Well, its that time of year again, when I have to go home. BTW I’ll be at home after skipping four Diwalis in a row. Its not that I don’t love to go home or I don’t love people back there but most of it leads to embarrassing situations in one or the other way. You can’t be a free bird as you are while in IIIT. The worst thing is you can’t use the fu**ing F word and any of its variations. Here are a few common problems I face at home
- THE BIGGEST PROBLEM : I can’t remember faces 🙁 Whenever I visit some relatives, I can’t recall their names. This happens in some extraordinary manner. I went to my uncle’s (Tau Ji) house and the moment I saw his son, I forgot his name. Total WTF!!! How can you forgot the name of a person who is almost like your real brother. Last time I was at home, it happened at three different locations and drove me crazy.
- Music : I can’t listen to Ear-Blowing (basically at high volume) music there because of the inherent agreement to social terms and conditions.
- No Internet : My home is within the boundaries of a national park. At first it sounds super awesome because you get to live really close to nature but then you don’t get high tech facilities there. Weak mobile signals and no internet is such a turn off. Still its not as big a problem as the first one 🙂
- Embarrassing Questions/Comments : Every single time you go home, there will be neighbours who don’t have any sense of what you are upto and will ask the same questions or deliver their expert comments. ‘Padhai kaisi chal rahi hai?’/’Kitna kamjor ho gaya hai?’ WTF!! If it was so, I should have disappeared in four years.
- Off Topic Discussions : In four years, I (or any engg grad) have lost total sense of what typically goes or discussed in a family. Now, all we remember/know is the word “BC”, ‘THE F WORD’ and tech-discussions. The discussions/talks which are treated off-topic here are considered relevant back there. And the worst part is that I don’t have a report spam option 🙁
Leaving apart the problems, I hope I’ll have a great time at home this Diwali.
PS : Last point is a bit exaggerated 😛
At least I remember my cousin’s name, but I don’t remember my Tauji’s. 😛
Happy Diwali in advance anyway. 🙂
LOL at first one btw ask your sister name of all relatives u r abt to visit 😀 and dude buy a reliance broadband card, will have connectivity there also 🙂
I find No.4 to be the biggest problem. I also get asked “PASS kab hone waala college se??” and also “Naukri lagi ya nahin ?” and when I explain my PhD plans “Aur 5 saal !! Pichle 5 saal se kya kar rahe the ?”
But I never get told “Kitna kamzor ho gaya hai” 😛 😀
Happy journey and enjoy the real reason we all go home – food!
LOL @ “inherent agreement to social terms and conditions” 😛
And the worst part is that I don’t have a report spam option 🙁
G33K speaks 😀 LOL man 🙂
“And the worst part is that I don’t have a report spam option :(” HA HA HA.
I agree with ShArK. Fourth problem is actually the biggest problem!
Have a good time at home. 🙂
@Gaganpreet why do you have to add to my worries 🙁 Now I’ll have to remember their names as well!!
@Sachin Mind blowing idea. Pretty cool. BTW Tata Indicom wont work there.
@ShArK I understand your situation especially the naukri part 😛
@Kapil Bajaj 😛
@Himank something has to be g33ky in there 😀
@Abhishek Sainani Can’t agree with you. Not able to recall the name of your brother can drag you into some really embarrassing situations 😐
you are going home… that’s a big shocker me.. and I think you’ll survive… as you did during your extended summer vacations 😀
ya saini, after long time visit your blog, nice to see you still continue the writings. Keep going and enjoy the Happy Diwali !!