Part I – How to pass time when you're a hosteller with no social life to speak of.
Warning: The following activities may result in several grievous after-effects, like you being chucked out of hostel, eliminating the little friends you have and being beaten up.
Now that you have been duly warned, let's begin the tutorial.
1. Start a Facebook wall-party.
You need : 1 equally jobless roommate, 1 victim on whose wall the party will be launched, 2-3 co-conspirators who are willing to sacrifice their dignity and post crap on a public forum, an internet connection.
Method: Once victim has been identified, post something on said person's wall. It could be an innocent comment on anything at all, ranging from neighbour's pets to your hostel warden. Prod roommate into carrying on the pointless conversation. Slowly introduce co-conspirators. Voila! Your wall party has begun!
For the wall party to be deemed successful there should be a minimum of 70 comments and the victim should be thoroughly pissed off.
2. Knock on doors and run.
This ranks pretty high on the Immaturity Scale as well as the Annoyance Meter, so the aforementioned after-effects are all a very real possibility in this case. Anyhow, I shall explain the process.
You need: Speed and/or ability to keep a straight face.
Method: Choose a door that is closest to the end of the corridor. Stick hand out, give 3 quick, sharp knocks and run as fast as you can while making as little noise as possible. If you are confident of your acting skills, you can try the pro-level knocking activity instead. Here, you knock the same way, but instead of running out of sight, jog a little way off. Then, turn and walk back casually. You can maybe hum a tune or twist a strand of hair or even talk on your phone. When the occupant opens the door and glares
