Monday, April 9, 2007

At the hostel


... all kinds of situations come up. exams, pranks, disasters, friends calling, getting broke, education trips, people cheating and lonely people...some times everything happens at the same time around you.

have a major exam day after. haven't studied the whole year. got the books day before yesterday, yesterday was gone as friends came calling and me would not say nay, today another friend came, I was studying. She needed a place to stay as she lives in another town and needs to write her exams but has no place to stay in Delhi. She is an old friend who is still overwhelmed by troubled childhood experiences and talks a lot, sentimental shit. I'd fail if I listen to her banter, and she can't stay in the same room and not talk. "Will you let me stay with you for exams?" she asked...I am so pathetic (i already share my room with my roomie) that I said 'yes'. Got juice for her, asked her to keep her mouth shut in terse words, asked her to sleep. She gets up and starts yanking about miseries of life, I asked her to open my cupboard, take my face wash and get fresh...got tea and chips for her in the meantime. Gave it to her without a word and went back to studies. She sat on the opposite bed turning a book while I studied. She opens my cupboard-'you got all herbal stuff', you know u should eat amla for vitamin C like i do everyday, what is this, wat is this...even I am thinking of getting my underarms done...have you never done that I asked the post graduate student. "No". Took her to the bathroom, showed her how to, as I did it for her, gifted her my personal kitty. Gave her a back massage after she took a bath as she never sits straight and asked her to keep her back straight when she sits. Basic hygiene

Come to stay a day before your exam, leave me to alone to study now. She is a brilliant student…the kinds who miss the forest while looking at the trees