Secret to pwer

  Well folks since I am terribly bored I thought I should just post something that I find is actually very true..
Its the secret that every man desires at least once in his life time. That is unless he is gay. So read on.. As I break the greatest secret of man kind.

HOW TO WIN A FIGHT AGAINST GIRLS

Well, it is a herculean task to win a fight with a girl, whether it's on the phone, or sitting against each other in a room, or sitting at your coffee table, or at your bar - wherever it is. Now why is it so tough? Here is why: 
1- You care about her. 
2- She is not some guy whose nose you can break or arm you can twist. 
3- She is not some guy who you can tell how big an idiot he is being or how illogical his points are. 

4- You have to control your emotions as well as your mind at the same time. 
5- If she goes way out of line, you can't call her names. 
6- If she is making up facts, you can't just stop her or do 2 or 3.  


So how do you win a fight? Here is how:

1) In a fight, ALWAYS LET HER COMPLETE. 
Just close your mouth, and listen as closely as you can. Let her complete the entire thing, so you can carefully choose your points, and understand what she actually wants to say separating it from her blahblah (talks which show how disappointed she is/ how much embarrassed she was/ how much angry she is). When you would do that, you'll realize that she took 15 minutes to complete what could have just taken one sentence to be said. 


2) Don't ever clash. 

Break-ups happen only when two parties clash, but they would never happen, if only she is angry, and you are not. Guys think they cannot reason with girls, but that is absolutely wrong. You just do it in the wrong timing. Don't clash just immediately contradicting her statement because she went out of line, or what she said was not at all true. Control yourself. Let her finish, and keep nodding as if you are attentively listening to whatever she is saying - which also you are. 


3) Once she is over, take the points down. 
Once she is over complaining or whining. Your sentence should start with: So what you meant to say is, you have the following problems, (and one by one, in points, list down all the problems from her words). When you will do that, she'd be confused. The basic reasons behind this:
- She had never actually formed her points, before she came spilling out of her mouth. 
- She never expected this, all she expected was winning and you shamefully apologizing. 

4) Once she is confused, gradually put her down. 
This would give you enough confidence, time and points to easily put her down in front of you and show how idiotic her whining was. The conclusion would be that out of 100 %, only 20 % of what she complained about was true and plausible. You can show this to her and lecture her on how she should behave the next time she has any problem. Tell her that she needs to first think from your point of view. 


Now, this is a great way of showing how you can control things, and gradually such a habit can make you win every fight. You win fights not because you are smart, but because you kept your calm and didn't become all chaotic. Talking about manners and proper way of communication is a sign of dignity and respect.  

Any doubts regarding this problem or solution, just ask. I will give you the answer. 

Buckchod

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After Effects Of The 1st Semester At GNLU As A Law Student

  1 semester old at the law school. Yet it feels only yesterday that the results came out for CLAT and I decided that it had to be GNLU. The reasons behind that were many. Few of them silly others werent reasons at all. The major reason behind joining GNLU was the gut feeling and now its been proved, atleast to me that the gut feeling is something that can be trusted. It can make your life. So now that I am back I reflect upon the life there and what I learn from my experience in GNLU.

Here we go-

1. Before coming to law school, all your guy friends would be very happy that they have a lawyer friend and will extract promises out of you to save their asses from rapes and murders that they are so sure they are going to commit. Talk about confidence in the future. Is law still the Sunny Deol in the court scene where there are two lawyers joking there way around and a judge looking as if he is asleep or more likely dead. GUYS SERIOUSLY, LAWYERS HAVE BETTER WORK TO DO THAN WHAT THEY SHOW IN BOLLYWOOD. Sorry but I am not fighting any of your imaginary rape cases.

2. Food is really precious and as mentioned by a senior, you might leave the mac book pro out in the open, but food stays locked inside the deepest and darkest areas of your cupboard. Food is really precious if its good, and in hostel any food thats not mess food is absolutely yummy. So whenever you get them it incites the entire hostel to conspire against you to take it away from you. So you learn to master the art of lying and keeping secrets.

3. If you are at GNLU then you start missing traffic. Especially if you are from places like Mumbai, Delhi or Bangalore then you actually start hating the empty streets. When was the last time you traveled 10 kms in 15 minutes. In Mumbaoi that happens only when.... It doesnt happen and I had never thought that I would miss traffic. But it happened I would do anything to get stuck in a traffic jam. Empty roads drive you crazy.

4. Keep accounts of the money that you spend daily, every 1 rupee coin, 2 rupees coin, 5 rupees coin, 10 rupees note, 20 rupees note, 50 rupees note, 100 rupees note, 500 rupees note, 1000 rupees note. Once you do this you realise its pointless and if people find out then they will either die laughing or will kill you for doing that. Spend as much as you want. Go bankrupt by the 15th of every month, but spend it on your friends. They will take care of the other 15 days of the month without counting the coins and notes that they spend on you.

5. Suddenly people back home want to discuss suits and civil and tort cases with you, though they have no idea what a civil case and absolutely alien to Tort. They think thats since you can discuss basic level stuff of their subjects they can do the same. If you count out English, which anyway sux to study then they absolutely cant discuss anything related to what you study in the Law School. And they make you feel that you actually know so much about the stuff from the other world.

6. The amount of study that you do on the last day and night can actually break all records or at least equal records, since you cant put in more than 24 hours of work in a day. Thats how my entire semester has passed and till now I am pretty happy with my scores. I guess its just a law school thing, last moment stuff works pretty well. But it takes you all the courage to shake off a week of slumber to put on the work your ass off mode.

7. Your clothes start changing colors, literally. It makes you appreciate the value of the house maid to no extent. How the hell do they manage to wash 100s of clothes and wash dishes and clean and sweep without a single cloth changing its color? Personally I am gonna ask her for the recipe of success tomorrow. Because every combination of time, surf and water has resulted in a disaster for me.

8. You start defying all the biological clocks possible. You sleep when the sun rises and dont wake up till its just risen. Yeah, basically you are sleep deprived. Its a real rarity and the best place to sleep is college when the classes are on. If you cant do that then you must seriously consider an alternate career before its too late. Because then either you die or you are too sincere for a law student.

9. You try your best to show off every where that you have profound knowledge of law even if you are a first semester student because you are soon going to receive an llb degree and there is a good chance that you have no idea what that stands for. But the point is its too much fun to show off your knowledge of statutes and random sections of random acts, most of it made up using whatever you know and converting it as per the situation and will.

10. If you are on a long distance relationship and you hear people tell you it wont work then believe them. Because if you do then you get to have a go again at dating some one new. But if you dont take that advice then just be proud that your relation is strong enough to handle the long distance. If you believe then it works. If you dont then it doesnt, so its totally your call and not an act of God.

11. Every piece of news fro outside world will shock you because inside the world of GNLU there is just not enough time to keep in touch with the world and you get detached to the outer world. facebook becomes the official news reporter and you get all the news off facebook rather than the usual news papers and news websites.

12. Suddenly you crave for the food that your mom makes and you think about it day and night at the lunch and dinner. And once you reach home after a semester you ask your mom to make that dish which she made the day you left and you had frowned at the last meal being so simple and nothing special.

13. If you are in the 1st semester and had expected to come to a class that was right out of Jefferey Archer's or John Grisham's books in which the classes are interactive with smart students back answering every question thrown at them, then you would be dissapointed. Because half the class would be asleep and the other half trying to stop themselves from falling asleep. And as for the lecturer, he/sh tries the best to put you to sleep, so there goes your interactive class.

14. Dont get too excited about field trips, its just the bus rides that are important. Try to catch up with maximum sleep during that time because an opportunity to sleep shouldnt be given up. And as for the field thing, you hardly see anything so no point in keeping your eyes and ears open, so just stay back in the bus and continue with the sleep. It would be the best utilization of time.

15. Make friends in the hostel. These will be the people who will be there in every aspect of your life at college and at hostel, when you pass and when you fail, when you are rich and when you are poor, when you are on a low or when you are high and later in your life as well. Thats the kind of friends you make in the hostel. So just find those special people and they ensure your journey remains smooth in the college.To put in simple words of a friend of mine, in the hostel the friendship goes to a new level.. Its like I am the best man at your marriage and you are the best man at mine.. 

Thats how simple or complex life seems inside and outside the college, and I say that though I am just 1 semester old. The best part of being a law student though are two of my favourite lines that I have been using over and over again, all the while laughing my head off while trying to keep a straight face.

1) Situation- I have wronged someone and he is angry. He rants at me and speaks of how the world is unfair to him.

Response- If you think that this is in any way unfair then let me explain.... You o round and round till he is so pissed that he has no idea what to do and he shouts.

Then you say- You actually have no legal grounds to prove what you are saying so yeah sure sue me in court. It will be tossed out before you could say "compensation"

2) Situation- You are pissed at someone who has wronged you or atleast you want to believe that the person has wronged you or maybe you just wanna have some fun.

Response- You know you have violated XYZ right of mine mentioned in XYZ article of XYZ act which can lead to XYZ amount as punitive damages and XYZ amount as exemplary damages and XYZ amount as XYZZZZZZZZ damages and trust me I will make it happen. So you can expect a legal notice from me and we will meet in court unless you want to change your mind. Last opportunity.. Take it or we meet in the court (The Supreme Court if the person is really lost already).

(All the XYZ's are the test of your creativity and thinking on your feet skills)

Signing Off

Buckchod

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University (like really)

  Sorry folks, been a long time since I last put up something. Been keeping a little busy off late but finally something that I had to put up on the blog. So today was the last day I officially went to college in the 1st semester. Its the end of a semester and I cant believe how quickly its gone. But its true when they say good times fly away as quick as you dont want them to. So its happened and the place that feels so much like a home to me is gonna chuck me out for two months. Not that I wont b coming back, but this has been a dream for me and it really was home for me (not trying to sound like Harry Potter, but really I cant help it that he choose to be like me)

  Anyway coming to the point, the hype about going to a university is so huge that it gives you you goosebumps before reaching that place. Its as if you have landed on hell and one wrong step and you will be served for dinner in the form of curry. People give you lectures about how you are going to a university now (Thank You uncle, had you not told me, I would have had no idea about that.) and that now you cant waste your time like you did when you were in school. Its these years that will make or break your career. Dont fall into wrong company. Keep a goal, focus towards achieving that goal. And make the goals short term and strive to achieve them one at a time at any cost and BLAH.....................

  The day I landed at Gujarat National Law University I thought about hostel and nothing else. Yes I want to be a lawyer but if I stay within my limits and have tons of fun then its not gonna tear apart my future and my career, so I can afford to think about hostel and how I looked forward to staying away from the shackles that bound me (thou shall not blame me for this. Its my ************** English teacher and Shakespeare, and dont count the stars trying to fill them up, its been put randomly).

  I was one of the first person to move into the hostel and on the very first day I along with Inspector and Yudi decided to travel to Ahmedabad to catch a movie. The best part was
1. We had no idea which movie we would be watching
2. We didnt know how we would be going.
3. Once we made it to the bus stop we didnt know which one to take. People or sign boards were of no help. (Only Gujju)
4. Once we somehow boarded a bus that had a conductor shouting Ahmedabad Ahmedabad, we had no idea where to get down.
5. After someone told us where to get down for PVR, we found a cinemax on the way, got the bus stopped and hurried out to find that the movie we wanted to watch was not showing. Didnt matter as we anyway watched a movie and thats how it all began

  Friends make life much more easier and thats been a real factor in making life at GNLU so awesome.
I have no idea what I am writing in this blog as the experience has been too good and I do not know which part to write and which part to leave out. So I guess I will just thank the friends who have made this place so awesome.

  Starting with the person I met first and someone who became a friend so easily that you wouldn't know we have been friends for just the past three and half months. Yudi.

  We did have a few fb chats to show before we came to GNLU and we met at the college during the admissions. I remeber looking for familiar faces from fb and you are the only one I recognised in the beginning. We met, shook hands and that was it for that time. But as we moved into the hostel on the very 1st night we talked and talked to the extent that we knew about each others girl friend by the time we went to sleep. And what happened next morning was described above. We hit off so well that I can easily include him among my all-time best friends list along with loads more people here at GNLU (*read Trip and Granger, Dimpy, NikR, Anju, Inspector, Tunn, Angry Bird (:P) etc.)

  From being the joker of the group to being called the dalal, everything has been special with you and I know (not hope) that this is how the rest of the 9 semesters are gonna pass. Full of Buckchodi. Inclusive of everything from running off to ahmedabad with no idea what we are doing to scampering to the night mess to get a packet of lays to be shared among 5 people. Its been too much fun and thank you for that. I have to keep it short else I will go on forever. So yeah, thanks for making this place what it is. Strange how its ending so early. Seems like yesterday we shook hands as strangers. But we will be back next semester with all guns blazing.

  Going by the chronological order of the people I met, next person is the simplest person I have ever met. And its unbelievable that this is a person who had been living in Singapore for the last 4 years. 
Inspector

  The incredible lifestyle this guy has, is something that I can not comprehend. Its almost as if he is from the past century transported to this one, just to make us feel ashamed of how terrible our life styles are. Well our 1st adventure to Ahmedabad will stay forever in my mind but thats not all is it? Everything here has been spiced up by your antics and expressions. I remember how during the first days you used to get butter milk from a near by dairy and you had expressed your idea of asking him to deliver it on a daily basis, if more people would be interested in the same. Though you deny it I remember it very well.

  The best part is your violent streak, its something that sparks up the dullness whenever that sets in. All one needs to do is as much as touch you as if he were gay and you would be on him spanking the hell out of him. I am tempted to post a video here but then I fear I wouldnt live to see the sun set again should I do that. So I will spare you that. But its not something thats imbibed in us as a shameful memory. Its basically a memory of how dynamic you can be and how much fun it is when you are at your violent best. And as you are the official know-all-girls, guy of our batch, you wouldnt need this but still  here's wishing you best of luck as you set out on the path of that 1 girl who is different from the others, who I think you have identified. Keep guessing guys, not that difficult.

  Next person I met was someone I had been really looking forward to meet cuz we had had small chats and loads of discussions on the LST group on GNLU. I expected a dude and I wasn't dissapointed. But I hardly thought of him to be a guy who would be so easy going and so damn friendly that today all I need to tell him is that I am hungry and trust me he will turn in every last coin he has till I am no longer in that state. 
Trip

  On the LST group we had no idea in common especially football. You supported Arsenal and Barcelona while for me it was Manchester United and Real Madrid. So I remember the match nights when there were the silly arguments and all. But that was hardly important, I figured it out that since you were very active on that group and seemed really well aware of loads of things in the world that I hadnt heard of, you would most probably land up in a college among the top 3. And since my dream of the same was shattered your presence was atleast a small consolation that I wasnt coming to a place where the undeserving landed up and it was true that NUJS did actually screw us up real bad.

  Then our journey began at this place with Arsenal, Barca, United and Madrid and today its at a place where I am almost living in your room. And once we are in the new campus in the next sem we will actually be implementing the idea you had and living in a room together with Tunn and Yudi. And that will be the time when we can exponentially increase our buckchodi . Its been a real pleasure being a friend of yours and to think we have 9 times the time we have spent together already here at the most unhappening place on earth, making it the center of the universe, gives me goosebumps in the bright way. Looking forward to the future and wondering how the next two months are gonna pass without the charm of 31/7  :P

  Moving to the fairer sex since I cant go on about every friend I have over here.

  The first female friend I made in this place is also the bubbliest of them all. She can hardly keep quiet for a minute before she bursts out and there is hardly anything thats intermediate for her. Lives in total extremes and thats what makes her what she is. An awesome (tear shedding machine and nerve cutting instrument) friend and and awesome person.
NikR

  3 months back I met you outside the hostel gates and at that time I was confused as to what I am supposed to say because 90% of the people were from Bangalore and you were one of the quietest among all the people. Somehow I cant get back the video of that despite having a really good photographic memory. Its just that those are hardly true images. Trust me if anyone can replace Kareena Kapoor in JWM its you and it has been an utter privilege being a friend of some one who will very soon be a celebrity. Trust me on that. Either you make a hot shot lawyer who doesnt let opposition speak, or you make a huge name in Bollywood. If neither works out (though I am sure one of them will) then we have our book. Once thats published we anyway will be royalty (though its author's royalty, but still)

  Will never forget that day when we went to Su's place for her birthday stay over. The night was hilarious with all the madness going on in the house. And the fact that we made the Sane Charter also is really cool. Its hilarious to watch you cut your nerves daily at the slightest thing and also shed thousands of tears on slightest of touching moments. But thats great, dont ever let that change. Wanting to shoot every female teacher and falling in love with every male teacher. Its to much fun, and no one can entertain like you when you are in the mood (which is almost always) and for the rest of the time I am always there to take up that role. Its getting over so soon, the semester and you are the one person who loves this place as much as I.. So I know how much you will miss this place. But before I forget You Are Coming To Mumbai In The Hols. You promised and no backing out now.


Bushy hair, studious nature, truest friend and hands forever ready to shoot up to answer questions. Not just random name that I gave you, 
Granger

  The 1st impression of yours that I had was surprise, because you told me you  were from Kolkata and being from Orissa myself I can easily tell if a person is from WB and you did not look like one. But then after a few days of class I realised yeah well.. She is from Kolkata, no doubt. Not acting regional or anything like that, its just that people from there are generally well learned and I have seen them in class, I dont doubt you are from that place. Not in the negative sense, how can it be when the maximum that I learn in eco class is from your explanations. And then I realised you are right out of the Harry Potter series and fits perfectly. Kinda makes me Potter  :P


  I know the lows and highs you have been through are not something idea but then I am such a bollywood lover that its the happy ending that matters. And in this case its not about being happy, its true ecstasy that now exists and I hope for its unlimited continuance. Your presence has made a huge difference to life at GNLU and with loads of time to come at this place one can imagine the tons of fun that we have in store.

  As the night is turning into morning I feel really sleepy and there are atleast two more people I have to mention here, as this would be thoroughly incomplete without the two of them. But since I am so sleepy I will skip 1 person because I dedicated an entire blog to her on her birthday. That person is
Dimpy

  Yeah, as if I would really be skipping a thank you to her for my sleep. ;)
Its been terrific knowing a person like you. Unique piece you are. Like I said on your birthday post I haven't known someone who shows all these characteristics (mad, crazy, insane, terrific, crazy and hilarious) and yet be one of the sweetest person around. The buckchodi that you do with NikR is too childish and that's the essence of it. Who wants to grow up when being a kid can be so much fun?


  In the 3 and half months that I have known you I have seen enough to realise that you make one of my coolest and best friends and the fact that we are meeting up in Mumbai this sem hols (I wont take a no) and we have a marriage to look forward to in the next and then 8 more sems after that, seems short when I have people like you here in college. How I wish college could continue forever so that we could continue our buckchodi forever.


Mentioning at the last (very definitely not the least) is a person who is so sweet that almost the entire batch nods and smiles in acknowledgement when they see her. Thats a feat very rare to achieve. Being sweet to everyone is not possible for an ordinary person.  That makes her extra ordinary aye? That she is..
Anju

  What do I say? Life would have been totally different here had it not been for you. The first day at admission I saw you I thought it was someone else from LST Mumbai. A person who was actually really dumb and I  was surprised she managed to get into GNLU. It was only later that I realised that it was not her and someone else from Bangalore. You were the last person who became a friend among the above mentioned people yet I feel the closest to you for some strange reason. Maybe its cuz we share so many things in common ranging from love of animals to being a vegetarian, to helping others and what not. It was amazing the way we played the parents in a house full of mad hatters on Su's birthday. That was an unforgettable night and I wonder what might have happened had you not been there.

  While I mention you I cant leave out your famed shoulder (remember the reason behind its fame? Cuz I am famous :P ). Its been the best travelling cushion ever. Its strange how quickly we became friends, not to mention how quickly I added you to that list of bestest friends. Your characteristics are so varied. Extremely sweet but your firmness and grip over situations when required are commendable and came into full prominence on the birthday party night. I have hardly ever seen you without a smile and yet the one moment when it was replaced by a sad and hurt look (eco, it sux) it almost crushed me. Its been too cool having you as a friend and there is so much more I wanna speak about, about every one and everything but my fingers and eyes complain.

So I will take leave. A HUGE THANK YOU TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE MADE THE PAST 4 MONTHS AMONG THE BEST OF MY LIFE. There are loads of unwritten names. Sorry for that but its been impossible to put up anything more. I hope and pray to God that every semester we have this much fun and things go just the way they have.

1 MORE NOTE HERE. PEOPLE FROM GNLU WHO HAVE FRIENDS JUST AS SPECIAL AS MINE AND WANNA DEDICATE A FEW WORDS TO THEM JUST NEED TO SEND ME THE TEXT ON FB. I WILL PUT IT UP THE MOMENT I SEE IT. JUST SPARE THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE MADE THIS PLACE LIVELY AND FUN 15 MINUTES.

THANK YOU PEOPLE. ITS BEEN A REAL PLEASURE.
Signing off till the end of the end sem exams.
Buckchod
Lock and Load

Okay, here is the first and its a double cross. I hadnt thought about it, honestly. But since I made the promise here is what Anju has to say about me. 
Buckchod

  I don't know where to start when it comes to this guy. He is one among the best people'I've ever met. It might seem to people that I've barely known him three months, but Sanket, being the open book that he is, is tremendously easy to know =) and when you do get to know him, trust me, you will not regret it. The fierce loyalty he has when it comes to not just his friends, but anyone he is close to is not something that can be passed off as common. Because there is no way he is common. He is special, very special. He always has a funny story to tell or some sort of buckchodi to pelufy =P. 

  What's best about him is the degree he'll go to help or worry about a friend who's low and then even manage to make them feel better. Talking from experience here. Nothing worries him, absolutely nothing. Come what may, he's calm and smiling, no chuckling, and wondering why the others around him are so worked up. Again, talking from experience =P One moment you'll see him telling someone yet another funny story and the next moment you'll see this transition where he's being so sensible and pravtical about something that you'll be like, "who are you and what have you done to Sanket?!" =D

I know that all of us have 9 more semesters of each other's company and all our buckchodi and for this I have one word- Woohoo! =D

RE_FRESHERS

   2 15 into the night I think if I should be doing this. Two hectic nights and two hectic days with project submissions, positive interactions with seniors and loads of dancing.

   But a man must do what he is meant to do.. So I sit down to write about the freshers party that is fresh in my mind and in my body (3 hours of continuous dancing isn't very ideal for your body and it does take revenge on you.)

   I am 2 and half months old at GNLU but we have this concept of late fresher parties. It seemed really annoying when we were new to this place, that the 1st years mostly get the freshers party only in the second semester or really late into the 1st sem (i.e. If they are lucky) But now if I think about it the idea of a freshers in the beginning of the college doesn't really make sense. A group of people you dont even know throwing a party for a few people who don't know each other. Doesn't it paint the image of a room full of unknown people looking to have fun? It does to me.

    The real fun is the part when you have friends that you will willingly die for along with loads of seniors who know you and you know them and some of them are good friends. That is the fun of a freshers party. Because what party is fun with out friends? Compare a room full of people who dont know each other and a room full of friends for life. Definitely that explains which party is wilder and more fun.

   Anyway without going into the definitions and explanations any further I will move on to the party right away. A slight backdrop to the entire event. There was a rumor that the guys had to take dates for the freshers compulsorily. (A small rumor spread by me, which was meant to be fun but lead to a wild fire as people started asking girls out to the freshers. Relationships that were secretive cam into the open. The same with the secretive feelings that people harbored in their hearts. It all came out as I presented them the best possible opportunity.)

   So obviously as the impact was huge it meant the word spread easily. (By the way as defined by a senior, GNLU is too small for too many to be living and so the immediate passing of the word.) And for this small goodwill joke of mine I got a lot of tonic from loads of people. But that didnt matter much because the fact that I had spread so much love(or whatever u might call it) in the batch was actually cool.

   So the moment I realised that this thing was getting serious I though I should ask someone out lest I have to look stupid. I mean who does this? Instigate mass proposals and goes to the party alone. So I asked Anju out . Momentous decision that I never thought I would nor did I actually regret. Its just that Anju, NikR and Dimpy are awesome buckchods and hanging out with them along with Trip, Inspector and Yudi is super fun. NikR was going with Trip and Dimpy I assumed would be going with Yudi and my judgement wasnt far off precision. That cleared all the room for choosing and I asked Anju out. She said yes but not before her browser crashed and I thought that I had offended her for some reason. Dont blame me, the fairer sex is really complex and even the most ordinary can be most unexpected at times.

   So after much excitement and expectations we finally came to the day Freshers was scheduled to happen. The college much to our dismay made another Saturday into a working day (The rate at which they are doing this, they should just make it a working day and occasionally surprise us with a holiday for a Saturday.). The spirits were high so college passed really slowly and finally as we boarded the buses that were supposed to take us to the destination for the freshers we realised that the buses were few and people were many. So as we are unfortunate enough to be first years and guys we have to stand while the rest could sit.

  30 minute trip to Ahmedabad and we reached the club where this thing was going to be held. The atmosphere inside the club was awesome. Nothing like a club packed with young enthusiastic people ready to dance their way to hell. And it showed as people got into the groove, completely ready to dance. Sadly the DJ who was playing clearly didnt know his job very well. The songs he played were ridiculous. While some of them were pretty decent (not in the literal sense) but most of the songs played were not app for a group of college students.

   Yet that hardly mattered as people started dancing crazily on songs that were average. Though I wouldnt want to classify it as a group but that was the way it was, as me, Anju, NikR, Trip, Yudi, Dimpy, Granger, Gini, Sister and Inspector started dancing together. Eros was like a free bee as he roamed around group by group dancing with as many girls as he possibly could. And as the time increased, people started getting into their elements and the intensity of the dancing increased. There were the classic songs like "dekha jo tujhe yaar" and " I wanna make up ryt now" and there were the new dhinchak additions like "Ainh Vainh Ainh Vainh" and "Chammak Challo"

   Then began the Mr. and Miss Fresher thing. I had been shortlisted for the top8 but thankfully as I didnt turn up for the final interviews so I wasnt there among the top4 who had to do a few tasks right  there. The winners were Madbong and Tara (whatever) and most people took a break off dancing to have dinner. The dinner was highly disappointing yet that was the last thing on our minds. As we quickly finished off dinner to go back to dancing. And this was the time when people started to dance with their dates.

   It all began with NikR telling Trip that it was a disappointing date. A comment which was made as a jest but one that Trip took pretty seriously and they started to dance. So Yudi started dancing with Dimpy and me and Anju started dancing. And the kind of songs we were dancing on were ridiculous. Who ball dances on "Baby" (Beiber) Actually who dances on Baby at all? But yeah, we did. On the entire song. And it was actually fun. The dance, not the song. The song just shows how bad the DJ was and how much fun we were having, to actually ball dance on a song like that. And the songs that followed were not again meant for dancing yet it didnt matter as we danced on "ek do teen" and "senorita".

   And once we were done with the last five songs, it was the end of the day and people were too exhausted to ask for a "once more" or maybe it did start to sink in that we had danced on "Beiber". Whatever the reason,  it was the end of the day and exhausted people started moving out like cattle towards the exit. Yet what remained was the photography session and I hold that in a very high regard. So as soon as we exited, people all around started clicking pictures to emboss them in their fond memoirs of college life.

   So coming to the main part of the entire post. The conclusion..

   Friendship--------------------

   Quoting Albert Camus- "Dont walk infront of me I may not follow, Dont walk behind me I may not want to lead. Walk by me, be a friend". A friend is someone who is there for you whenever you need a "someone". The value of friends in life is immeasurable, something that cant be quantified but something that cant be done wthout. Drawing a parallel here, what would this party have been had it not been for the awesome people (Anju, NikR, Trip, Yudi, Dimpy, Granger, Sister, Inspector, Gini, Eros). It would have been like the Freshers that most colleges have. A room full of people trying to enjoy but not managing to do so because more the happiness one distributes, more it multiplies inside him. What would have been the song "baby" without one of my best friends ball dancing with me? Well a target to a few swears aimed by me I guess...

   Thats how big a difference a friend makes. Hope every person reading this is just as fortunate as I am to have friends like I do. Because if you do then your life cant get any better. A friend is, what you would call the permanent Nitrous Oxide. (N2O) For those who dont know that is the laughing gas. Who wouldnt want a talking and moving permanent happiness walking right next to them? I certainly could do with as many of them as possible. That is why I make as many friends as possible. That is why in 2 and half months I have made friends, who will be so till the very end. That is why back home in Mumbai I have hundreds of friends and that doesnt include facebook, and i try my best to keep them all really close to my heart. So that I dont end up loosing something as important as a friend.

This goes out to all those friends of mine who were there today with me in the freshers party, to those who are back in Mumbai awaiting my return (okay maybe not sitting and waiting for me as if they cant do without me, but its my blog, I can boast to my limits :P), and to everyone who has ever had a person who he/she could call a friend. Also to my best friend back in Mumbai, who wishes to be a part of my life everyday but cant, for now. But we have the entire future. :D

Love You all......

Buckchod
Lock and Load

College Life

Disclaimer: This blog is not an original entry but as the author has said one should have enough humility to accept good work by others. So here is what the Admission Officer of MIT (Masecheussets Institute of Technology) wrote to the batch of 2010. Without bullshitting anymore have a go. I am sure almost everyone reading this can relate to this. 
P.S. My views as usual in the brackets succeeding the stars. The views have been formed in just the four months in a hostel. And it does relate big time.

Things you should do in college!

Dear Class of 2010,

This will be my last entry written specifically for you; beginning with the launch of our new site in early September, I'll begin focusing on the future class of 2011. I hope that you guys won't be strangers; stay in touch either in person (come visit us!) or online (please drop by the blogs from time to time and say hi).

As you begin your college experience, and I prepare for my 10-year college reunion, I thought I'd leave you with the things that, in retrospect, I think are important as you navigate the next four years. I hope that some of them are helpful.

Here it goes...

1. Your friends will change a lot over the next four years. Let them.           (*4 years!! I can see changes in them in 4 months. Infact I can see changes in myself)
2. Call someone you love back home a few times a week, even if just for a few minutes.
   (*Something that one doesnt do very easily. There are loads of people who havent called me. Not that I have acted otherwise.)
3. In college more than ever before, songs will attach themselves to memories. Every month or two, make a mix cd, mp3 folder, whatever - just make sure you keep copies of these songs. Ten years out, they'll be as effective as a journal in taking you back to your favorite moments.
   (* This is something that I cant comment upon, but I will anyway. I think songs like these will remind of "stuff" that we do)
   Akon - Takin it off, when people are on a high.
   Imran Khan - Bewafaa, when the mood is not good
   K.K. - Yaaron Dosti, when its all emotional and senti) 
4. Take naps in the middle of the afternoon with reckless abandon.
   (* Something that I can only dream of since on weekdays I am in college at these times and on weekends I sleep till 2pm, so this doesnt make sense. What I would advice is just plain sleep and then wake up look around and sleep again. Keep repeating the process till you are done for the week. Now you can work.)
5. Adjust your schedule around when you are most productive and creative. If you're nocturnal and do your best work late at night, embrace that. It may be the only time in your life when you can.
   (* What the hell does one do when he works the best in the day time? Work in college? Not possible dude, especially when you have stupid people showing off their no-knowledge and calling themselves proffessors)
6. If you write your best papers the night before they are due, don't let people tell you that you "should be more organized" or that you "should plan better." Different things work for different people. Personally, I worked best under pressure - so I always procrastinated... and always kicked ass (which annoyed my friends to no end). ;-) Use the freedom that comes with not having grades first semester to experiment and see what works best for you.
   (* Yeah works wonders. I will boast now, I score among the good marks in the class without doing anything till an hour or two past mid-night. This includes EVERYTHING, from a one page article review to 40 page moot memo/project)
7. At least a few times in your college career, do something fun and irresponsible when you should be studying. The night before my freshman year psych final, my roommate somehow scored front row seats to the Indigo Girls at a venue 2 hours away. I didn't do so well on the final, but I haven't thought about psych since 1993. I've thought about the experience of going to that show (with the guy who is now my son's godfather) at least once a month ever since.
   (* Surely there would be more to come in the next 4 and half years of my hostel life but as of now I remember playing NFS on LAN til 7 in the morning with the closest friends of mine and the next day we had an exam that held real weightage)
8. Become friends with your favorite professors. Recognize that they can learn from you too - in fact, that's part of the reason they chose to be professors.
   (* Bloody professors are professors because they absolutely had no idea what they studied in years. Tip: Dont be friends with them. Just let them feel you are friends with them.)
9. Carve out an hour every single day to be alone. (Sleeping doesn't count.)
   (* Naah, why ever be lonely when you can have friends like the ones I have in the hostel. These include every person who has been mentioned in the blog earlier)
10. Go on dates. Don't feel like every date has to turn into a relationship.
    (* Yeah, obviously.. You can go on a date with a friend. That does have a pure feeling. And double and triple dates are more fun. :P
    Actually what this means is there are loads of restaurants which offer couples a special offer so go as two people and then act..
    Arre Ramesh.. Arre Suresh
    :P)
11. Don't date someone your roommate has been in a relationship with.
    (* Trust me there will be loads of them, and I really dont wanna get into this)
12. When your friends' parents visit, include them. You'll get free food, etc., and you'll help them to feel like they're cool, hangin' with the hip college kids.
    (* Totally agree with the food part. Feeling cool is restricted to a very few parents. Most will just find you annoying)
13. In the first month of college, send a hand-written letter to someone who made college possible for you and describe your adventures thus far. It will mean a lot to him/her now, and it will mean a lot to you in ten years when he/she shows it to you.
    (* Too boring for me. I mean thats so old school. I mean what is the difference in a hand written letter and an email? the only difference is you can do it quick. Wasnt it centuries back when they said "time is money"? How Hippocritic is this?)
14. Embrace the differences between you and your classmates. Always be asking yourself, "what can I learn from this person?" More of your education will come from this than from any classroom.
    (* I would suggest keep thinking what they can learn from me. Atleast that way you wont get a complex and you will also learn what part of your characteristic you sholdhighlight to be cool."
15. All-nighters are entirely overrated.
    (* Shit I thought it wasnt. And the fact that I pull it almost everyday is cool. Well actually I pull all nighters but my days make up cuz I am asleep most of the times during the day).
16. For those of you who have come to college in a long-distance relationship with someone from high school: despite what many will tell you, it can work. The key is to not let your relationship interfere with your college experience. If you don't want to date anyone else, that's totally fine! What's not fine, however, is missing out on a lot of defining experiences because you're on the phone with your boyfriend/girlfriend for three hours every day.
    (* Woohoo.. As if the ones who need confidence would get confidence out of this. People who believe it will work cuz its a ond that strong, will mak it work. For those who are confused enough to not believe in the strength of it. Trust me it wont work)
17. Working things out between friends is best done in person, not over email. (IM does not count as "in person.") Often someone's facial expressions will tell you more than his/her words.
    (* Aha I see, he asks me to not trust my friends. Yeah meeting them is fine but not to check out if they are lying or if they are truthful. Cuz if they are friends then they wont be lying, atleast not unless its good for you.)
18. Take risks.
    (* This might be misinterpretated to wrong kind of risks. Bad advice)
19. Don't be afraid of (or excited by) the co-ed bathrooms. The thrill is over in about 2 seconds.
    (* Is he out of his mind???????
    Not that we have it here in India, but still 2 seconds??)
20. Wednesday is the middle of the week; therefore on wednesday night the week is more than half over. You should celebrate accordingly. (It makes thursday and friday a lot more fun.)
    (* True, though week days dont mean work. Still saturday is something to look forward to. And its much stronger than it used to be during school days)
21. Welcome failure into your lives. It's how we grow. What matters is not that you failed, but that you recovered.
    (* As if there is someone who hasnt heard this before in his life)
22. Take some classes that have nothing to do with your major(s), purely for the fun of it.
    (* Thank you, thats an awesome idea. Really should be tried. But not once you are new to the college no more. You might jus get into a hell lot of trouble.)
23. It's important to think about the future, but it's more important to be present in the now. You won't get the most out of college if you think of it as a stepping stone.
    (* This is again an old ghisa pita dialogue so i reserve my comments)
24. When you're living on a college campus with 400 things going on every second of every day, watching TV is pretty much a waste of your time and a waste of your parents' money. If you're going to watch, watch with friends so at least you can call it a "valuable social experience."
    (* Would agree to anything thats got to do with friends.)
25. Don't be afraid to fall in love. When it happens, don't take it for granted. Celebrate it, but don't let it define your college experience.
    (* Yeah whatever. Isnt this sounding like a cool parent. Cool but a parent?)
26. Much of the time you once had for pleasure reading is going to disappear. Keep a list of the books you would have read had you had the time, so that you can start reading them when you graduate.
    (* Being a voracious reader, I have to agree with this and its a good idea, that I am gonna folllow. Because finding time to read books is not realistic for people like me. And if it is for you then please get a life :P.)
27. Things that seem like the end of the world really do become funny with a little time and distance. Knowing this, forget the embarassment and skip to the good part.
    (* Good advice. Follow it if you get what it means. It took me time)
28. Every once in awhile, there will come an especially powerful moment when you can actually feel that an experience has changed who you are. Embrace these, even if they are painful.
    (* Yeah like the experience of getting caught by a teacher while mocking him/her. It does make you feel that you are now a different person in your eyes and tha only hard work can save your ass.)
29. No matter what your political or religious beliefs, be open-minded. You're going to be challenged over the next four years in ways you can't imagine, across all fronts. You can't learn if you're closed off.
    (* General advice that I think holds good everywhere and something that I hope is certainly not required to be told to our generation)
30. If you need to get a job, find something that you actually enjoy. Just because it's work doesn't mean it has to suck.
    (* True, how guys wish they could be the watchmen in the girls hostel...)
31. Don't always lead. It's good to follow sometimes.
    (* Its actually just good to follow people very closely. Coming second is quite good. And all you need to do is follow well. But you would rather not blame me for this stupid advice, if it fails you. Because following is a talent given to a few.
32. Take a lot of pictures. One of my major regrets in life is that I didn't take more pictures in college. My excuse was the cost of film and processing. Digital cameras are cheap and you have plenty of hard drive space, so you have no excuse.
    (* I believe in the idea of looking back at my life when I am old and I love photography, so I have been doing this already. For those who arent doing this please start doing it right away.)
33. Your health and safety are more important than anything.
    (* Boriiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnngggggggggggggg............)
34. Ask for help. Often.
    (* Strange guy. Sounds cool at times and strange at the very next moment. Asking for help should be whenever required. What does often mean? Keep a time frame of when you last asked someone for help and keep up the frequency?)
35. Half of you will be in the bottom half of your class at any given moment. Way more than half of you will be in the bottom half of your class at some point in the next four years. Get used to it.
    (* A "whatever" piece of advice. Keep it if you want to.)
36. In ten years very few of you will look as good as you do right now, so secretly revel in how hot you are before it's too late.
    (* Goes out to the girls. Guys dont think about how hot they are. If you are a guy and at the moment ridiculing what I just said, then you are GAY)
37. In the long run, where you go to college doesn't matter as much as what you do with the opportunities you're given there. The MIT name on your resume won't mean much if that's the only thing on your resume. As a student here, you will have access to a variety of unique opportunities that no one else will ever have - don't waste them.
    (* Goes to everyone in a college. College is a good platform. Do whatever you want to do with it. Listen to his advice if you want to make a bright future for yourself. And I am serious this time.
    Okay I am not. Do whatever you want to. Its your life)
38. On the flip side, don't try to do everything. Balance = well-being.
    (* Ah I see back to being cool or uncool or whatever he is trying to make of his image)
39. Make perspective a priority. If you're too close to something to have good perspective, rely on your friends to help you.
    (* This doesnt work when a hot girl/guy is giving you "THE" looks and you ask your friends about it. Trust me you wont get the go ahead signals. Beacuse personal interests are always there. :P)
40. Eat badly sometimes. It's the last time in your life when you can do this without feeling guilty about it.
    (* What he means is: Wherever you are, the mess food would be bad enough. Go for a change, eat good food outside.) 
41. Make a complete ass of yourself at least once, preferably more. It builds character.
    (* Excludes those who are already asses. They clearly show it off without having to try.
42. Wash your sheets more than once a year. Trust me on this one.
    (* I solemnly swear I will try this out. On second thoughts, maybe not.)
43. If you are in a relationship and none of your friends want to hang out with you and your significant other, pay attention. They usually know better than you do.
    (* Two possibilities. 1: The person is a crush of almost all of your friends. 2: She is a demanding "girl". {Just kidding. No sexist comments})
44. Don't be afraid of the weird pizza topping combinations that your new friend from across the country loves. Some of the truly awful ones actually taste pretty good. Expand your horizons.
    (* Pizza of any kind is fine by me. Does one even think about the toppping before eating a pizza? Not unless one is a vegetarian like me. But then I can eat any veg pizza with a lot of cheese.)
45. Explore the campus thoroughly. Don't get caught.
    (* If you get caught, then keep shortcuts in your mind to escape quickly)
46. Life is too short to stick with a course of study that you're no longer excited about. Switch, even if it complicates things.
    (* Too good to be true. Frankly speaking no subject can be interesting forever. Ask the subject professors. The idea that they would teach a subject because they loved it is ancient history to them. They have had enough of it.)
47. Tattoos are permanent. Be very certain.
    (* Certain that its not a local brand that the guy is using. They are permanent in no way. And as to what the guy was saying above, get as many tattoos done as possible. If you daont want them later just scratch them with new ink. Looks cool. I think) 
48. Don't make fun of prefrosh. That was you like 2 hours ago.
    (* I will just advice you to follow it so as to not make it clear that I have no idea what prefrosh means.)
49. Enjoy every second of the next four years. It is impossible to describe how quickly they pass.
    (* Very true. That is beacuse when times are good they pass real quick. And life here is lovely and it flies away. Only one thing I would want to change is something that is the dream of every hostelite.. No college just hostel)
50. This is the only time in your lives when your only real responsibility is to learn. Try to remember how lucky you are every day.
    (* Easy for you to say. I would do anything to not do whatever I have to do right now. Just like you dont want to do your work right now and instead go back to your college life. Caught in cross examination.)
    
    All said and done, moral of the story is, live life, king size. College is the time when you are neither a kid nor an adult so you can practically do whatever you want to and apply the adult or young logic (whichever suits your case at that point of time) and get away with it all. So its your time to make it huge.
    LIVE IT TO THE FULLEST.
    
    
    BUCKCHOD
    LOCK AND LOAD

Wishing A Special Friend

Okay, this is an off the topic blog but its a special occasion of the birthday of one of my closest friend. So here is the intellectual gift that we present to her. She goes by the name XYZ (sticking to the policy), but the appropriate name for her would be Dimpy (*suggestion by Anju)) Special words by people around her, in the hostel who would like to give speech to their feelings for her. Off we go. And before i get shouted out by someone, this was the idea of NikR (hahaha since u like short forms).

Since its her idea I will let her have a go first. So here is what NikR thinks wants to say to you. Along with my additions and comments (just to keep up the buckchodi you know, and every note of mine begins with a star so as to differentiate)

NikR-  

    See. I’m now formulating the Nikito theory of friendship (*Buckchod notes - You can read it but it doesn't make any sense trust me on that. Maybe it’s because we learn so much in Economics classes). It’s basic common sense that degree and seriousness of friendship is directly proportional to the love and understanding between people. All things held constant (Ceterus Paribus. Wow, that does sound intellectual), it can be derived that the utility of friendship will increase with increase in love for the friend. And according to theory of Diminishing Marginal Utility, after the saturation point, the utility will start reducing. So, maybe, after a few years, we will get bugged of each other and therefore, the reliance and dependence and utility of the friendship will decrease.

    Well, I can only say one thing.

    Screw economic theories. ( *Exactly what I was saying in the beginning)

    The first time I saw you, I thought, ‘Hmm. She’s tall. Fair. Pretty. Looks like she’s got a load of attitude.’ (*Girls always assume people other than themselves to have attitude) When I was introduced to you, my thoughts were reinstated. And finally, when you and I were in the same class, with the others having a gala time in section A, I wept on Anju's shoulder. Seriously.

    Who the hell ever knew that one day, we’d be sitting next to each other at 3 a.m and posting shit on facebook on the SAME status and laughing so much that I felt the NTP. ( *God knows what that means, but since it isnt for me I wouldnt bother much)

    Who ever thought that my cheap room would become GROUP ka room and that the room would feel incomplete without Anju’s and my ROOMIE in it? (*This doesnt make sense either)

    

    Who could ever imagine that we’d share so many thoughts, so much laughter, so much friendship? If you ask me, even the frickin toothbrush is same, and the sheer MTBTness of it scares me and makes me just so ecstatic.

    You’re gorgeous. Your face exudes a glow everyday that’s so unique and somehow so YOU. Your sarcasm (in tune) and your smile and the potency in your charm? Dude, makes every girl wish, ‘Kaash main Muskan ki tarah hoti.’ (*Okay its beyond me to acknowledge such "girl" stuff)

    You’re so damn precious to us, Muski (*finally something that I can second). And being, ahem, senior to you and wiser than you (by roughly 2 months){*wiser by two months?}, it is my duty to expound on the stuff that entails being 18, but since I am the queen of blading, will not bore you more. Have too much fun. Laugh a hell lot. Cry harder(*Wow what a wish, though I agree on the whole it sounds cool). And be true to who you are. There’s nothing more perfect than you being yourself. We love you J Happy illegal drinking age, love J

     Okay, next I will let Eros have a go. He talks balls so do not read too much into the details. Just the emotion will be good enough.

Eros-

    Dear Gulaabo, (* Something between the two of them, don’t ask me. I haven’t got any idea what this is supposed to mean)

    Though it’s just been two months out of eighteen years, I don’t know what impact i have had on u but certainly you are a major part of my life at GNLU.

    The first time i saw u, i thought she’s pretty (*Anju-Shady haan?) and then u stood up, and it struck me that you are not just pretty I need to add a tall to it. Pretty Tall(*HAHAHAHAHA, poor fellow, must have gone through a complex) and very pretty.

    After about a week we finally got introduced courtesy Yudi, and the whole GNLU experience for me has been different ever since.  The “bakchodian” we do in Accounts class is epic (oo-hoo). All the time we have spent together in the mess, classes and the hostel has been awesome.

It’s amazing that you never get irritated despite my best efforts to do so. You are an awesome person at heart and one of the most chilled out girls I’ve ever met. (*the most chilled out “person” is me, so he put up a “girls” in there)

I Love you for what you are.

HAPPY 18^th BIRTHDAY GULAABO

    Next to go will be Sister and I literally had to coerce her into writing her feeling, because given the choice she would gladly have taken a sentence each from every other persons speech and made 1 of her own. So here is what originality she could come up with, it’s a plausible effort coming from her.

Sister-

    ¡Hola!

¡Feliz cumpleaños! (Happy Birthday!!...in Spanish :P )

Knowing the kind of person I am you know it is difficult to write original stuff[*my point exactly] (Google ke bina phatti meri)…..dil ki baat, emotions etc, etc mere palle na pade….i know yeh sab bolke paka ya gnlu style dassssss rahi hoon..disclaimer diye bina main koi kaam nahi karti!

Muskan sharma…hmm…first thought …“beta chawal dena!!” …lol :P…ok I’ll get serious… (*Really? That would be a first for you, aye? :P)

Time just flew these past two months only because of friends like you J …otherwise it would’ve been hell and filled with constant complex and what not!...all the late night gossip sessions, the dancing and singing, eating binges and the incessant chakela jokes!!…each and every moment spent with you was amazing. Hope you have a wonderful year ahead and enjoy your special day J

Best wishes and love

Sister

    Thank you Sister we really appreciate your huge efforts in doing this. You must really love her to have written over 150 words. :D

And that isn’t sarcasm okay?

    Next up is Gini and here is what she has to say to u..

Gini- 

    Muskuu !! Happy Birthday!! Finally you turn 18 ! 

    I remember the first time I saw you (*Why does everyone remember the first time? Looks like the girl makes strong 1^st impressions). We were on the same flight. I thought you would be a senior because you were all happy and smiley while I felt utterly clueless (*Was that the only reason?). Only now I know, that this is who you are. Full of life, you blissful soul(*Oh I love poetry). I love our crazy antics at 3 in the night. The full on filmy dancing, the hunt for anything ‘meetha’ and also the non-sensical video making frenzy you  have going on (Fakiira :D). You do the best ‘Dhirubhai Ambani and stuffs’ impression that cracks me up every single time. It’s just been 2 months in this place but thanks to friends like you that life is fun at GNLU (Shubham Bhavatu all the way !){*Shubham Bhavatu?. NO WAY!!!}. You are an awesome person. Gorgeous inside out with a special talent of sitting for prolonged periods without blinking (*Strange things people have to say on your birthday). And the permanent member of ‘group ka room’ I’m glad to have a friend like you present right in the next room. 

A very Happy Birthday to you. Enjoy your special day and have an amazing year ahead. (*Why doesn’t anyone add something like “hope you give us a splendid party”, kind of thing?

Loads of love,

Gini

 

    Next up on the podium will be Anju speaking shady stuff and nodding her head away to glory. Also I give her the credit for supplying the photographs. Adds colour to the blog. Thank You for that (*After the supply of the pics, I blatantly take credit for all the editing and artistry with the pics. Its just that I am attached to photography). Anyway here we go….

Anju-

      When i think of Musku, I always remember the first time I saw her (*Again). I came to the hostel lugging my luggage and wondering how I was going to stay at this place. Don’t blame me, this place that is home now, looked real shady (*AHA! I was waiting for this) to me the first time I saw it! There I was standing in front of the hostel office and grumbling; more like watching my mom grumbling  ( her ma ki mamta was over the top that time ). I looked around, scanning the place and I see this girl behind me. She wasn’t doing anything out of the ordinary. Right then, the ordinary was everyone scurrying around the hostel and coming to terms with the fact that they were going to get bake in this place for the next five years. The girl in question was also doing the ordinary, nevertheless she was striking. In simple terms she was beautiful.  I’d like to go on but then what is the rest of the write up for huh?

I meet my blessed roommate NikR and the two of us hit it off instantly. With time, I learn that the protagonist’s ( just felt like using a big word) name is DIMPY. She lived in a totally different block and was also in a different section. So I assumed she was just going to be one of the people who’d be my ‘hi- bye’ friends.  And that is exactly what we were for quite some time. I even thought that this girl has a lot of attitude and managed to tell NikR that I did not think she’s a good person(*Just adds strength to my point. Girls make random assumptions). Was I right in my judgement? I couldn’t have been worse in my judgement, as she turned out to be a real sweetheart.

    And then somehow, with all the abhivyakti practises we start talking and become friends. And today as I type this in ginny’s room on the pretext of learning the law of DMU from Granger( I hope you’re blinking) I realise that apna room now feels weird without her! I know it’s just been 4 days but she’s ‘roomie’ to us now :D .  I’m obviously not the first person saying this, but she’s absolutely beautiful(man se bhi) (*I bet you aren’t the first person), charming, smart and let’s not forget hilarious( chawal khalo beta :P) And don’t ask how funny she is, when she’s  annoyed with someone. In short, I love her! :*

I know it’s only been 2 months but in a hostel that’s more than enough time to know someone and with regard to dimpy, I love what I know :D  

Dimpy, here’s wishing you a very happy birthday! Ask the old and experienced ( hint: certain 19 year olds skulking around) for advice on how to live your 18^th :D you’re amazing and deserve nothing but the best. We love you for what you are because that’s when you’re at your best. Issi khushi mein, ek sack race ho jaye!! :D your birthday is still a day away while I type this so I still have time before you read this. Tab tak, chawal khalo beta! FYI, that is full on dimpy style, ok? (full on dimpy style again :D)

Have a great day sweety! Love you loads! :D

Anju J

Next up is Granger and I dare not put in much comments because I fear for my Economics marks tomorrow as its all upto her.

Granger-

 So when the idea of this blog post was incepted, I wasn’t one of the happiest people around. After all, for someone who shudders at the very thought of expressing love, such an idea is quite the harbinger of doom. Nevertheless, here goes. So yes, you’re pretty, freaking GORGEOUS actually, but what the hell, I’m sure you’ve heard that one enough. Moving on. Earlier, the image I had of you was quite the innocent one. In my head, you were this really sweet girl who was perpetually joyful and who cracked up at jokes so unfunny, they had even Niki hiding for cover! Hehe. Of course, you also have the patented rights of the soon-to become-a-phenomenon-greater-than-anything-the-world-has-ever-seen-before ‘MTBT’! We owe you for that one!

And then Delhi happened. Oh lord. Unforgettable? Check. That’s when I saw how ‘multi-faceted’ you are! ;) What with cursing cramped Spicejet seats, wolfing down half-cooked, half-heated pizza at 2 in the morning, hoping to the Almighty that Roshni would get the ‘Get out! We need sleep!’ hint, warding off Asmita and her desperate drinking desires, dragging our tushies out of bed for a debate no one was really interested in, slogging through 5 hours of pointless existence followed by 2 hours of debating, dragging said tushies back to bed, warding off Asmita and her desperate drinking desires (she’s going to murder me! :O), repeating the cycle all over again, experiencing THE night, waking up on a strange bed the next morning (Yes, the dirty thought is intentional :P) and then getting back to the humdrum (on much more comfortable IndiGo seats, thank you), that was one hell of a trip. And I know it wouldn’t have been half as much of a blast without you (drunk/sober. Hehe). 

I owe you one of the best experiences of my life (and you owe me 3000 bucks!). And I hope you can forgive me this random gibberish. I’ll shut up now.

 Happy Birthday! You’re legal! Woohoo! :D

Inspector is coming with his whistles blowing high. Dont put any comments related to this or you might face his wrath. During his violent streak.

Inspector - 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! Unlike others, I have started with the important part first. That’s actually because I don’t really remember when I first met you or talked to you… haha… do let me know if you do remember…

I don’t feel the need to super dass you in order to let you know that you are awesome. In simple words you are just awesome because you are fun to be with. Whenever you are around kuch timepass buckchodi ho hi jati hai! It is impressive how after some extreme bore class you can be full of joy and energy, ready to crack some of your usual funny dialogue with NikR. Keep it up and keep finding innovative ways of buckchodi like your sack race dialogue so that we can be entertained for the remaining 4 and a half years here…

Hope you have a great day and an awesome year full of buckchodi ahead of you!

Best Wishes,

Inspector Saab

Next up will be Trip and he will start peling intellectual buckchodi. So do your best to make maximum sense out of it.

Trip-

DIMPYY. I haven't met a person whose name describes her better. Her smile is contagious. I distinctly remember the first time I saw her during our orientation. As I sat there in Hall No. 1, apprehensive yet excited, a tall (rather collosal!) figure emerged wearing a big smile on her face with two cute dimples as if they were sidekicks. And to be honest, that was the first time I felt good to be at GNLU. :P

And then began a series of 'fortunate' events that makes our friendship so special. Countless trips to Infocity, those hilarious long walks with friends back to hostel from college and endless buckchodi in classrooms cemented our relationship. I must also appreciate the significance of Muskan's attempt to satisfy our insatiable desire for non-veg food (KFC!) And now comes THE most important part- our trip to Delhi on pretext of a silly debate :P For the first time our little coterie was going to my fav city and I could already sense the excitement. Thats when I got to know Muski better. The amount of sincerity and diligence she exhibited in summing up our debates as the whip and her constant prodding to go to CP and get drunk is unparallel, to put it subtly.

Finally, as I look back at my 2 months in GNLU lying in my pantry listening to Hurt (by Nine Inch Nails), I wonder how would life have been in this alien place if I hadn’t made such awesome friends like Muski. They always lighten your mood, help you when you need them the most and make college life all the more fun. So let me take this opportunity to wish you a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUSKI! May you get all the success you deserve throughout this year and always remember that you the best and we are always there for you!

Cheers! :D

Okay next one is by Yudi and it is obvious that this is the one we are all looking forward to, since its pretty obvious who she is closest to. So without taking much time and space let him have a go.

Yudi-

musku!!  from what i know of you ( and trust me that is loads ;) ) its very tough to write that in a page or two! our friendship started like a whirlwind from that casual "pls can u turn down the A.C" in the class... we became best friends in a couple of days!! When we first talked i never imagined that we would hit of so quickly n dono itne badre backchod niklege!! I still remember the awkward hi which u did not notice n came to see actually who it was in frnt of ur hostel gate and how in a few days we were there at  that same gate to say bye every day...we actually hit off so well that all our friends first thought that were an "item" ;) (well i suspect many of them still do) but who can know what we have better than us. Thank you for being a constant support here...ur there every time! Ur a sweetheart n will always be one for me...in a couple of months we have the most awesome memories of a lifetime n it seems that we know each other for years now!! Finding a friend like u here has seriously made life in GNLU a blessing :P. I still remember how i came to knw ur name.... :D one of rare pretty girls in our batch...n never i thought that the same "rare pretty girl" after whom almost every senior n our batchmates were running after would become my best friend!! We r the BEST example of MTBT ;)....every class without u seems dull (if i am up) every day without u boring!! Remember how we both got selected for venky? i still think i would not have made it if u would nt have come :D ;) ....of course when i first saw u coz u were "MUSKAN" :D i thought that like every other pretty girl u would have loads of attitude oozing out but boy i could not have been more wrong! Musku (btw this name was supposed to be pvt bw us :P ) never have met such a selfless,amazing,pretty,backchod laundiya in my life! i dnt need to say this coz i know u cn never change n will always remain the same :). A true sign of friendship not how much u meet a person or be with each other but how do u make each other feel when ur together n being with u makes me feel simply AMAZING. Musku n always keep that "MUSKAN" on cause ur dimples are like sunshine in crazy richa's class :D

Love u forever, :)

I give myself the chance to speak at the very end. Not because I don’t have much to say but because

Buckchod-

Okay to begin with, I had thought that I would have nothing to do with girls here in GNLU since I have the lovliest girlfriend back in Mumbai. But I forgot that friendship is something that doesn’t discriminate between girls and guys. So as I hit off brilliantly with Yudi and Trip I didn’t think about it. But to be friends with Yudi and not be friends with girls is impossible. So as Yudi made his first friend among girls I naturally came in contact with her. Well before meeting her all I KNEW (*not assumed) was she was the prettiest girl in our batch (as opined by my batch-mates and by some seniors who were open about it.) So yeah, Yudi and Dimpy become great friends in a day and the next day I am having lunch with the two of them and a few others. My opinion during lunch was that the girl is fun loving and animated though it was obvious that sitting next to each other and not having introduced ourselves to each other was odd and we didn’t talk anything much, actually nothing at all, other than ridiculous Harry Potter Hindi dialogues. I remember u talking about what they would say to “Are you nuts?” You said, “according to me it would be- Kya tum Kaju, Kishmish ho?” So you along with NikR did make an impression, that I definitely could not avoid making friends with girls who are as Buckchod as I. So this goes on for a few days and Yudi with his food doesn’t notice a thing as we remain unintroduced. As far as becoming friends is concerned I don’t remember how that happened, but this much I remember that it happened over those strange lunches.

So as we became friends I came to know that you are not only a regular Buckchod but also mad, crazy, awesome, insane, terrific, hilarious, mental all at one time. And also the fact that you are no novice at Buckchodi, a master at it ( coming from me its huge :P ) It was awesome planning to meet you along with my girlfriend in Mumbai, though we couldn’t actually materialise the plan. The fun part was planning and the constant changes in the plan till 4 in the night when 1 of us finally nodded off. I think that was me.  But all of it was a great experience and I think I could coin the term friends for us, only after that.

Here comes the major gift for you on your birthday, oops forgot the main thing….

Happy Birthday!!!!!!! It’s a great feeling to turn 18. Though I dunno how it is, think it is great. Hope you have the best day in your life and get great gifts and give us a great party. :D So finally I have said it. Anyway, coming to the major gift that I will give you tonight. Here it goes

For standing in the center of the crowded road with your hands open facing the sky and saying “Lagta hai barish hone wali hai” in the Black style

For sitting in the mess and impersonating an old person without teeth and saying “Chaval kha lo beta”

For sitting next to me in the history class and going through my so called History-Grammar notes and laughing our asses off in between the class.

For tolerating me at my funniest worst during the English classes and actually participating in it, when the Suicide bomber thing came up.

For making a team of Anju protectors with me and NikR and deciding poses as well in real FBI style..

For the sack races and the strange combos of fist bumps and left and right claps and the tssssss’s…

I hereby award to you…

 The best female Buckchod award, It is a huge honor and hope you will keep up the good work and continue being just the way you are. Funny, crazy and most importantly, a great friend. Good Luck for the future, Better the past, And enjoy the present. (that was purposely put in a messed up form for no apparent reason)

We all love you, and the best wishes of all are with you forever!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!