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!
)