Quarters No. A13 - You can check-in any time you want …….

If you plan to stay in the university campus and complete your course, you are given a room in the hostel, there are very few blessed people who really get a better option. I can claim myself to be one of those. The hostel being full, when I applied, we were placed in a University Quarters No. A13.

Located opposite to the University Park, very close to the football ground, easy reach to the main road, not to far away from Cancra beach and a feeewww... meters away from the girls hostel. What more do you want???

The place did look haunted and scary earlier, thanks to Dhillon (room-mate) who gave it a new look, cleaning everything in and around (Mission chaka-chak A13).

After a small confusion on allocating the rooms, I finally got the best one (the only one on the first floor). I still remember, the first time I went to check the room I was accompanied by my classmates (Sudesh, Aditya, Parag, Vaibhav, Sarvesh). Then finally, on the 9th of August 04, I Checked-in.

If you are one of those who likes to admire nature and appreciate the beautiful sceneries, then this is a place you should visit .A lovely location to check the Sun creeping into the sky early morning or dipping into the salty Arabian late in the evening, the peacocks running, lots of pigeons flying, different birds chirping the snakes crawling, the evening view of Zuari bridge or the well lit Vasco city at night.

Sometimes we do call it a Party time and plan of a get-together. Such parties don’t really come from good reasons to celebrate but just to have a nice time. Food is really very good on such occasions, thanks to Bhiju (CDP of A13). The barbecue on the terrace is unforgettable. Then what follow are jokes, games, and special programs, especially by Sudhanshu (believe me, this dude is a real good singer and wonderful dancer aswel). Sometimes we also go for fishing late night at Dona Paula. Of all the times we have been for fishing, so far, only Sudhanshu has succeeded in catching a fish. That was a real big one. This shows what a good fisherman he is. He then went on singing out of joy. Such nights don’t end soon.

Sleeping on the terrace and stargazing is also wonderful, especially when Siddharth or Sid (to be compulsorily pronounced as seed) is around, explaining about the hunter, along with his dogs, going to catch Taurus. Then finally its time for coffee (around 2-2.30 am) and Brenton's bike (public ka naya transport) helps to collect some snacks and coffee from GMC canteen. Recently Sid also discovered a place where we can get fruit juice at night. Earlier Pritam used to prepare wonderful coffee, but now I guess he has forgotten how to, or has just become lazy (pssst.. The second one is right). Some nights stretch to early morning when we finally go off to bed.

Sid likes to listen to Kishor Kumar's music before sleeping, but we don’t enjoy it so much, so we ask him to keep it slow on volume. But sometimes he slowly goes creeping in the dark to increase the volume and sometimes even falls of the bed [ha ha ha ha ...] and the best part is when he pretends as if nothing has happened. Brenton is dangerous, he keeps on rolling over everyone, I guess, even a football field won’t be sufficient for him to sleep. If suddenly you wake up in the middle of the night and find your pillow missing, you can get it from Brenton. He always forgets to fold his blanket when he gets up, and claims that he couldn't find it in the morning. Pritam is the best, he takes his pillow and his own blanket, and no one can even touch it. Even if you are dieing of cold, don't expect to get his blanket. He doesn't give it to anyone, I guess he won’t even share it with his wife.

But you never know, finally who wakes up when and leaves the room. This place has given us a lot of memories and continues to do so. I wish it was mine forever, as of now I can say it is....

So if anytime you are around the campus and looking for shelter, don't forget, QUARTERS NO. A13 - You can check in any time you want, but don’t forget that you should also leave.

Note: This was written when the lectures were going on, using Sarvesh's PDA.

Still a beginner here.

Most people ( the real fools ) are very alert on the 1st of April, they don want any one to fool them, so even I don’t try to fool them on that day. But they really are foolish not to be alert always, so I enjoy playing pranks on people on the next day. So today I did play pranks on some friends, some were really bad and were really cool.Guess these people wont forgive me for some time, then few days down the line it should be fine as always.

Hey guess what, today I spent some time with my friends who are planning of a concert on the Easter Sunday.Its called the " Live Gospel Music ". A dream of my friend, Mr. Lloyed who is all set to make it a great show. Great going dude. These guys were really rocking today, wanted to be there for more time but had to leave early.But I shall catch them on Easter Day.

Its YOUR day today !!!!!

Yup! This is for the first time i'm writing a blog, and what a nice day have i chosen ( co-incidence ).
The day , dedicated to all my friends - yes, Its April Fools Day.Gettin bored sittin at home and a bit jealous cause the world has kept a seperate day especially for all my friends ( thats today- the 1st of April) me did'nt know wat to do.
Was a bit inspired by my junior- mr. Debo and his blogs and was always thinkin of startin one from my side,so finally thought of startin the good work on "The Day which belong to all my loving FRIENDS".
But having begun blogging activity,me dont really know what to write ???? Hmmmmm...... ??????
So said to myself, let me post somethin about today's speciality. Why this day is called the FOOLS day and how it all started.Now check how interested even you are.....( you got to be, after all you have the right to kno about ur day... aint me right ???)
So go ahead and keep readin


Why do we celebrate April Fools Day?

Truth is we really don't know where the tradition of playing pranks on people came from.

There are a few theories floating around though.

When the western world used the Julian calendar, the year began on March 25th because they celebrated the start of a new year with the start of spring. However since that fell in the Holy Week, the celebrated it on the first of April. However when we switched to the Gregorian calendar in the 1500s, we moved the New Year to the first of January. According to the most widely told story, those who still celebrated the New Year on April 1st were called April fools. The Encyclopedia of Religion and the Encyclopedia Britannica thinks that the timing of April Fool's Day is directly related to the arrival of Spring, when nature 'fools' humans with erratic weather. The Country Diary of Garden Lore has a theory that April Fools Day commemorates "the fruitless mission of the rook (the European crow) who was sent out in search of land from Noah's flood-surrounded ark." So, on April 1st are you going to be the tricked or the trickster?

I guess thats a bit much on the first day, so m now wrapping it up with a great line by Mark Twain, it says " The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year".