Advice for Anyone Wanting an Unforgettable Time at Hostel.

Some sane advice that will ensure you have a fantastic time with your friends. O f course, you can ignore the advice if you aren't into bonding with friends, having intimate conversations and not into meaningful friendships.


1. Go out everyday. No matter what the rules say, what your daily outing permit is, always try to sneak out. You must explore- your city, your friends, yourself, the boundaries of your friendship, everything. It's a really rewarding experience and it forms fantastic memories. Plus, you'll regret the time you spent sitting indoors watching T.V. or doing some other silly thing when you could have been out bonding with your friends.


2.If you go out but have nothing to do, still go out and do nothing. If you are confined to your hostel, sit around doing nothing with your friends. It's the time together that mare than anything. It makes for irreplaceable and unshakable bonding.


3. Be Broke. It's an experience of a lifetime. And it's an excellent test of friendship. Owe people money and let people owe you money. But if things don't work out, call mom and dad to bail you out.


4.Own a camera. Preferably a digital one because it's cheaper to get prints. A manual one will cost next to nothing to buy, but the film and developing costs a lot which is a big crunch on students. If you have a laptop, nothing like it, but if you don't feel free to use your room mates. (My room mate the adorable Surabhi, has both. Aditi and I take full advantage of it. But that's because we have that kind of a bond and understanding) Take tonnes of photos- of every little thing- every aspect of your life in hostel. From your plate of food to your messy room to the view from your room to a taxi ride you took together to the butt of the cigarettes you smoked.


5. Share. Talk. To everyone. It'll take a lot of meaningful as well as meaningless conversation to find THEM- the people who think like you and love you for exactly who and what you are.(Actually, this should be the first step)


6. Be comfortable with yourself. Don't pretend you are something you are not because you'll be caught in 10 seconds flat by the people you're living with 24/7. Even if they don't see through your mask immediately, they will eventually catch on. And when they do, they'll feel let down, betrayed and deceived. Disaster.

Relationships

I always thought that if you have to work at a relationship- that you have to make a special effort at keeping it going, then it's just not worth it. What's the point of such a relationship, I would ask? In my mind it is always effortless and completely perfect. But Aditi says that you can't just give up at relationships, if things don't work out; that you have to work at all your relationships- no matter what kind they are. That got me thinking. Maybe there is something to it.
Perhaps there's something seriously wrong with my attitude. Maybe I'm too lazy/weird/idealistic or something. I find that I get very easily discouraged. i need to think about the reasons for this.

The trials and tribulations Penurious Pallavi II

Well, what do you know? I thought sometime back that circumstances would not let Penurious Pallavi live. She would die because Pallavi would get some money. But my fears were unfounded. Penurious Pallavi continues to be.

I have discoverd new uses of being poor. You no longer need to pay for anything. Your friends pay for you everywhere you go. Till now, I owe Mahima 45 bucks, Surabhi also something like that. Meenakshi, Rs. 25. Simpi 19 bucks and Ritu 15. Not bad. People owe me about a grand. Which I think might lead to the demise of Penurious. Plus Mum's coming to le grand mumbai on the 19th. So, I'll have cash to blow then.

It's funny. This preciously bought half hour on the internet is also being paid for by my loving room mate Surabhi. God bless America and God bless her soul!

The trials and tribulations of Penurious Pallavi

Time and time again I find my self in an impecunious state. The month is just on the half way mark, I haven't had any major expenditure... how, how and why do I find myself so flatly and completely broke? But this is the truth of my life. Never before have I been so hard up. For heavens sake, I didn't have money to get my phone recharged. But I guess everyone sees these days.
I guess having no money simplifies life. Of course all my immediate needs are already met. I don't really need to buy anything that's immediately necessary to my survival. But on the other hand, if I did have money, I would be faced with a mountain of choices. Suppose if I went to anda pav, I would have to ask my self to eat or not to eat? If I don't want to eat, there's no problem; but should I decide to eat, I have to decide what to eat? Indian or Chinese? If Indian then what? If Chinese then what? Do I want a Pepsi to go with it or should I have tea? But now, since I have no money, No Choices, No Decisions, No Problem, No Worry!!
Guess it pays to be poor.

nothing

since this is my blog and i get to write anything i want and in any way i want, i'm writing this only so that my blog doesn't get de activated. haha. any one who read this, sorry for wasting your time.