The clock strikes 12.... the roads outside are empty.... because i m talking to you about 12 o clock at night...... i am in my room fiddling with my laptop.... a sudden msg flashes on the screen.... its Mr. Lee ( i cant use real names because if they find out they would most certainly kill me)... he wants to know if i want some tea... i see a blank screen in front of me so you can guess that i dont ususally have any work... so i take him on his offer.... In the mean while i create a playlist of songs i wanted to hear..... and i let them play... it has everything from metallica to pink floyd...... and everything in between.... My roomate practically jumped when i told him about the tea idea.... guess he also wanted a break from whatever he was doing......
By the time we had got to the kitchen a whole group had gathered wanting nothing more than tea and a long conversation..... wel i can provide the tea but the long conversation wasnt my cup of tea....
Ok poor joke i know.... anyways tea was made.... and by this time the song Back In Black came up and i knew that i had made the right combo... Mr. Lee my roommate and me sat in my room.... hot tea mugs on the table and emotions on full swing...... these conversations have very little real context but the subject matter is huge...
Yes it can be politics to who had sex with whom...... out of our minds and out of our wits we speak our heart out..... and we try to find out the solution to any problem.... even cancer if we had our way in this world......but thank god we dont..... yes otherwise a lot of people would be in pain i guess....
Wel on this night it was al about ethics morality and philosophy.... Aristotle would have stabbed himself twice and then hung himself from the ceiling fan if he heard us....... I mean we are that bad at this but it doesnt matter to us..... In this smal world of ours we rule.... everyday and everlong....
Mr. Lee obviously is the most provacative amongst us all and he threw some ideas on the table.... and we just had to agree.... then out of natural habit i raised the question about life and i wish i didnt.... because at this point my roommate reached a breaking point and yes he really did want to break somthing........ so his choice was my head but then i threatened him with a manslaughter charge so he backed down......
But to tell you the truth in the last 3 yrs i have seen every part of life.... and i have soaked it all in.... i mean through tears blood and laughter i have shared a different life in this place..... its been rough for sometime but for the most part of it , it has been a life altering experience... i have meet with all kinds of people.... seen their different points of veiw about the simplest of things and i have learned a lot..... Maybe i am sitting with a frown on my face but around these guys you cant hold that for much long....
Being in a boys hostel you dont have much privacy so you include everyone in your life.... so you include everyone in it..... make them a part of your life and you can almost definately see that you have grown..... but enough about these serious parts........ lets get back to the fun parts...
Have you seen someone washing clothes at 1 o clock in the morning or shave at around that time... have u made maggi at 3 o clock in the night and only got to eat half of it coz another one f your friends was going hungry..... i knw these things sound silly enough but that is what i call life... the real essence of it ......
I dont know if you had these same experiences or not but i do suggest you to try once.... trust me its an awesome life.......
That night ended for us at 4 o clock in the morning.... but its nights like these that i will miss the most when i get out of here.... i wil remember the faces and the smiles.... but i just hope i get these experiences back........
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ReplyDeleteawesome dude!!!!!i knw wt it hostel lyf feels lyk.....but tell u one thing.....this lyf...we aint b gettin it back.....we hv one more yr...after tht all will b lost...newyz...the post really got some tears outta ma eyes.....AWESOME!!!!
ReplyDeleteAbe b******* tune kab chai banaya hamare liye...s****...Waise nice attempt at romanticising our super boring life...at least it ws an attempt at making us feel good....(it ws not who sleeps wid whom rather shouvik slept wid whom)....u miss the n number of calls u get from some counselling seeking females at which ur roomy too is an expert
ReplyDeleteabe saalo wat kinda writing is this.....?????
ReplyDeletewhatever it is ,it sure is worth reading once...(just once)...:)))))))
impressive...touching and personal..nevertheless makes us come face to face with a community that develops among the most unlikeliest of beings..good job- passionate and honest piece
ReplyDeletehad nva xperinced d hostle lyf.....n dont wanna evn....~~.very well potrayed.....bravo :)
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