பெயக்கண்டும் நஞ்சுண் டமைவர் நயத்தக்க
ROM-COMs: These people are most common in any culture, from your school days you must have this guy sitting right next to you, but never spoke a word to you or the faculty when in class but after the class you can hear him say "Hey, Anitha I couldn't understand that question can you help me out here!!!" In a nutshell these people are those "Who have sworn not to talk to a single boy from their childhood". This type of characters most often create a humorous image among guys (their image among girls is not available with me right now) but they keep imagining that they create an envied image :P.. Often lots of jokes are created keeping them as the center plot, but for that you must have to be with them for a while bearing all the irritation.
நாகரிகம் வேண்டு பவர்
Meaning: Those who desire urbanity which all shall love, even after swallowing the poison served to them by others, will be friendly with them.
After reading this Kural today, I immediately realized how this can be related to the life I am living at the B-School. The need to socialize, the inability to show how you feel deep inside really because you could not, at that moment, estimate the true potential of the individual and the stories he/she might be able to project about the situation.
This may be a common scene at any hostel, but the one I am facing is different because of the people studying here, the amount of experience they've had in the corporate culture, but still resisting to come off of the schooldays and childhood silly fights. The scene in an hostel can be justified by stating that they are immature but here??!! The best of the possible, hand picked after Testing, Interviewing etc etc.. I wonder if the screening was done to know if the person will be able to withhold all this happenings.
As I promised at the first post of this blog I decided to discuss about a list of 7 characters(the most different and noticed ones) anonymous though, here with you.P.S: No offence mentioned.
ROM-COMs: These people are most common in any culture, from your school days you must have this guy sitting right next to you, but never spoke a word to you or the faculty when in class but after the class you can hear him say "Hey, Anitha I couldn't understand that question can you help me out here!!!" In a nutshell these people are those "Who have sworn not to talk to a single boy from their childhood". This type of characters most often create a humorous image among guys (their image among girls is not available with me right now) but they keep imagining that they create an envied image :P.. Often lots of jokes are created keeping them as the center plot, but for that you must have to be with them for a while bearing all the irritation.
Captains Of America: They are good people, I repeat "GOOD"people, who believe they are the ones sent to this world by Lord Almighty to Learn, Take notes, Ask doubts and never play.. These cases are common in many colleges.. The one who always comes prepared for the class, doing all the assignments.. The ambitious Geek aiming to be the topper and when he flanks gets mad at others and starts blaming the situation. I would not like to comment further about them, because they create the possibility for us to at least know what the exam is on the next day.Again you have to spare with these people to enjoy the shield they provide like Captain America answering the toughest questions asked by the Staffs during the sessions by answering them even before the question is over.
Now having talked about a few unique cases, let us enter into Group Dynamics :P
-The various characters present in each group..
Jack and Master of all trades: These people will be present in any group that you can see. The ones who act as the savior to the entire team. He is the only person who knows what has to be done, what is the last date for submission and so on. They are the ones whom the group the group turns to when a question is asked to. They are the captains' of the team - Deciding the direction in which the ship must be sailing and are believed to know hell lot of things that the team does not know and are perceived as having extra natural powers.
Confidence Boosters: These are the type of people who believe that they have joined the institute just to Eat, Sleep and play. The ones that you can always see as a sign of cheering when you feel that the entire hostel is preparing hard for the exam and you have only done with one chapter- there will be this guy still in the Shuttle court or Table tennis room unaware that a question paper will be given to him within 12 hours.But the true potential of this guy will be realized only when the results are released.
Bloopers: This is the guy because of whom the entire group is still alive :P. Whenever the spirit is lost or your minds are filled with formulas and Theories waiting to pour out at any moment- he comes with a great joke that make you forget the moment and laugh your hearts out. The only reason he is sparred in the team is that he has this amazing capability to come up with an incredible joke at any moment. You may have to bear with him at many a times because there will be a lot of jokes targeting you. Thus you must tolerate this guy also the same way mentioned in the Kural.
Bourne Ultimatum: The one that is the rarest of rare cases in a premium B-School like mine. Without knowing the reason he joined the B-School roaming around, watching movies, playing, sleeping and merely managing to grab those marks that will get you across the passing line and without the help of the entire team he is always a "??"..
U.F.Os: How often have you felt that it is very hard to guess if one of your friends is Smiling or Staring, Happy or Angry , Laughing or Crying.?? This guy is that character the entire team is waiting for his temper to burst out any time. Anger Management classes are a must for these buddies.
There are a hell lot of other characters I would love to mention but this is what has to my mind now. Saving the rest for later.
Mentioning earlier that how we have to bear all these different characters in the hostel, but without these guys the life at any hostel would be incomplete. But still I will elaborate on these characters in the posts to come. Till then Signing out people :)
