Its the secret codeword for "time to look reely important and busy and depressed and frustrated with life in general" - it involves staring at chaotic pieces of code that are strung together blindly on poor, old laptop that s already stuttering and stammering away into oblivion.
Zoom out a little, into the hostel room in general and ull find more of the same species, all creatures exhibitting similar behavioural patterns - an intense frown on the face, a white/blue/black screen on the corresponding laptop that beeps/burps/growls errors at regular intervals, the beeps are followed by further intensification of the existing frown, widening of the eyes, closing of the eyes, a two minute prayer heavenward, opening of the eyes, breathe in, breathe out, fingers that start to squiggle amoeba shapes in the air, inward sighs, outward groans accompanied by frustrated yells, sometimes a slap of the forehead, a moment of euphoria, inspired fingers that race over the keyboard, another beep/burp/growl of an error and we r back on track!
ps: id like all well wishers to know that this is an old post and that iv now made it through those difficult dark times. Im currently alive and breathing but im not too sure about the laptop :/
