Smiley #2: Water bottles

So this post isn't going to be particularly long or flamboyant. It is all about the simple pleasures of life. Imagine having a tough day - a long, tiring one of walking from one place to another, meeting dozens of people, sitting through classes and just looking for a moment of silence and peace. The thing is, living in hostel, it isn't often that that moment actually occurs.

You always have people around you, things that need to get done and as luck would have it, your meetings will always be scheduled in opposite ends of the campus. After one such long day, when you finally drag your feet into your room, mentally preparing yourself with "household" chores to wind up the day, what is the nicest thing that could greet you?

A water bottle, filled to the brim with cold, clean, drinkable water.

It saves you the trouble of going to the dispenser, hopping to get mosquitoes from feasting on your feet and being on continuous high alert for monkeys. It gives you the comfort of reaching out onto your desk and just downing half the bottle. It is one of the smaller joys of a hostel room which perennially lies in a mess.

When you have a roommate as awesome as mine, you get to walk in to filled water bottles. When you have a roommate like mine, even hostel has its joys. :)