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Today I washed 15 tshirts + shirts. Maximum nos i have ever washed together.

Do I always wash my clothes myself ? Yes mostly. but only light things like tshirts etc. Why ? Save money + I dont trust the dhobi for delicate cloths + Washing my clothes make me feel good + and surf excel hai na .

Its really easy. Keep clothes for one day in surf excel. A little of rubbing job and rinse it. You are done.

While washing clothes today, I was thinking about my life. I’ve been washing clothes myself from 12 years. 12 years of hostel life. More than half of my life. The most significant years of my life, my teenage. The years before that hardly matter. 2 more years to go.

Hostel life…. it made me what I am today. Good or Bad whatever. It gave me independence, freedom, and the power of making decisions, and a philosophy. I surely would have been a different person if i was not in hostel. I have undergone a huge change, a change that you can never imagine about.

the 12 years were - 7 years (6th - 12th) at JNV Shimla, 1 year at MIIT Delhi, and 4 years at IIIT as of now.

I remember times when I cursed myself for living away from home, washing clothes at midnight with chilled water, for surviving without money for months, for no one caring for me and understanding me.

But there were also times I enjoyed myself most. Like bunking the hostel at night for movies, the raids on the apple orchids, cooking experiances, stealing question papers before exams, getting ragged and ragging the juniors, fighting with teachers, strikes (there was only one in the history of our school, lead by us ,raiding the mess on hunger strike , entering girls hostels at holi, my 20 crushes including my music teacher, long hairs (crossed my chin), cheating @ exams (had chemistry book with me for final exam in +2 CBSE), first D party and first sutta, long evening walks, long discussions, future plans, ….

I never missed any chance to enjoy myself in hostel. Did every adventure possible and yeah spared some time for studies too. Best thing about my school and IIIT is they didn’t care to send the progress report to home

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