Residential Campus II

# Sit through empty nights of silence

# Hear sobs and cries in the dark of the night from different corners of the hostel

# Watch people unwillingly eat alone

# Witness politics, backstabbing, and bitching

# Be part of the community that clings to their phone at the end of the day 'coz it equals solace

# Give up on fight against the system, fight to continue relationships, and the fight to maintain good health

# Stay logged in to Gtalk 24x7

Things you could only do on a residential campus

# Never bother about sourcing a software, movie, or a music album - LAN comes after GOD

# Eat off someone's plate without asking

# Scream until an insect gets scared and leaves the room

# Have metal, punjabi pop, and bollywood music play simultaneously within a distance of 50 metres

# Begin your last game of badminton for the day at 11:50 pm

# Go uninvited to someone's place at 2:30 am

# Immerse yourself in a multitude of opinions and hit the delete button 50 times in one night

# Borrow and lend clothes, shoes, bags, books, CDs, laptops, jewellery, and more knowing you can barge into the person's room and take it all back even if they do not return it on their own

# Food is not borrowed. You only beg for it.

# Have raw maggi with tastemaker

# Have maggi mixed with hot water, instead of cooking in it

# Watch movies a night before a test and faff through 90 minutes of exam time

# Never ever get tired of talking about food

# Stay awake for a total of 30 minutes between getting up from your bed and reaching your seat in class

# Witness 'relationships' which are null and void outside of campus since there are respective boyfriends/girlfriends living elsewhere in the world

# Have friends for family

# Get free makeovers

# Run off with someone's umbrella and not be labelled a thief

# Get thrills out of keeping your bathroom cleaner than others' (just a personal thing :P)

# Do retarded things round the clock and find company for mad imaginations at all times

# Do better with group studies even after a lifetime of quiet studying

You're welcome to add to this list. I am sure there are many more such exclusive things. :-)

Experience of a Lifetime

Here on campus we have a culture of screening movies in the auditorium every week. They range from award-winning work to popular stuff from across the globe. As you may expect, the popular stuff always has a bigger audience (including me).

This week's movie was Andaz Apna Apna. Social media got exploited in the best form - what with people's status messages on Facebook buzzing and the college intranet having constant updates too.

The auditorium regularly sees full occupancy because of random mandatory seminars. Seminars through which we nicely sleep. But the movie experience is different. The last time I saw madness there was during the screening of Dev D.

But last night...
The auditorium was almost full. People got packs of chips to eat through the screening. We had early dinner to ensure that we're there on time. Usually screenings begin at 10 p.m., but Hindi movies begin earlier because the hostel deadline of midnight needs to be factored in.

Aamir Khan's entry on the bicycle, Juhi Chawla's adaayein, Salman Khan's 'uyi ma', Aamir's 'hayi la', Crime Master Gogo's ghagra, just the name Bhalla, Teja's 'humara Bajaj', and almost every single scene with the audience delivering the dialogues in chorus, had us all in splits!
We sang along throughout. Be it 'do mastane chale zindagi banane', or 'ye raat aur ye doori', people knew every word with every sound effect!!

Karisma Kapoor's wardrobe was also a unique laughter point in itself. Phew!

This white thing even had pockets! :D :D

I don't remember a movie experience as crazy as this one! And I am sure nothing in future could beat it either. Some things are never to be missed. I am so glad I went for this one! :-)