Remember me blogging about the cold war going on in the hostel?? Well, yesterday it turned out to be a full-on war… leave behind hot and cold stuff.. we are at war in the hostel. Though the warden is using all her power to keep us in check and maintain discipline in hostel… its exam time yaar.. (mine just ended today both theory+practical)

Anyways.. first things first… here’s what happened yesterday i.e Sunday. I and Shraddha had thought of visiting a restaurant cos it had been ages since we had Dosa, Chola Bhatura etc.. we thought of taking the super juniors with us too as it was just the 4 of them yesterday. Most of the gals have gone home for the prep. leave. They have exams from 17th/ 20th Dec.

40 asked them to wear jeans (they had been forbidden to wear it till their welcome). At first they were reluctant (who want’s to go against their seniors?), but we insisted and they agreed. Now, the whole exchange was heard by most of the folks and as soon as they got dressed in the evening they were called by their seniors and were told to get changed, i.e wear Salwar Suits. When 40 came to know about it she got angry and was confronted by G mam. Both of them had a heated conversation and the sup jrs ended up going with us wearing jeans…

We had a great time in the restaurant.. the jrs were kinda tensed though.. as to what will happen when we get back to the hostel.. we told them that nothing would happen and we will handle everything..

When we got back, they were called by their seniors and as is history both the parties argued, but were intervened by Shraddha, who happened to cross the room at that time.

The result: super jrs have been cut off from their seniors (2nd yrs) though they are talking with me.. I still haven’t met my seniors so can’t tell their response… but the game has begun.. lets see where it leads us.. 

Just the other day I was talking with my roomie re’ the famous cold war going on between us (the 3rd yrs) and our juniors (2nd yrs). I told her, how blessed they were as they were living in this hostel, they enjoyed so much liberties that we only thought about in the previous hostel..

And the rules.. how we loved breaking them and the jrs were one step ahead of us..

Anyways.. I was going thru’ my inbox in the evening and saw the Streaming Faith Daily Devotional mail with the subject “A Moment Of Thanks” and I immediately set about reading it..

Something written in it caught my eye..

Life is hard, and every day is challenging. You may be wondering just now if you can go on. Perhaps another person is vexing you. Perhaps you’ve been maligned or criticized. You’re discouraged with unanswered prayer. Maybe you’re feeling like Elijah under the broom tree, wanting to die.

Try praying with thanksgiving. A thankful attitude is the cure for many emotional ailments. Take depression, for example. What is depression or discouragement except the total collapse of thanksgiving in our lives?

Thanksgiving is also the opposite of discontent. It’s easy for us to become disgruntled with various factors in our lives; but let’s be like one man who was thankful…

• For the clothes that fit a little too snug because it means I have enough to eat.
• For all the complaining I hear about the government because it means that I have freedom of speech.
• For the alarm that goes off in the early morning hours because it means that I am alive.
• For the teenager who is not doing dishes but is watching TV because that means he is at home and not on the streets.
• For the taxes that I pay because it means that I’m employed.
• For the lawn that needs mowing, windows that need cleaning, and gutters that need fixing because it means I have a home.
• For weariness at the end of the day because it means I have been capable of working hard.
• For the parking spot I find at the far end of the parking lot because it means I am capable of walking and that I have been blessed with transportation.

Was really moved by the words, I just can’t stop thanking God for everything he’s done in my life, family and hostel. Word’s really can’t express it. Its just that.. so many things happen in the day to day life that I can’t stop myself from thanking God every morning & night, my usual praying times.

So, here’s the question. Are you thankful?

Yesterday, when I made this post, I didn’t knew that somethings happened after most of the people got back to their rooms after the b’day party and most recent what happened before I woke up.

First things first, Shraddha went up to G-mam’s room cos she happens to reside in the same town as my dear Shraddha. She was studying then and made a big fuss of being disturbed at such an hour and all this while Shraddha was standing outside her room carrying her b’day cake. She didn’t wish her and said she’ll see tomorrow morning… Shraddha was deeply hurt and cried a lot.

And then in the morning, the girls from the other hostel turned up here to wish Shraddha and presented her a beautiful bouquet. Now, I happened to miss the entire scene cos I was sleeping then.. was later told that the common room was quite full then cos most of the gals were having their breakfast and G-mam happened to read newspaper then and the 2nd yrs were watching tv and eating…

When Shraddha narrated the full incident to me, I couldn’t stop laughing…. I laughed so hard that I fell from the bed anyways we had a quite time after that…. I met her around chai time and then fell asleep while studying.. She came to wake me up and told me to get dressed quickly cos I was getting the birthday treat

Had a great evening outing with her and her boyfriend, and no.. I wasn’t the kabab mein haddi

Today is Shraddha aka 40’s birthday.. as is the tradition, gals wished her asa the clock struck 12. It was saddening to see that we didn’t get a full house this time around cos not everyone likes the 3rd yr mam and some people were trying to get into good books of senior mams (the 4th yrs)

Anyway most of the 1st and 2nd yrs turned out to wish her and then were there to eat the chocolate cake. After a couple of minutes, my roomie and couple of other super jrs came up to Shraddha and presented her with a gift. All the happy faces of the 2nd yrs turned rather gloomy.. cos they never expected that their jrs would gift something to their seniors.

Now time passed by quickly and I was back in my room by 12:50am and was arranging things in my side table and bed so that I could get the much needed sleep.. Just at that moment, roomie and another sup jr entered the room and said they wanted to tell me something.. They thought that their seniors would make a big issue out of the fact that their jrs presented a gift to their senior. Considering that only a few days back the 2nd yrs gals celebrated a double birthday.

I told them that there was nothing to worry about and they should not get tensed and head off to sleep.

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