A : This comp is all shit! Its sooo slow!!!!
2 seconds later
A : My damn file is not opening!! I don’t believe this. But it was opening sometime back.
dunno what’s wrong. Maybe we should try opening it on some other comp.
1.5 seconds later after scanning the comp lab for the best comps around……
A : Damn everyone has taken da “good” comps!! How will our work get done now!!
B : Btw, do u realize that our work is stored on comp no. __ and C is sitting on it. We
cant access that comp from here. So now shld we ask C to move.
A : Shit, this has a chu** ram. It’s getting slower and slower day-by-day!!
B : Chal C ko uthate hai udharse. Otherwise we would never be able to work! Waise
Bhi orkutting hi chalu hai, toh kya pharak padta hai!!
B : Hey C, sit on our comp na, our group work is stored on da desktop of da comp ur
Working on.
C : I AM NOT MOVING!!!!! GET LOST!!!!!! I GOT THIS COMP FIRST !!
B : Hey, but we would never be able to work then. Our entire work is stored there………
………blah blah………………….
Finally, exchange of comps does happen. It’s still an INDIA – PAKISTAN war when it comes to exchanging (or rather trading) computers. Even if by default you do end up with the best comp, there is always a sense of usne-mujhe- ullu-banaya-Merawalla–comp-hi-accha-tha- kind of sentiments. In short no one is happy.
But I am happy. Well , ahem…., maybe…..just a little. Actually, I am happy because they remind me of so many stories abt such conversations. And funny stories they are.
It reminds we of what I will forfeit with the submission my thesis.
It also reminds me of the frustration of NOT getting the “ GOOD” comp. And the triumph of getting one. Or rather beating all your classmates to it.
It reminds me that I now own da best comp, which is again at my own mercy.
It reminds me, rather painfully, that just 2 years ago I could have been easily “A”, “B” or / and “C” of the conversation!!!
In short, it makes me even more nostalgic of the days gone by. Of the days which would never come again.
It also reminds me that everything is not over yet!! Thesis is still left.
To sum it all up, today while working in the computer lab of my college alone, I was missing my class and most importantly the noise and the constant bickering, screaming, shouting, cribbing of everyone.
That was until the juniors arrived.
I unexpectedly got caught in the cross–fire of the first years. Their race against time, computer hanging and behaving badly, etc to complete their work.
So I enjoyed their company. And only then did I do what I wished some of my seniors would had done for me.
I got up and gave away my computer to the most needy of them all. A classic case of selfless behavior.
I am still counting the blessing that I got after that !!!
2 seconds later
A : My damn file is not opening!! I don’t believe this. But it was opening sometime back.
dunno what’s wrong. Maybe we should try opening it on some other comp.
1.5 seconds later after scanning the comp lab for the best comps around……
A : Damn everyone has taken da “good” comps!! How will our work get done now!!
B : Btw, do u realize that our work is stored on comp no. __ and C is sitting on it. We
cant access that comp from here. So now shld we ask C to move.
A : Shit, this has a chu** ram. It’s getting slower and slower day-by-day!!
B : Chal C ko uthate hai udharse. Otherwise we would never be able to work! Waise
Bhi orkutting hi chalu hai, toh kya pharak padta hai!!
B : Hey C, sit on our comp na, our group work is stored on da desktop of da comp ur
Working on.
C : I AM NOT MOVING!!!!! GET LOST!!!!!! I GOT THIS COMP FIRST !!
B : Hey, but we would never be able to work then. Our entire work is stored there………
………blah blah………………….
Finally, exchange of comps does happen. It’s still an INDIA – PAKISTAN war when it comes to exchanging (or rather trading) computers. Even if by default you do end up with the best comp, there is always a sense of usne-mujhe- ullu-banaya-Merawalla–comp-hi-accha-tha- kind of sentiments. In short no one is happy.
But I am happy. Well , ahem…., maybe…..just a little. Actually, I am happy because they remind me of so many stories abt such conversations. And funny stories they are.
It reminds we of what I will forfeit with the submission my thesis.
It also reminds me of the frustration of NOT getting the “ GOOD” comp. And the triumph of getting one. Or rather beating all your classmates to it.
It reminds me that I now own da best comp, which is again at my own mercy.
It reminds me, rather painfully, that just 2 years ago I could have been easily “A”, “B” or / and “C” of the conversation!!!
In short, it makes me even more nostalgic of the days gone by. Of the days which would never come again.
It also reminds me that everything is not over yet!! Thesis is still left.
To sum it all up, today while working in the computer lab of my college alone, I was missing my class and most importantly the noise and the constant bickering, screaming, shouting, cribbing of everyone.
That was until the juniors arrived.
I unexpectedly got caught in the cross–fire of the first years. Their race against time, computer hanging and behaving badly, etc to complete their work.
So I enjoyed their company. And only then did I do what I wished some of my seniors would had done for me.
I got up and gave away my computer to the most needy of them all. A classic case of selfless behavior.
I am still counting the blessing that I got after that !!!
4 comments:
hey this reminds me of those good old college days!!! if only i cud go back in time.....for a few days or a few minutes or just seconds!! at least ur thesis is left, bt for me college is OVER....and gone r those days.....forever.....bt will always treasure those precious moments i spent wid my frnds!!
lol!!
hmm
someones emerging out of the eggshell that we call college and moving on,
someones looking back at the cozy interior and thinking fondly of the days gone by... :)
This is the first time that i went through ur blog, found this one hilarious! Reminded me of complab days when we didnt have our own laptops! ;)
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