Delighted humans

1.  Stop fearing Fear of not getting through a particular test, not making it to a particular club or being punished for a particular thing ( my college is a strict one and values discipline. So, punishment is a thing here.) I have friends who care about a low grade in a particular subject or not getting through a club and by the end of the trimester they were a walking- talking ball of stress. The creativity gets overshadowed by stress. I am not suggesting you to not study or not follow the rules but to CHILL a little while you do these things. 2. Social network less The best thing about a residential course is that you get to observe behaviours of different people at all times. Some are off social media ( 1% of the population) , some care too much about other people's "Instagram life ". ( We all know what I am talking about. Let's not elaborate). I came up with a technique which isn't as extreme as quitting social media. All you have to do i...

1. "But all endings are also beginnings. We just don't know it at the time." - The five people you meet in heaven , Mitch Albom 2. "I am in love with cities I have never been to and people I have never met." - Paper Towns , John Green 3. " You're the narrator, the protagonist and the sidekick. You're the storyteller and the story told. You are somebody's something but you are also yours you." - Turtles all the way down, John Green 4. Thomas Edison's last words were: "It's beautiful over there." I don't know where there is, but I believe it's somewhere and I hope it's beautiful. - Looking for Alaska , John Green. 5. " You have to get lost before you find yourself." -  Paper Towns , John Green

The first trimester has now ended and as I look back , I realise how much these 90 days have changed us ; how I evolved into a slightly more responsible person , how I bonded with people I never thought I would. Maybe that's what college life is about. On day 0 , as the college registration went on , I looked around and observed students from different states and ethnicity. I wondered how different we all were; very different yet the same. The room allotment was the most awaited part and I was way too excited to meet my new roommates. "Room no. 16" , I read the allotted room no. against my name and entered my new room where I was going to begin a new phase of my life. As I entered, I saw my new roommate on the upper bunk bed talking in her regional language ( Telugu ) which was all greek to me and still is. My other new roommate who happens to be from the northeastern part of india entered just after me and I smiled at the kind of diversity my room offered...