Staple diet

People say that the college cafe is over-priced. This be true in most cases, especially when pizza slices and bright colourful sub type things are very appetizingly displayed but cost a heart sinking Rs 45 each, plus you need a drink. Soooo you can bring your own food/ go to your PG or hostel ... but that's a total buzz kill. Or You could buy the food, and crib and crib and crib and crib some more. Or you could go out, but that doesn't necessarily gel with the Save Money plan. OOR you could be smart and identify the beautiful exceptions to the rule.

Filling, delicious warm food from the cafe that you can eat in the cafe amidst the noisy crowd and scavenging, often annoying cats with your friends. (Guilt kick - I dont think the cafe is that over-priced, while I still believe the pizza price is crazy, there's a lot of stuff that you get for pretty reasonable prices)
With the stupid guilt thing out of the way, I'll tell you about one of the above mentioned "a lot of stuff that you get for pretty reasonable prices" thing which has become pretty much a staple for me, actually more to a friend - Maithili...

Chole Kulcha - 20rs - a lot of curry with 2 fat kulchas. Extra kulchas for just 5rs each. Sometimes its Paneer Kulcha!!
nimbu paani (lemonade) - 10rs
or Iced tea  - 20rs - If you're in splurging mood. But I'd prefer iced tea over the lemonade any day coz 1. its sooo much awesomer and 2. the cup is a lot bigger, it's pretty too.

For a long time I was into Maggi and Masala croissants (they dont have plain ones) and the sandwiches, but Kulcha is kulcha. No comparison.

And this advertising business, I'm new to it. Influence - Maithili, she's great btw.. Ooo and she has green streaks in her hair!! (Always wanted to do that)

Geebo!

Geebo ela yumfigun re hoonfadrest koni sham nuw pot! PSHT.. Geebo ma geebo! Nela?

The funniest response I got to that was "Would you stop it with the Malayalam!!" Hehehe I guess it's not all that funny if you don't speak the language. By the way, it is definitely not Malayalam, its complete gibberish!

We started talking in Geebo when we were on our department trip, which was kick-ass btw. This post is for my fellow Geebers. I have never met so many crazy people in my life! As in I know my share of weird people and I know people weirder than the Geebers. But never so many in a single group.

Story of Geebo. This might not be very accurate because 1. I was high on chocolate, 2. I was jumping up and down throughout so I couldn't see properly, 3. I was talking super super fast or in super super high frequency or just plain out screaming.
Anyway, my version of the Geebo story goes like this... My mad Mallu counter-part Lakshmi and I take immense pleasure in conversing only in Malayalam in front of our non Malayalam speaking friends and generally about them, effectively pissing them off. So on our way back, two of them started blabbing away in what we didnt know then as Geebo. Catching on quickly the 4 of us talked to each other with very loud body language and expressions. Stringing together random syllables and imagining up conversations in our heads we created Geebo!

Except Geebo is not the name of the language. (I call it geebo though) No, Geebo is much much more. Geebo is like the word putain in French - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSeaDQ6sPs0 - I just watched the video, Geebo is exactly like putain! Except geebo is a little bit more child friendly and initially meant "IDIOT!!" with Geebo ma geebo being "you're SUCH an IDIOT!!" Geebo is the person, the language, the emotion. Geebo is everything!!! (Being dramatic and crazy, as you can see, is a prerequisite for geebo)

prologue - we ran the length of the train (the compartments with other lsr peoples) speaking in geebo with random first years and selected seniors. Hehe, that was fun too :D

Bleugh x(

And this here is the college uhm logo..? I'm not even sure what is. Even if it was a logo, what is it? I thought it looked odd when I saw it on the internet while I was looking up colleges last year, I still think it's odd when I see the thing sitting very proudly in the college front lawns.

Is it a lot of people playing twister? You can't even see the individual people - the squiggles are parts of multiple stick people or they don't belong anywhere, depending on how you look at it.

I know it's supposed to be "LSR" but you cant see any of the letters clearly. Maybe that's the point. You're writing LSR, but it shouldn't actually be LSR... so what's the point again?

My biggest problem is none of that ^^ it's just so hard to draw! The image doesnt stay in your head. And it simply is not fun x(

My parents, who btw also thought it was a strange looking thing, said all was forgiven if it was the students that made it. Maybe as parents they are forced to give very diplomatic opinions like that. But I'm a student associated with the thing, and all is not forgiven, irrespective of who made it.

Don't get me wrong, I like it.. (just barely, but I do). Except, that's only because I amalgamate (hehe, thesaurus.com is fun) it with the college that I really like. That doesn;t change the fact that it continues to be very Bleugh.

ps: Lady Shri Ram College for Women? Seriously? Why do you need the for women part? For one, it rubs in the fact that we go to an all girls institution, when most of us are here for the good academics and not coz we want to be surrounded by girls. And two, which guy would go to college called LADY Shri Ram!! It's pretty darn clear without the women part. Sheesh!