Top five resolutions to follow at LUMS:1) Bring a pillow to Creative Writing. The only hard part of the chair is its side-table, so cushion that and go sweetly to sleep while the instructor sings the lecture to you. If someone insists on talking as if they were singing lullabies, then sleeping is the most apt thing to do, isn’t it?2) Never allow yourself to feel any tension about anything…not even if you’ve been randomly assigned a group with two guys who are senior, are strangers to you, and who consistently fall sick or have to go somewhere instead of going about the presentation….not even when you’ve been informed on Thursday that the presentation is due on Tuesday…not even when it’s all worth 20% of the grade. No tension…one of the guys is going to be the best of friends with the TA, and he will help you organize all your work the on Monday night. No sense wasting your weekend at all.3) Never, ever have iftari in LUMS. The food sucks…it’s actually better in the normal days, but in Ramzan the iftari is just….bleeerrghhhh….the mince biryani has been threatening to throw itself up since yesterday.4)DON’T ever, ever trust the instructor when he says that ‘the video would probably show some graphic details but its no worse than what you guys are seeing in cricket matches’…it would be worse, much worse. I may be speaking randomly because I myself, for my own sanity and my little sister’s innocence, change the channel whenever someone hits a six or a four. But a video cannot be changed…so before you get a headache and start being too conscious of the guys sitting on either side, in front of, and behind you, pick up your bag and jump out.
5) Don’t expect the freshies to get the hang of the LUMS campus for at least a quarter. I dunno what’s come over kids these days, but they’re still running around in the fourth week asking…jee, aap ko pata hai lab 2 kahan hogi? If you want to help them, push them in the right direction physically, don’t give them directions–they’ll get even more confused…I quote: ‘You mean we CAN use the elevator?’ I swear, I was never like this! I came and got acquainted with the campus when my sister was here before me; I never made a darn fool of myself. How cool am I? (Note: I misspelled ‘cool’ the first time I wrote it 
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These were originally meant to be the top ten resolutions, but the mids have caught up with me and I really can’t be bothered to go through all the gross idiosyncrasies of college life in such a structured manner. Two exams tomorrow and I’m updating my blog…sheeeeshhh
