things that happen in the girls hostel....

they say that girls have more fun...here's why:
1.everyone's (especially shruti's and my) affinity for rachana's deo...rachana says that we spray it on ourselves as if we are spraying mosquito repellents...that may be true due to the infrequency of baths...
2.loud singing (especially versions of enrique's hero) which would make the singer wonder if he would rather have us fried in boiling oil or have us thrown into a sea full of sharks...
3.waking people up with the loud banging on the door...except the one supposed to be woken and on whose door the pounding took place...
4.having to listen to swear words on doing good deeds like waking people up at obscene hours...
5.roaming all around the hostel looking for water and then waking people up from their slumber to take their buckets...this has happened with me quite a few times as being on the ground floor we get more frequent supply of water(and by frequent i don't mean 24x7)
6.standing on the corridor discussing the latest gossip...but i think the guys must beat us to that...guys definitely gossip more than girls do...
7.having to clean rooms...now that isn't exactly fun until you get some of the dirt into other people's rooms...
8.watching movies like goonda...cooped up in a room...
9.playing football in the corridors...or at least trying to...and then watching the attempt turn into a attack aimed at a person's head
10.discussing sizes of foreheads...and who will make a better housewife...or in some cases, who will have a better househusband...
11.emptying bottles of safi and milkmaid and cold water and a horrible smelling deo all at once on a person on her b'day...hope you had fun shruti...
12.sending random messages to guys on dc and completely freaking them out...that's liza's favorite pastime
13.locking the doors of people when they are sleeping and then completely forgetting about it...and then...
14.putting up the message that sigtia and devina are dating on dc...a wonderful concoction of our devilishly fertile brains
15.running in the corridor with bhalu and with devina shrieking after you...
16.trying to enter malvika's room...
17.watching shruti wake up...she smiles...or trying to make her open the door on a hot day...
18.stealing shoes and then making liza mad...she had workshop that day...and that was lakshmy's doing
19.giving people company when they wash clothes...even if its at three in the night...
20.trying to get treats...????
21.going around begging for food only to discover that the hostel is out of food...
22.finishing off someone else's tang...
23.doing silly dances to completely inane songs
24.getting drunk without booze and acting like completely drunkards...lakshmy's coffee does help sometimes...
25.eating the inedible food that we cook and better, making others eat it...
26.samhita's obsession with skin...hers and everyone else's
27.running after kittens and trying to have races with them
28.watching liza laughing and speaking(trying to) at the same time
29.watching sneha carry her entire range of beauty products into the bathroom
30.rachana's solution to everything- the big bong theory
shruti's solution to everything- whining
liza's solution to everything-physics???
lakshmy's solution to everything- words
samhita's solution to everything- vicco turmeric ayurvedic cream
priya's solution to everything- lo'real beauty products
sneha's solution to everything-food(it seriously helps...)
devina's solution to everything-bhalu
malvika's solution to everything-clean and tidy rooms
my solution to everything- zzzzzzzzz
31.freaking people out with my 'depressing' pieces of poetry
32.screaming out a person's name at high decibels...this is especially fun when you have 7 sneha's, 9 ramya's etc in the hostel...

thats a lot of stuff...i bet the guys can even put up one fourth(thats 8 for those of you bad at calculation) of that unless they include their inane and frivolous( philosophical??????) conversations on whether the purpose of life is happiness or their podiatrist jokes that don't always induce laughter...rachana is way more funny...
and in case u are wondering...yes we do sleep a lot...considering the number of disturbances we have, our hours of slumber generally tend to stretch out throughout the day...
and this isn't even the complete list...will definitely be adding points to it at some later point...
till then...
waiting to write more about the fun that a girls hostel is...
and return back home(yup...thats still there at the back of my head all the time...)
xoxo
the rambler

21 more days to go back home...sigh

STILL 21 LONG DAYS(DAYS ARE LONGER IN SUMMER) TO GO BACK HOME. am longing to be back home and squat in my room. my cousins are also visiting. life couldn't get better in the vacations. we are also going on a holiday. i can't wait for the compre's to get over.15 days...yes 15 longs days the exams continue. but then its better. we do get time between the various subjects to study. and then vacations...vacations in the true sense of the word after a long time...
anyway...daily life in goa in becoming unbearable with each passing day, and it has nothing to do with my yearning to be back home. the rising temperatures and the relentless heat and humidity with the generous servings of regular power cuts has made existence really uncomfortable. exams are going to be torturous as they continue right till the middle of may. i hope that the exams get over as soon as possible so that i can go back home and have fun with my cousins.
people are cribbing about being home for two and a half months. i wonder why?
i am looking forward to it.
in bombay i've got to meet all my school friends...nikita, ashish, tania, isha, raja...
will be fun...will be meeting them after a year. have only messaged on talked on the phone with them.
will get to watch the French open and the Wimbledon at home without having to fight for the remote or worry whether a cricket match would be going on at the same time.
ipl started...saw a little bit of it...kolkata knight riders versus something...got bored after sometime.
i wonder how people like cricket...there are so many people on the field...how can you concentrate on each one of them. tennis is better...there are just two players on the court and the ball at a given time during the match will lie with only one of them or neither.
its 7'o clock...baba will call in sometime to wish good morning...have to get ready for class.
today i have eg...my last eg assignment...so hurray...no more of that stuff...till the compre's...thats my last exam btw
i'd better post this...before the net conks out again...a regular feature in my college...
signing off
waiting to be back home for TWO AND A HALF MONTHS...STARTING MAY 15
xoxo
the rambler

nothing to do

yup...
i have absolutely nothing to do...
i've been trying to read a single page of bio for the past hour and have so far been unsuccesful.
electricity is coming on and off...there's no water and there are some culturals going on in the audi for ugadi...telegu new year. its obvious that since a large part of the population here in my coll is telegu, there will be telegu new year celebrations. tomorrow is bengali new year...so happy new year all fellow bongs. i get to wear a new dress...thats the best part.
i almost forgot to mention...i bought my guitar...was so happy yesterday. have told sigtia to teach me...
am sleepy...dunno whats wrong with me. its so hot in goa. its difficult to survive. and the worst part is that it is sultry and hot...and thats what makes it unbearable. even the lts are unbearable..especially since the ac's aren't working.
have started getting up in the mornings to go for walks. well, have gone for walks twice. hope to continue....
k...
hunger beckons...
then again...thinking...just thinking about mess food kills my appetite.
can't wait to go back home and go for the holiday, just me and mamma and baba.
can't wait to go back home to meet esha and trisha after almost a year. love them so much...they are the only sisters i have.
signing off
waiting to get up and go for my morning walk tomorrow,
compre's to start,
compre's to end,
and finally be back home for a good two and a half months.
xoxo
the rambler

war

wading through the dark bog
alone, and without another
he treaded on the dangerous path
there went a wounded soldier

battles had exhausted him
he was embittered
his soul was tired by the constancy
his body was hurt

he made his way
from one battlefield to the next
and helped his fellow soldiers
brave against a new test

he felt alone
even when he was with others
the war had stripped him of
every inch of love for human brothers

he would probably have been
friends with the man on the other side
had they met under circumstances
other than a war could provide

he had lost friends and foes
and was left without a companion
he had no more to lose
and was surviving like a minion

he had joined the forces
in order to support his family
a job to take care of expenses
that was now proving costly

he fought for the country
he fought for his countrymen
and hoped that his family
would have a safe haven

he hoped the war to end
and to be able to see rising sun
without an iota of dread in his body
and no desire to turn away and run

but the war continued
and with it took many lives
including the soldier's
and killed them many times

the war is futile
the war is insane
the war has
no reason to sustain

and still it continues to plague
parts of the world far and near
killing many like and unlike
the likes of the wounded soldier

xoxo
The Rambler

whew...

long time since i posted...my hands were itching to write and i probably had withdrawal symptoms from not writing anything for such a long time. well, a lot hasn't happened in the past one month...
except for the fact that i went back home and had great fun. the best part was that my dad had holidays all of the 4 days that i was there. speaking of which...today is my dad's birthday. happy b'day baba...
my mom's b'day was also there on 31st march...but was so busy studying, couldn't wish her at 12...feel so bad.
i hate this...not being with my parents when they have their b'day and anniversary...i hate being away from home especially when these days arrive on the calendar...
well, anyway went to bbay...FINALLY had SUSHI....yahoooooooooo
well...i'm not sure if its was sushi, but it was something like it...
and the best part is that my mom said that i could try out proper sushi the next time i go to anyplace that serves sushi...
saw some stupid movie race while was there. the moment i came out of the theater, was wondering and trying to recollect what i just saw...
well, i saw juno...the movie's nice...go watch it...
and also watch a few good men...jack nicholson's monologue in the end is powerful...u simply cannot ignore it.
have eg today...so hope its a practice session...
am hungry...think will go and have something to eat...
i hope its edible...the food's becoming inedible with each passing day...especially the dinner...
then...thats it...
will post more regularly...
signing off
waiting for may and to meet my cousins(sisters esha and trisha)
xoxo
the rambler