The Chronicles of the Lobby that Never Sleeps...

7:20 Get up. Yawn! Another boring day in store.  Fall black. Asleep again.

7:35 Get up.

7:45 Tough decision. To bathe or not to bathe.

7:55 Conflict resolved. Water is scarce. No bath. Use obscene quantities of deo instead.

7:56 Drag feet to mess. Eat. Choke. Curse the mess. Curse the insti. Swear against God. 

Direct Quote : "...Saala system hi kharab hai..."

- some guy to some other guy in the mess.

8:00 Reached the Lecture Hall. Somebody proposes sitting in the front. Promptly assaulted with a generous dose of profanities. Back benches secured. Ahh! Life's good.

8:45 Brainwash.

9:30 Brainwash.

Somebody says something about some new CS strategy. Hailed as Ishtuud. Everybody on the bench wide awake for 2 mins and 56 secs.

10:15 Brainwash.

Direct Quote: "mumble mumble mumble....yadda yadda yadda...blah blah blah..."

-sounds emerging from the dais.

11:oo Break. Walk the marathon from insti to Hostel.  

11:20 Eat. Too drained out to swear. 

11: 30 Invitation for a CS quickie. Tension in the air. Frank exchange of viewpoints in the lobby. [Read cussing and yelling @ top volume for the next half an hour.]

Direct Quote: (Censored) ;)

12:00 Hell. It's that time of the day again. Walk the marathon in reverse gear.

12:45 Some lab. Alchemy apparatus all around. Try not to break anything. 

12:50 Teacher distributes ciphers on paper. Everybody busy jotting useless information

they'll never need.  

Ishtuud Quote: "This is stupid. Everybody's gonna die someday so what's the point of doing anything. I'd rather savour the moment. Hey, look at her!"

(Dirty looks from the non-ishtuuds.)

3:00 Ordeal over. Marathon not.

3:20 Back in the hostel. Fling bag. Change. Check mail. Facebook. Frantic phonecalls. 

Direct quote: "Oye baencho...CP mein mil..."

3:35 Meetings fixed @ CP/OC/PMC. 

4:00 Passionate discussions about whether HP Envy 15 Quad Core, i5, 4 GB DDR3, scores

over Macbook Pro 15 Aluminium Unibody and if Shahrukh is better then Aamir. Daggers drawn.

4:30 Placements decided.

4:45 Packages estimated.

5:00 Retirement Plans discussed.

Direct Quote:

CP Shop owner to random guy walking away: "Arrey Bhaiyaa, paisa????"

5:50 In-time for girls hostel. Out time for boys.

6:30 Oops. Missed the snacks.

Direct Quote: "Kyun Nai Milega?"

 "Bhaiyya, Time khatam ho gaya hai."

  Curses and evil glances.

7:00 Strong urge to study. Sit back. Take a deep breath. Relax till the feeling goes away.

Ishtuud Quote: "I am too smart for this dumb course. And anyways, it's the dropouts who are the billionares. Right? You know Einstein god bad grades? Well mine are even worse!"

7:15  Busy on phone.

7:45 Still busy.

8:00 Finally hang up.

8:15 Roam around. Play rap. The guy from the next row playing Metal, huh? Well drown his sounds with Grunge.

9:00 Dinner time. Slighty better.

Ishtuud Quote: "Well... on a scale of 1 to 10, i would give this meal a C+."

10:00 CS invitation.  Full concentration.

11:00 Ishtuud Quote: "Man...everybody's a pro in this game...i bet India could kick everybody's ass if we had it in Olympics..." 

12:00 Game on.

4:00 Serious blackout. No idea what happens next.

7:00 Sounds of Firetrucks and ambulances.

7:10 Grim Realisation. It's actually the alarm.

7.15 Direct Quote: "Shit. Life sux."