 7:30 most of the days someone usually comes up with an idea to eat out. Half the times the discussion to eat out just has a peaceful demise. Rest of the times it takes at least an hour deciding the destination and getting everyone moving. The other days when we don’t go out eating, an evening walk after the meals is a ritual. Its either just a simple half the college- "mini", to around the college- "large", to round the lake(it’s a ditch actually)- "adventurous" or of including Type5 -SNH- "special " categories. Although I prefer the latter choice, perennially late, we rarely meet the time requirements of being there by 8:30.

Welcome to the jungle!
All the creatures of night at hostel become most vibrant and active between this period. Now talking of the time schedule of this part of the "night-day" it usually starts from 9 till 2-2:30am for most of the residents to 5:00 am for the most wild ones(like me, of course!).
So after the most shocking assessment of our completely pathetic/screwed/f****** up situation in the evening in terms of our end sem preparations its time for some serious damage control now! People from all branches all tastes all mindsets get down for the days labor. The seriousness lasts barely half an hour before u find Bhalu/Maneet/Baruah behind a door knock or from some classmate seeking some photocopies, syllabus etc. or our good'ol, Brainy/intelligent/"Ghissu"/Fauladi a** , yess! U guessed it right!, Atulya, for some syllabus info or just to enlighten us all. Atulya is truly a pal of favors, he always has some amazingly latest jokes(usually takes on people, mostly myself) to share, or some latest info from "knowledge queen" Anuradha or "Intelligence queen" Kriti and most importantly a solution to most of the doubts. The inter-room exchange of buddies continues with no ends till we sleep.
After people leave or 12 o clock(whichever is early) its time for a night snack at the hottest destination of night creatures, i.e the night mess.

The night mess
At first sight the night mess at VVS looks like a shady/smoky bar type in the chilling winters of November. But the food served here is, I bet! More than tasty and necessary for the lifeline of students than alcohol for an alcoholic. Although there aren't much choices, but a maggi, or an aloo ka paratha with coffee can definitely do wonders to your spirits and stamina. Often a dekko with fellow buddies at mess also helps in relieving u of the false apprehensions of being the only one with a f***** up exam preparation.

The circus of survival
After a hasty retreat from the mess by nearly 1:30am it becomes even more apparent that nothing more than seriously! "serious" study can save our a**** for the coming days to come. Antariksh and myself are seriously on our 5th gear now. It’s a matter of suppli-no suppli this subject now, lol. But even before I launch myself in to the preparations I realize that something is amiss, an indispensible photocopy of notes is missing! The real adventure of survival begins now! Antariksh-the bond-the stud is scared to death, and I realize that am the only superhero left in the story. Its me and the photocopies now. A half an hour "treasure- hunt" through nearly 4 possible rooms under endless bickering and I realize the copies are hiding in my room only, under a pile of old forgotten rubbish!
And so ends the adventure with a happy ending. Copies in our hands we happily waste a few more hours quibbling over some printing error/fact/formula mistake Antariksh finally surrenders in his preparations by 4 am. Off late in half hour more, I also follow suite and lay to rest for another day in sunshine.


(P.S.
1. As mentioned earlier it isn't really possible to describe it all, so people, sorry for that.
2. As for the characters (Bhalu, Maneet, BBC, Barue, rest of the friends association) if u don’t appreciate/dislike something/anything written above, U CAN KISS MY A**! GO TO HELL!
)

Friday, December 21, 2007

HOSTEL- PART 1

So lets begin...
"You happen to live in one of the most hospitable and comfortable hostels with a wonderful mess that has 3 servings for a breakfast"- Maa

Now based on my experiences in the DCE Hostel, you can surely count on me when I say that,
" hostel happens to be one of the most bizarre, entertaining yet inhospitable places on earth".

Mess ka khana.
Talking about the experiences at my "wonderful" hostel I think the part that certainly needs a priority in mention is "Mess ka khaana".
( AAAAAhhhhhh! Donno why but naam sunte hi main senti o jaata hun! Sorry!)
Mess food at first sight seems to be a total delight! 3 servings at breakfast with tea n milk is flagrant, a lunch with salad/raita, a dinner with sweet-dish… aah! sounds delicious! Doesn’t it??? But rest assured "delicious" is the last word that u associate with mess. After a month of residence at hostel, only thing that you can differentiate between all that is served is the color. ( Lunches are white-yellow-brown, dinners are brown-red/ lime yellow- brown). Goddamn! Every dish tastes the same.
(Needless to say usually ap, kanika n tronics ppl bear the brunt at lunches(I attack their lunch boxes rather that gorging on the flamboyant mess ka khana). But thanx ppl! Ur lunches save a hungry child!)

My roomie
Antariksh(my roomie cum classmate) happens to b one of the most docile/peace loving creature on the planet. But the only flaw in his personality is his complete docile nature, damn it!. U no what? He wont say a thing even if u come to his/my room and leave with all his belongings, lest of course, he doesn’t say a thing even when they leave with my stuff (people come n use my deodorant all the time, n he is like, oh! They must be Abhishek's friend and they have a divine right to use his deo).Else he happens to be one of the most sincere, hardworking and studious persons I've ever met. Never bickering or quibbling over things, I cherish him as my ever supporting roomie.

Room no 122(Bhaskar Maneet)
Bhaskar n Maneet ( from room-122/common room part 2) happen to be my dearest neighbors'. But am still in a limbo if having them as neighbors' happens to be the greatest boon or bane of being a hosteler. As said, their room happens to be the common room for us CVR friends group. U can enter leave the room n use the room for any purpose and everything they own(from undies to overalls to comp to bed). Lately even they have realized the same and migrate to other rooms at exam time for serious studies.
Still room 122 reigns supreme when it comes to all the masti that can happen in hostel.

The CVR friends association(friends in hostel)
Bhaskar and Maneet -
Unambiguously, Now these two people are the most indispensible part of my hostel life. Life without them is unimaginable!( Even with them it is the same). So who first?
Lets start with Maneet! Maneet is certainly the most unorganized person in college. His carefree neglect of all that belongs to him, and being disorganized is totally amazing , i.e. u can use all his belongings and make his room a complete piece of garbage n he still wont give a damn. Lol. Lend him with your belongings and rest assured u wont get them back in single piece.
On the other hand he is most understanding and sensitive when it comes to his friends. Works really hard when on for something (but rarely! Like when his ass is on fire in exams). Every day is an adventure with him around.
Bhaskar is BBC. Lol. Carefree he is in his living, in his talks and even his preparations for end sems. Works really hard. Really helpful fellow. Always in to organizing things for IEEE, doing stuff… robotics etc. We share a wonderful camaraderie. N yes! He is the one always getting cookies from home n I love to empty his stocks.(but off lately cupboard hi lock kar diya hai kamine ne!)

Bhalu(ARJUN)
This fellow is insanely in love with sleeping. Saala! Exam ke din bhi raat ke 2 baje so jaata hai! Else "Freaky-Geek" he is, i.e. freaks u out sometimes with his geeky interests in weird games and songs. He is also closest in his ways to follow the satanic principles. Apart from that he is also brainy, understanding complete theory of digital electronics in one go proves his forte.

Barue(Abhishek baruah)
Another "viola" of hostel. Lean he is, but not his requirements. Eats n enjoys helluva mess food. Is always up-to-date with all the assignments and lab files. Source of our groups worst PJ's. Always a reliable companion in the times of peril. But the most important use of baruah is as your vent for anger. U can always plot with bhaskar n bash him up for all ur frustrations.lol.

Nikhil Nassa, kumar abhishek and rohit-lallad
Last but not the least the group isn't complete without the likes of Nassa, Kumar and Rohit. Nassa is our latest source of worst PJ's. (secret: Nassa is a real "chupa rustam"). Kumar is most athletic of us all, always in to games and sports. Rarely attends classes and is always a companion in all our shenanigans. Rohit is Mr. busy guy.

The guy named Abhishek Kumar
"Freak" is one word for him.(although he prefers to be called Satan's boy or warlock). He is mean, wicked and complete psycho. Doesn’t tolerate his belongings to be handled by any one. Keeps quibbling over petty issues. Not that interesting a person.
Else he does imbibe some good characteristics… like… mmmmmm…..unable to recall rite now.
Always keeps stuff in his laptop, from movies to songs to pics. A movie-song buff. Ghissu at the time of exams. Has deep interest in philosophy, meaning of life n stuff. Ok-ok types.



(Rest in hostel part 2, coming soon)

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Life aint that simple, is it?
May be it is, may be not… who knows?

ALMOST FAMOUS.

Almost famous is a good movie. For sure it is.
It’s a story about a young amateur naive 'journalist', William Miller. A story set in the backdrop of the hippie age of 1970's in the US of A. The age of drugs, sex, rock n roll. It takes us through the journey of William as he gets an opportunity to travel and interview the budding rock band 'Still waters' through its tour of 73. The naïve boy of 15 in his sojourn gets to have a first hand experience in the ways of the world. Love, fame, adulation, alcohol, drugs, sex… neglect, lies he sees it all. The amazing portrayal of his infatuation for this girl Penny lane, who happens to be a fan/girlfriend of the lead singer Russell Hammond, played by Kate Hudson, and his completely frustrating situation as to making her realize that she is wasting time for him, is really commendable. Performances by Frances Mc Dormand as Miller's controlling mother n by Zooey Deschanel(of The Flintstones fame) as miller's loving sister are also worth a mention.
The point that really makes me appreciate the movie is its clear n concise depiction of the life of a rock band/ in a band from a clear point of view. The wild, carefree yet adulterated life of the hippies also comes on the fore in the depiction. It really at some point of the movie makes us reflect back on our own lives and think if all the carefree life we are leading, is totally worth it? Or is returning to all the harsh realities of life, getting trapped and tramped in it, the solution of it all?
The answer to all lies with us.
The movie was great.

Sunday, December 16, 2007

THEORY 2

What gals wants???
(Now this piece of sh** comes straight outta experience )

Well here's my version of the theory that observes from a trend of things (to b precise a string of my failures at winning a girlfriend), about what girl's actually want from a guy.

So what I've found is that ,what a girl wants actually, in a nutshell is another 'girl'. Mmmmm… not actually a girl but a guy who is more of female than a male.

Females seek out guys with female characteristics. By female characteristics I mean those that are considered by our society to be more female than male emotionally, NOT PHYSICALLY.

Like they want a guy who listens(to all the mentally-challenged banalities they keep spouting), who is more caring(keeps caressing, no matter where, no matter when, MUCH TO "NYBODYS" ANNOYANCE), who understands them (who understands girls better than a girl???). AND its always to their advantage that the 'girlie' guy is foolish enough to respond to all their biddings , doing all the "AM HELPIN THE POOR GIRL" jobs…. Lol.

So here's what I conclude :
"NO MATTER WHAT! AM A GUY N PROUD TO BE ONE! N I WONT BE A GIRL FOR A GIRL!"


N hey… although I don give a damn abt what u think abt my theory, it would be interesting to know ur response, drop in a scrap if u feel like...
THE THEORY OF LIBRARY


My Library Theory Observation is based on an observation that I've made at the DCE Library

I've noticed that a great majority of the people at the DCE can be classified into three sections.
1> obviously ,first years, all of em; civil, poly, to tronics and IT, BUT SPLY GIRLS .
2>" selected breed" of third years.
3> the fourth years, though not gr8 in numbers but a discerning eye can always spot a few of those elders.

You may rarely find any second year student in library. I can't truly figure out why this is , but I'll try to explain why I think this is.

As of first years , I think most of em are straight out of school, yet so curious to the ways of a college so they are in a grossly misunderstood state of "curious-mysterious -explorations". Then they come for their silly assignments n lab files. Boys seem to understand it early that there are other interesting avenues in DCE to explore rather than the dysfunctional library. (The second sem boys u spot are ones either chasing girls or on the verge of loosing em)

The third years of students are either couples, in search of a quite nook for a nooky, lol. Or the serious CAT aspirants

The rare breed of fourth years can also be spotted brooding in their own worlds, imagining their wonderful lives away from all the "college system- stink" that he/she has beared for the past four years in college. Ah! A happy human he is! (So sad, But the stink is yet to be beared for a few more days).

The conspicuously missing second years were always a mystery to me, but I guess they were far too aware of the ground realities of DCE i.e. the complete absence of worthwhile books or may be just lost in the corridors of college… still exploring the ABCs of studies….. Engineering……. Life…..
As I am….. In the silence of empty class rooms, in the loneliness of being alone at canteen or just figuring out if I went wrong somewhere with life, with people, with myself...

Lol
whatever it may be.
The A.C of library still works, n its truly a great place for 'studies', oops sorry! For VELLA!!!