Just Another Day..

It is amazing to see how life here at Rhodes is similar to the world out there we would like to be part of in the future. Everything seems to be ruled by competition, from academics, to the social sphere. No one wants to, at any point be associated with failure, they want to always seem as the best, the only one who made it, regardless of the fact that not making it is a common trend among their peers. Wearing a pair of glasses is now a fashion statement, a competition of who has the most expensive and nicest frame. What happened to being a simple four-eyed, geeky looking individual, oh wait, that's now known as the 'serious look', and simple has now lost its true meaning. Getting to lectures on time is saved for only special occasions, like tests and important lectures, or if failing to do so will result in the loss of a DP. Actually making it to lectures is for some, not others. You'd swear they were taking turns. Chilling at the Kaif is way better, mainly because you ca arrive at any time, and still won't at all feel you have missed anything, especially if you come prepared. That means, arriving there with your cigarette already lit, or in search for a lighter, rocking your best threads, huge suglasses that barely show off your beautiful frame, and the oversized bag where you keep your wallet, diary, and maybe an exam pad, just to complete the 'I meant to go to lectures' look. This is the hot spot where you find out where you will be getting smashed this weekend, or who had the most hectic drunken blunder over the weekend. The diligent ones will wile away time not only by engaging in conversation, but by doing their tuts (it is in the next period unfortunately), and others catch up on some last minute studying. There is a lot of diversity though, you find the Hindu society having their daily meetings, the food critics who chill inside the Kaif, and will tell you about the day's specials, and whether or not the muffins are good that day. And then there are the smokers, you're lucky if you find your way through, and the glamour girls with their mirrors. Among the masses will be the few unnoticeable people, yes, I mean the girl in your tut. That's Rhodes on a normal day, nothing special really...