How Stuff Works

No, I am not writing about how stuff works. I am writing about how my life works. Grad School. Not Grade school. People here have their own desks in their labs, not some desk in some lab. People do what they want to do, not what they are told to do. People play with the rubix cube to kill time (and they are not considered geeks for doing so). People don’t write exams, but write papers. People don’t attend classes, but teach classes. Ok, I am probably exaggerating a bit on the last one but i guess you get the drift of what I am trying to say.

Sometimes I dont see my roommates for a few days in a stretch. Wake up, eat, go to your lab, come home, have dinnner, sleep. Thats what its like. And in between all this we are also expected to do some work !! How do they expect us to find time for all this ?I some how manage to find time to get some work done in between coz I dont like to get paid for doing nothing.

Weekly shoppings are also somewhat an adventure. Go the Publix, throw in as much stuff(mainly food stuff) into your cart as possible. There is a thin line between how much you want and how much you can carry and how much you can stuff into your refrigerator. But when it comes to food, these lines are usually ignored. Gung Ho! We usually end up with way more what we need. Who cares ? One should never compromise on food. Speaking of food finding lunch on weekdays has taken me to many restaurants and food courts in and around Tech. But, armed with this experience, I can confidently say ghar ka khana is the best !

Weekend nightouts are becoming almost a regular feature now. Though one can make up for the lost sleep by attending some math lectures. (I am doing 2 math courses this semester). I wish my lab had a couch/bed .

I have been here for 6 weeks now. I ran into my advisor a few times, but I havent had a proper meeting with him yet. He gave me a problem to chew on. And as along as he sees me chewing, he is content. But little does he know that I have other stuff to chew on (*evil laughter in the back ground*)

Those of you who are in grad school,  you would probably know what I mean. But for those of you who aren’t,  you will either love it or you will hate, there is no in between.

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