Tuesday, May 10, 2005
Yesterday (today morning, technically), something funny happened. A few days ago, I posted a comment on Arnold’s blog in which I said that Engg. students have interesting and amusing lives. Here’s an example.
I came back from Mumbai yesterday night at 10:30 and basically went straight to sleep. A friend of mine, Salil, called in the middle of the night, telling me to come downstairs, and he wouldn't tell me the reason. I was worried, and went downstairs fast, after telling my parents.
Salil and another friend Amit were waiting downstairs, grinning stupidly. They’d decided to go out for a coffee (at ‘Relax’ in Bibwewadi), and then they decided to come to Kothrud (10 miles away) for a soup - at 1 am.
And when they reached my house, their petrol ran out, and so they called me. So I sat there, bleary-eyed, talking to Salil, and Amit took my Scooty and went to get a bottle of petrol. Then he came back and they invited me to have a soup with them. I declined and went back to sleep.
All this, by the way, is a mere fortnight before their exams.
Just goes to illustrate my comment that Engg. students are an interesting bunch of people. I can’t imagine this ever happening in Arts.
May 11, 2005 11:14 am
hey,
nice to know that you've joined the blog world. just a coupla points.. add another commenting facility (like haloscan).. makes things much easier.. (and/or) change your blogspot comment setting to "open in new window" and also "allow other comments" (cuz rite now only bloggers can comment on this blog)
cheers mate!
May 11, 2005 11:35 pm
Thanks arnold, I'll do that.
May 14, 2005 8:55 am
Hey...
i do the same thing almost actually...
that day all my guy friends were having a sleep over at one of their places and guess what after a coffee at durga at 11.30 i asked them to come over and they had ice cream over at my place at 12 ...!!!
( if you are wondering i stay with a fast-asleep-at-12 granny )
May 14, 2005 9:38 am
Strange things happen to engineering students right before exams. Its a fact.
Nice blog. Keep writing ! :)
May 15, 2005 9:20 am
Thanks for the comments. By the way, Salil and Amit were both rather irritated because I wrote about it. They are currently buried in studies, and even that gave rise to a little story I might narrate one of these days.
May 16, 2005 12:32 pm
u shld hve shooed em off!!! :P :P
May 17, 2005 1:57 am
To Varun: You're right, I should've told them to walk back home. But they're both bigger than me, and I have no wish to spend the rest of my life as baingan ka bharta. :P