July to October- I: Shifting to the hostel

Here is the first part of the long post that I have been talking about for the past so many days.It talks about how things have been with me in the past three months in an MBA institute.In a new place with new people and new perceptions.So lets start with the day I shifted to the hostel....
I shifted to the hostel on the 14th of july, room no:404 ,"Devi vandana".The hostel is nothing but a set of apartments which the institute has taken on lease until the institute's own hostel gets constructed (which is most probably by next year).So, I reached the hostel by 3.30 p.m and came to know that there is a power cut and i'll have to carry my luggage all the way up to the fourth floor!!! That nearly killed me.So I finally started climbing up the stairs wondering what would it be like doing this everyday.....walking up and down the stairs when there is no electricity.Huffing and puffing I reached the fourth floor and stood in front of the door which read 404 engraved on a brass plate. I took a deep breath and did the customary Grih pravesh by putting my right foot in first ;D.So now that the Grih pravesh was done I walked past the 5 study tables kept in the living room meant for the 5 occupants of the flat.I went in and met my first flatmate Preeti, a south indian from mumbai and 5ft9in tall! God! I was envious of her height especially when mine is 4ft 10 in :( Said hi to her and her family and then moved into my room to see how it looked.Hmmm.......not bad was the first impression.New mattress, new bed, a balcony overlooking green mountains.....quite a good view. I was happy with the room.As long as my room has a balcony m a happy soul.While I was dreaming of the endless nights to be spent sipping coffee in the balcony I hear my mum say...."Rinky(that's my nickname) don't u want to get ur other stuff up?" Oh how I hated that. I came out of the room and told preeti that I'll be back, m going down to get the rest of my luggage.After that herculean task was done I quickly unpacked and arranged my stuff in the cupboard.When that was done I left for the institute to notify the office that I have arrived and to also get some documents verified.Met another classmate of mine there, Priyanka from Delhi and that is how I kept on coming across my batchmates one by one.After I was through with all the formalities I bade goodbye to my mom and went back to the hostel and lied down for some time. In the meanwhile another of my flatmate arrived(who is also my roomate) with her Bhabhi. She was Shweta Jain from Patna. Said hi to her too and offered her some help with her luggage which she politely refused and said "its ok I'll manage". I said "ok, as you wish but if u need anything m here u can call me anytime" and I went back to my freshly made bed :D

It was 8.30 when all the girls from the other flats started coming out to go for dinner.Our meals are served in the institute canteen and we have a shuttle service from the hostel to the institute every half hour. So we all gathered in the parking lot of the building chatting and getting to know each other. The first few days were really bad cuz we were having a tough time remembering each others names.We could recognize each others faces but could not recollect the names. Anyway so we reached the institute and started to look for some more familiar faces among the guys whom we met in the evening at the institute office. That day it was thursday so the canteen served Chineese.The food was not bad but it was surely difficult to eat those noodles with a spoon.They did not provide us with a fork.While we were having the food there comes a senior in a white kurta and blue jeans.Introduces himself as Saurabh from Indore and asks us to introduce ourselves.After the intro session was done he finally departed saying "Be prepared".Everybody was talking about what's going to happen.By 9.30 we all came back to the hostel and sat dowm for a chat in Snigdha's room.By 10.30 we all dispersed to our rooms and started to get ready for sleep. The next day was our induction.We had to reach the institute by 8 a.m.So finally by 11 we all retired to bed but I couldn't sleep cuz it was a new place so....I went into the balcony and sat there for an hour or so. Eventually by 12 I slept feeling thrilled anticipating how things were going to be the next day.