It becomes the first spark in the first sight of the VSSUTians. Really a home away from home.............our beloved SOUTH HOSTEL. May be for the first time or may not, leaving the parents, the students arrive this VSSUT from remote corners of not only Odisha but also the country for higher studies like B.Tech., M. Tech., MCA and other courses. Taking the admisson, the 1st year students put their first foot steps into the SOUTH HOSTEL after filling the 'entry register'. Caretaker distributes the room no. and room key. Each of the new comers goes to respective rooms & meet the other roommates. Rooms are three seated and well maintained as it drags the first attraction of students. As it is the first meet, some of the roommates feel awkward to adjust but it hardly continues. To know all the hostelmates, it nearly takes 5-6 months within which a semester comes.
The most ability under the discussion bears the fooding system of the hostel. It is supervised by the warden then to the mess manager........a well known person in the UCE family, 'LALU'. We get served a tiffin and two meals a day. When the food tastes very delicious, Lalu doesn't get any credit but to the contrary, if the same is bad, the boarders rub him and drag the situation in quarrel and sometimes strike also takesplace.
Also our canteen drags the attention which is maintained by a very polite and kind hearted man named 'Sesha Mausa'. In the beggining of the session, he prepares a few items like tea, coffee, some breakfasts like snacks & bread. But after the 1st semester, foresighting the demands of the items, he prepares some more varieties. Some students maintain a register known as 'Baki Khata'. It sometimes contains nearly more than 10,000 rupees.
In addition to the above features at the South Hostel, a store of 'Sushant Da' is also there. At the first day of the hostel entry, boarders buy the necessaries from the store. Actually, in that day and the following 2-3 days, he earns a lot. Some of my friends (including me) think that he is a cheater. Whatever it may be, we can't live in the hostel without him and also his store.
In the 2nd semester, the friendship among the hostelmates gets concentrated and most of the students remain busy in 'khatti' (a type of gossip) and rarely study. Also all the functions of college get celebrated in the same semester. So the result seems to be not good in the 2nd semester in comparison to the 1st semester. Also a interesting view that i forgot to explain; that is the phone communication of a few boarders with their g'friends with sweet voices.Actually I don't mention their names here........wait for the next.
Many a obstacle comes in our way but those get crossed by the help of friends. Ragging occurs to some extend but that we enjoy. We live the life in our choice. There is no fence for us. But all those happy moments get a fullstop when the 'Hostel Change' occurs at the end of our 1st year. We lose that freedom.........those friends...........those khatti.........and all those things with which we were acquainted throughout the year. My hearty saying " The god might give us an imperial palace, I couldn't live my life with that much joy and felicitations that I got in the South Hostel."
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