Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Y: Yes, you know it




You know you're  a hostelite when...

  • You believe that more detergent means cleaner clothes.
  • You try to find ways of making the hostel food more interesting.
  • You glow when you recieve a parcel from home.
  • You would eat anything your mother cooks when you get back home.
  • Going out to withdraw cash is an event.
  • You start comparing prices of  everything you buy.
  • Sleep is the biggest luxury of your life.
  • A month before  going home, you start counting days.
  • You need to 'shotgun' a bathroom every morning.
  • You shift places to get the best network.
  • All  phone conversations take place in the corridor.
  • You periodically   borrow ketchup, pickle, maggi, earphones, shoes, clothes, laptops and everything else from anyone who is willing to share. 
  • Your room is sacred. Your bed, even more so. 
You know you're a hostelite when you are a hostelite. Even though we crib, at the end of the day it's not that bad. 

Update: 5.2.2014 I have a guest post by Amateur at this on what you learn when you relocate to a new city and experience hostel life. It's a fun read on gaining independence and learning new things. Read it here  

5 comments :

  1. can totally relate with it!

    But did not use to 'shotgun' the bathrooms every morning! Was lucky in that regard :)

    Shift places to get better network - totally did that during b.tech :P

    And in case of washing clothes, my formula was - "Dirtier the clothes, more the detergent" :P

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  2. The sacred truth of all hostelites. But what was the 'Shotgunning' of bathrooms about?

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    1. Well, since the bathrooms are limited, we 'shotgun' a bathroom by placing our towels or buckets. Otherwise someone else enters. It's strategic move.

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  3. I wouldn't know anything about being a hostilite, but there's one thing I must say-the first time I laid my eyes on this post it reminded me of a movie called "10 things I hate about you"...

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