13th December 2005 - Day 71

There has been some improvement. I could actually understand a joke during lecture.

Maybe the lecturer wasn't joking.

The fruit of the day has been changed from Mandarin Oranges to Pears. I finished 5 kilograms of Mandarin Orange in 2 weeks. It was getting a bit too much.

After one week of self experiment, it has been certified, that I cannot drink more than one cup of milk per day. Drinking more than the prescribed amount would send me off to the Klo.

Today, the people on the floor celebrated Vivek's birthday. His birthday wasn't supposed to be today, but he's flying two days later back to India for the holidays, so they decided to hold the celebration earlier.

Vivek's the kind neighbour who places a surprise sandwich in everyone's fridge every now and then. It has proved to be a good source of motivation for me to wake up early the next morning. At least I know there's something that I can eat in the morning without preparing.

He hasn't been back in India for the past two years. He must be excited to go back home. He told me that he can't wait any longer.

He has also promised the others, to bring elephants along when he returns back to Germany.

I asked around and found that most of the people on the floor will be going home during the Christmas break here. Unless they quarrelled with their family. In which case, they'll stay here.

So, it should be real quiet here on the 24th of December.