Close Encounters of the Winged Kind and Other Absurd Stories.

       I've always been an exceedingly lazy person, I shamefacedly admit that. So while the world around me changed and changed some more, I couldn't bring myself to write something until today.
A lot of new things have come up since my last blog post. Before I proceed to actually getting to the topic I intend to write about, here are some updates on whats been up:
        MT < the unbelievably irritating 2(!!!) point course > is getting on my nerves.
They've introduced stuff that is supposed to make our life simple (oh really???!!! I don't think so) and wherein we are supposed to "decorate" our graphs (heaven knows what that means. Should I be using glitter pens for plotting?). And for an unfairly low 0.5 points out of that TWO POINT COURSE, I'm supposed to study Bio, a subject, which I must confess, I am not destined to ...errr.... well..umm...get the drift. :D
So, to cut it short, MT classes are spent pondering over the unsolved mysteries of life, like..why should I have to enroll for a B.E. course if I was so desperate to study bio, ..or why on earth must I write down everything that is given in the Chemistry manual into the observation book AGAIN, and then have a viva on the EXACT same thing. < Lab assistants showing tadi has also been known to piss off a lot of people >.
    No sign of redis yet :( and the IC is so super stuffed at 5, that its impossible to get anything at all.. so.. yeah.. I'm also going through a minor starvation period here.

 And NOW, the most important thing, its been raining in Pilani. Nope, I don't mean the pseudo rainfall that begins when you're walking on the road, and ends as soon as you're drenched and thereby reach your tut section looking like a sewer rat. < excuse the terminology, but thats the closest thing that I could thing of >
So...this has resulted into three things:
1. An increased number of insects
2. An increased number of lizards.
3. Weird zoological activity.

#The Insect Story:


Ok, so... its also been raining insects here. They're everywhere you look. Early morning you find them in the washbasins, or on your table. But its the evenings when they become a real nuisance. lgmfs < all Bitsians know what that means, if you don't...assume its a new species of insect, and don't bother > make sleeping a very, very strenuous activity. You really need to make sure you are covered by a bed sheet from head to toe.. or by the time you wake up the next morning, you'll have all sorts of red shapes on your skin, ranging from a butterfly< yeah, I saw a bite mark that was shaped like one > to .. well... the possibilities are endless... say .. a map of Tamil Nadu.
As if that was not enough on your plate already < oh..I'm sorry... did I forget to mention that they are omnipresent, so.. if you're not careful.. yeah.. you'll have a lot of them literally on your plate in the mess >
there are also the jumping brown crickets, which are not so bad, considering they don't leave you with any tattoo work... its just that they have a tendency to jump on your back, when you least expect it, thereby causing you to 1. yell at the top of your voice , and 2. jump 10 feet into the air.
Of course, given the wide variety of fauna present in our hostels, and limited space< the blog post needs to be readable you know :P > I couldn't possibly describe all the other rarities that I have seen around. Exotic species have been excluded from this list.

#The Lizard Story:


Now, this one's personal. A lot of people in this world have absolutely no problem with lizards. Lizards and the aforementioned people coexist in perfect harmony and stuff .. well.... I am NOT one of them . I'm scared of those sickly pale, tail swishing, insect eating remnants  of the Jurassic age. So, when one of those THINGS entered my room, apparently chasing one of the brown crickets...well...my world came crashing down < literally here, 'coz I fell off my bed and ran to save my life when I saw it > . The next few days were filled with misery and horror. Various options were considered, including sleeping in the sidie room, and many a days were spent looking at the tube-light behind which that monster hid. My troubles finally came to an end, when an exceptionally brave wingie.. well.. lets just say.. dealt with the situation. :D

#Other Absurd Stories:


1.  Neha entered her room to find a couple of sparrows sitting on her bed, which .. when they did go < hours later > .. left behind... errr.... a lot of blessings. :D
2. Sidie room had a cat jump in through the window, and onto the bed, and she made me check all of her room to make sure that the area was cat free.
3. A dog came running down the road and crashed into one of my wingies, leaving her traumatized for life.
4. I found a frog in my balcony. I simply have no idea as to how it got there.

Well, I guess thats about it from my side. Looking forward to the rest of the LEGEN-DARY stuff thats going to come my way this semester. :)