MORNINGS
This is the first message abt the contrast of my IIT and US life... and I wanna start off with how my mornings are different from the IITan mornings...
I used to wake up pretty early in my first 3 years at IIT. An old rusty alarm beeped at 6:30, and i used to wake up only to readjust the alarm time to 7. After waking up, used to start brusing and walking over the corridor. The fun part was waking up others. Everyone had these slips on their doors with "7am please" written on them. Some guys used to wake up with one bang. But guys like Viagra needed a lot of banging (on their doors) before they wud wake up. 2-3 guys used to team up to bang his door, and the look on his face was worth remembering: whether to shout on me or to thank me for waking him :P
Then came breakfast: breakfast was decent back then... better than lunch and dinner. The idlis used to be rock hard and dosas were like rubber plates. Best breakfast was Rava dosa on saturdays. I (and many others) used to wake up at 8 on Saturdays just for the dosa!!!!! The chutney was awesome. But the dosa lost its value when the new mess staff came up and made really awful chutney. Sunday dosa used to be good too, used to put me to sleep immedeatly.
It had become a habit to read mags on saturday mornings. Used to read young world and a couple of mags for an hour, and used to feel soooooooo sleeeeeeeeepy that i HAD TO go back to my room!
These were such simple things, but gosh, I just wanna relive them. Forcibly getting up early, and then waiting in the queue for taking bath, rushing for breakfast (and most of the times skipping it) and running for classes: these r some moments that I can NEVER forget.
Situtaion here is pretty different. I wake up between 9 and 11 on weekdays, depending on my classes. I never wanna wake up in the mornings, coz my room doesnt get sunlight, and my bed is very VERY cozy. Noone cud denie sleep in such a place. The alarm clock is electronic, which plays some songs on the radio when I wanna wake up. I am cotinuing the IITan habit of adjusting the waking time when the alarm rings (wat the hell, its better than waking up and shutting off the alarm). There's a rush to get ready, and I have the same old cereal in the mornings. (Those idlis and dosas used to give at least SOME taste in the mouth, but this shit only fills ur stomach.) Then pack bags and goto school, or start mugging at home. No excitement, nothing to look forward to. The morning ends in a jiffy, and also in a few lines.
Never seen mornings on weekends. So cant comment upon them.
But I like my bed very much. Wish I had the same in IIT. I wud never wake up in time.
And now its time to lie down to sleep on the same bed.... :)
This is the first message abt the contrast of my IIT and US life... and I wanna start off with how my mornings are different from the IITan mornings...
I used to wake up pretty early in my first 3 years at IIT. An old rusty alarm beeped at 6:30, and i used to wake up only to readjust the alarm time to 7. After waking up, used to start brusing and walking over the corridor. The fun part was waking up others. Everyone had these slips on their doors with "7am please" written on them. Some guys used to wake up with one bang. But guys like Viagra needed a lot of banging (on their doors) before they wud wake up. 2-3 guys used to team up to bang his door, and the look on his face was worth remembering: whether to shout on me or to thank me for waking him :P
Then came breakfast: breakfast was decent back then... better than lunch and dinner. The idlis used to be rock hard and dosas were like rubber plates. Best breakfast was Rava dosa on saturdays. I (and many others) used to wake up at 8 on Saturdays just for the dosa!!!!! The chutney was awesome. But the dosa lost its value when the new mess staff came up and made really awful chutney. Sunday dosa used to be good too, used to put me to sleep immedeatly.
It had become a habit to read mags on saturday mornings. Used to read young world and a couple of mags for an hour, and used to feel soooooooo sleeeeeeeeepy that i HAD TO go back to my room!
These were such simple things, but gosh, I just wanna relive them. Forcibly getting up early, and then waiting in the queue for taking bath, rushing for breakfast (and most of the times skipping it) and running for classes: these r some moments that I can NEVER forget.
Situtaion here is pretty different. I wake up between 9 and 11 on weekdays, depending on my classes. I never wanna wake up in the mornings, coz my room doesnt get sunlight, and my bed is very VERY cozy. Noone cud denie sleep in such a place. The alarm clock is electronic, which plays some songs on the radio when I wanna wake up. I am cotinuing the IITan habit of adjusting the waking time when the alarm rings (wat the hell, its better than waking up and shutting off the alarm). There's a rush to get ready, and I have the same old cereal in the mornings. (Those idlis and dosas used to give at least SOME taste in the mouth, but this shit only fills ur stomach.) Then pack bags and goto school, or start mugging at home. No excitement, nothing to look forward to. The morning ends in a jiffy, and also in a few lines.
Never seen mornings on weekends. So cant comment upon them.
But I like my bed very much. Wish I had the same in IIT. I wud never wake up in time.
And now its time to lie down to sleep on the same bed.... :)
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