5th January - World SuDoku day

Fact:

Yesterday me and friends or rather the residents of A-108 & A-110 had nothing to do as there were no lectures in college(the 3:30 PM lecture I referred to in my last blog never happened). Also most of us were just bored and were in no mood to go out. That's when I reached out for the Times SuDoku book lying in the cupboard of room A-110 and the rest as they say is history.
I guess SuDoku fever must be one of the most contagious diseases in the world, because moments after I took the book in my hand, everybody wanted to solve a SuDoku. I, however, had unfinished business with one puzzle which I couldn't solve the day before. Hence it was decided that all of us would try to solve that one. It was easier said than done though, and it took me almost 1.5 hrs to get that one right. Having solved that one, I was eager to solve a few more and so were everybody else. But we took a dinner break before proceeding further.
All of us started solving the SuDokus with renewed zest after dinner. It must have been quite a sight, 6 students sitting in a small room with pencils and paper in their hand, scratching their heads as if they were asked to solve the entire world's problems. It was also misleading for Mr. Vedhas Pandit (SE) who had chosen this day to show one of his friends the room in which he had lived in the last year. He just glanced inside and shoewd his friend the room, but seeing the 6 of us with pencils and paper, he immediately apologized and left, asking us to 'carry on studying'. Yeah right.
The SuDoku fever ran well into the night. Occasionally, one would listen to music to distract his mind but then immediately return to the important task of solving SuDokus with renewed vigour. That all of us were SuDoku fanatics is obvious. However, one of us, Rishikesh Baviskar, was a beginnerand was having a hard time solving the puzzles. Hence his inability was to become the butt of our jokes for the day, or rather night. But to his credit, it must be said that he carried on relentlessly and rather shamelessly despite being unable to make much progress. His bravery will surely be rewarded in the future.
Then suddenly at about 11 PM, we had a brainwave. Since all of us had spent most of the day solving SuDokus, why not make it official. Hence at that time, we started sending out messages (smses)to everybody we could, wishing all of them 'A very happy World SuDoku day'. Imagine the laugh we had when one of my messages got a reply saying 'Same to you'. And thus it became official- 5th of January - World SuDoku day.
However like all good things, even this had to end. The signs of mental strain were becoming more and more visible in the participants. One of them, Hrishikesh Kulkarni, seemed to have lost his mind and roamed around with a towel on his head, presumably to wipe the numbers away from his brain. Then on of the more experienced players - Apoorv Vaidya showed even more severe signs of exhaustion when he failed to solve simple SuDokus. That's when we decided that it was enough and brought an end to the SuDoku day, a day which we'll never forget. I hope that the next 5th of January will be even better.

The Cast:
Aniket Khasgiwale
Hrushikesh Kulkarni
Apoorv Vaidya
Rishikesh Baviskar
Ashish Metkar
Govind Ingale ( special guest appearance - he came 2 floors down to SuDokus with us )
Vedhas Pandit (cameo)

No animals were harmed during thecelebration of this day, except for 6 mosquitos who lost their lives and a human (Rishikesh Baviskar) who escaped with a bruised ego.