There comes a time in our life when we step out of our house and step in another one - 'Hostel'.
It isn't just a building full of people who came from different places to live, it is a place where an entire new phase of a person's life begin. From living in a single bedroom to sharing your own bed with 2 other people, sharing almost all of your things with people who were strangers some weeks ago, there are infinite differences. The experience is never ending. Every day we get a new lesson, be it about life, responsibilities, freedom or failure.
Maggi at midnight, uncooked food from mess, sleeping on a chair, learning to spend the last week of every month with only 50 rupees in your pocket, late night conversations about life, love and relationships, etc. the list is never ending. Hostel teaches you to live in the most adverse situations of your life. From pulling an all-nighter before exams to dancing all night after the results, the night-outs on a Saturday night, roaming all over the city while making million memories, no words are enough to describe how amazingly awesome your life is.
Here are some reasons why hostel life becomes one of the most unforgettable phase of your life:
1) You are never alone.
You never get any time to think about yourself. No matter what time it is, be it 4 pm or 4 am you will always be surrounded by people, laughing at silliest jokes in the world, talking about absolute non-sense. You almost forget the last time you slept when the lights were switched off.
One thing you will find in every corner is 'free advice'. No matter how fucked up that guy's life is, when you share your problems, he will come with hundreds of solutions.
2) Time Management.
Hostelers, specially suck at time management. There are rumors that we wake up at 10:25 am and attend the lecture at 10:35, which are actually true. We have to manage everything in our life, from saving money till the end of the month ( which no one does) to washing our clothes and completing all the assignments. And in between all these things, sleep always gets the second preference. We wake up at 10:25 because some of us actually sleep at 3:30 am.
3) Bathing.
A very rarely performed morning ritual by hostelers. Because, who the hell spends 20 minutes if you can just use a face-wash and a deodorant and still manage to look the same like you just had a bath (not for all). There are some nerds who bath at 11:55 to 12:05 am just to give them the self assurance that they had a bath of 2 days (I am not even kidding).
4) Sports.
You don't need a stadium to enjoy a live match. Hostel's common room itself becomes a stadium during a live match. From abusing the opposite team to jumping when our team wins, everything happens here.
5) Food in mess.. (Ahem.. There is no need of describing it). But it makes you immune to almost every other form of food. Your digestive systems becomes strong enough to digest everything.
You finally understand the value of home-made food.
Also, no one knows the value of 3 am maggi better than you.
6) We are always late.
If you are a hosteler, one thing is sure, YOU. WILL. ALWAYS. BE. LATE. No matter if it is attending lectures or completing assignments. Even people who come from other worlds like Dombivili or Ulhasnagar will be on time but hostelers will never be.
7) Pulling an all-nighter.
Hostelers know how to complete work of an entire subject in one night. 'Jugaad' runs through our veins. You will never find a better example of team-work like you do in a hostel room at night while completing writing work.
Because, we know how to enjoy.
Atlast, by the time you leave the hostel with millions of bitter sweet memories, you are completely ready to face the world. :)
