Tuesday, July 22, 2003 | 11:55 AM

All by myself

Well, just have 2 cups of coffee and I feel good, baby! I did my daily routine; check emails, my bank account (still no allowance and salary!), read others' blogs and stuff.

Anyway, I have topic in mind since I got offline messages from my sis yesterday. She told me the usual stuff, asking about her package that I promised to send [and still haven't!], about her frustration when she knew about the recent marriage of her crush(alah si Duta Sheila On 7 tu) bla bla bla. Then, she told me about her recent problem. I don't think it's a huge one but still, I'm very concerned. She told me about not eating and sleeping well lately as she got a fight with her roommate. Coincidently, Hasliza; a friend of mine back home, came out with the same kinda of problem about 2 weeks ago.

Frankly, I didn't have much experience living with strangers. And by "stranger" I mean, someone that I've never met before. Well, u know what i mean. For the past 21 years of my life, I spent most of my life, living in my own house, with my lovely family. When I was 16, I got offer from one of the SBPs. I refused to go but my dad really wanted me to. So, I did, for less than a week! I was still having my orientation that time, but I called my mum to fetch me straight away. Yes, I'm a spoil brat! My dad knew nothing about it until he returned from work that day. He didn't say a word but I knew he was mad. Since then, my mom was kinda of worry about me living with other people coz sooner or later i still have to face it. But the thing was, at that moment, I didn't care what might happen next. As far as I'm concerned, I would do anything to be happy, no matter what it takes!

After SPM, I got good results, got several offer to study in local universities. My mum was so worried that I'm going to run back home again, so she planned to register me to Uniten, since it's a private college and the facilities are way better than any IPTA. I got to live in a nice apartment and have my own room. But when I got JPA's offer a few days later, she started changing her mind. She and dad persuaded me to take the offer. I couldn't do anything but to accept. For one thing, I have no clear plan in mind, so I should just give it a try. I know, agreeing to them means, I have to go back. Way back to the time when I used to runaway from, living with strangers.

In PPP Shah Alam, I shared house with 6 girls from the same course and I shared room with Fina; who is my best friend now and Lin, a bright girl from Melaka. It wasn't that bad. It's not like staying in a dorm or anything. But since it was my first time, it didn't turn out to be that well. Mandi kene main after after, kene salin baju dlm bilik yg sama, katil pun double decker and worse, I couldn't spend my precious long time in the toilet anymore. Surprisingly, they all came from famous SBPs and MRSM and I'm the only one who was not! So I guess, I would be the spoilest, mcm bagus among them all! I'm pretty sure all the girls hate me during the first few months. But did I give a damn? Hell no! I kept complaining to my mum everyday for several weeks and dia buat bodoh je. She did nothing but laughing!

After 2-3 months, things started to get better. Me and Fina were getting closer, bebudak lain pun macam dah ok. We fight sometimes but normal la. Tak puas hati ngan itu, ini. Nak cite pasal terasa, satu ari pun tak cukup. Aku dah la jenis selfish, Tak kisah perasaan orang. Fina is the only one who can stand me, I guess. Yelah, dah 24/7 ngan dia; sebilik, sekatil (dia katil atas, aku katil bwh), sekelas lagi. Aku bengang ngan diorang, aku ckp je depan2. Nak gaduh, gaduh. Tensen gak bila gaduh2, ckp kite itu ini, last2 dia yg nangis. Camne tu? Kelakar gak bile pikir balik. Kalau aku mls nak bising, Fina la jadi mangsa, kene dgr cite aku. Nasib baik gak ada dia!

One thing that really concerns me is cleanness. It's always my top priority especially living with bunch of people in the same house. Aku takleh tengok bilik bersepah, bilik air kotor, dapur tak terurus. Bila duduk reramai, susah nak control bende2 ni. You've got to compromise most the time. Kekadang kite pun tak perasan kite buat kotor. Tapi yelah, kalau dah ckp tapi tak bersih gak, nak buat camne. Hal memasing. Tu la satu bende yg aku terpaksa sacrifice. Then, privacy. Ni memang takleh nak elak la. Dah nama pun share bilik. Tapi yelah, belajar tetinggi, kene la reti respect org. Terutamanya time org nak study. Dah tau kite jenis yg loud dlm segala hal, kene la pandai control. Dah tau kite ni jenis mls nak study, bagi la room utk org yg memang study hard. Aku jarang pikir bab ni, sampai la kene tegur. Terasa beb. Aku plak jenis takleh kene tegur so memula buat dek je. Tapi lelama, aku belajar sendiri.

But seriously, even 2 years living with my friends, I still prefer living alone, have my own room and stuff. Alhamdulillah, I have all of that right now. Even though I'm currently sharing house with a Deutsher, I still have my own space. We only share toilet and kitchen. So far, no problem. She's as neat as a person should be. So I'm fine! But when you live alone, you couldn't run away from boredom sometimes! Dulu kat PPP, balik je class, buat forum. Gosip tu, gosip ni, makan pun sesama, main uno lagi. Best giler!! Yeah, of course I love all the privacy but sometimes, I just need that time to be around with my friends, like the old days.

Eh, panjang la plak!

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