16 Strange Things September 19, 2009
Posted by nupurjoshi in Arbit, IIT, World.24 comments
There are so many strange things around us. There is a familiar strangeness in almost everything we do. I decided to make a list of some things which strike me as strange, and I’m sure most of you will agree with atleast half the things on it. The list is a little IIT-specific, sorry about that. 
It’s strange,
1. How before the exam, you just want to sleep. After it, you can’t sleep no matter how sleep-deprived you might be.
2. How when you bunk a class, there’s always a surprise quiz.
3. How when you bunk a class, the prof returns quiz papers, discusses the question, gives ten minutes for it to be re-done and collects the papers again.
4. How Tum-Tums always go the other way. [Sorry if you're getting a sense of Deja Vu here 
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5. How you hesitatingly buy a pack of Ching’s noodles at DMart, and then Malhar showers you with a host of Ching’s products the next day.
6. How the pack of noodles is actually part of a prize and not a freebie.
7. How they ask you if IIT Powai and IIT Bombay are different.
8. How this post was meant to be about strange things and somehow became about Malhar.
Err..
9. How pigs managed to take over the world when Kublai Khan and Alexander failed.
10. How a status message that says ‘Do Not Ping’ really really makes you want to ping and ask why that person is visible in the first place.
11. How the signal at Main Gate is always chaotic no matter how much road expansion and tree-felling they do there.
12. How professors want to see their students awake in class.
13. How dogs, cats and rats all live peacefully in your hostel inspite of what Tom and Jerry taught you.
14. How you never questioned Tom and Jerry.
15. How you can’t pull yourself away from watching sitcoms on your laptop although your eyes are screaming at you to do just that.
16. How when you have to make a decision the easy way out is always wrong and right way requires courage and grit.
Err..
Comments and additions are welcome! These 16 things are just off the top of my head, hope to add more to this list soon! 
