A CHANGE OF ABODE
2:37:00 PM
Anxiously, my overfatigued body slid through the bed to avoid my eyes from being directly hit by the sunshine that one fierce morning. Everyone else in the room was already busy with their stuffs- folding blankets, combing wet hair, eating breakfast in bed, changing clothes and silent praying. I made my way down from the upper deck to the windows and opened them. A large tree in the middle of a dry golden cornfield surrounded by large unpainted houses made its way to my surprise. I quickly opened the door and checked outside. Untouched hallways, uninhabited rooms and unknown people. Oh I forgot. A new dormitory! This is only few meters away from the old one but it seems like I'm loving this whole new lifestyle. At least I know I'm at peace and I need not to have worries.
Even if the change of abode here in the campus is only temporary, we still struggled our way here in Bolawan Hall, a new and unofficial dormitory at the back of our real one, Raja Dumduma Hall. My blood past its boiling point due to an unprecedented policy that our manager implemented out of nowhere. He's been working and managing the dormitory for over forty years but he only made that decision this semestral break of 2011. He decided to pull everyone out of the dormitory- each and every student who still had exams and thesis defense or even students who didn't go home for the break because they just can't. He cited the absence of the security guard, the maintenance, the janitor, and his assistants as the reason why he resorted to kick everyone out in RD. However, those who he cited that were absent for a short while came back the night before we dug our way out of the dormitory. Yes, it's one of the university policies to empty the dorm after sem break but the manager may opt not to do so. So why now? The problems he mentioned were solved but still he posted in our bulletin board that we should have been out of the dorm not later than 6 pm. That was incredibly hard for us to hurriedly pack our things up but thanks to the petition we made, we were transferred to this dormitory we are now living. Our expulsion is a blessing in disguise. It indeed is.
The exact opposite of our manager in RD greeted us all by his modern humor, American jokes and big eyeglasses. He talks much, very considerate and he's got a lot of patience. He is exactly the manager we wished we'd have. So he's only here and the search is over. Talk about the facilities here in Bolawan Hall. Even if the room in RD is wider, the beds, foams and pillows here are of much greater quality. If the comfort room in RD is a nightmare for many, the comfort room here is the others' dream. More than 10 pairs of cubicles and shower rooms. And when I say shower, I don't mean the shower-shower mechanical thing but a real shower. Moreover, the utility-men here are not mean but are approachable. If only we could stay here longer and with some improvements and installments, living here would be an exception to the MSU struggle.
But back to the real game, I fear now that those who petitioned to remain in RD despite manager's notice and were transferred to Bolawan Hall instead will not be allowed by RD's manager to renew their registration in the dormitory this upcoming semester. If that will happen, then I guess it's but time for us to do better than a petition itself. Leaving RD which I have stayed in for over four years won't be that easy because a lot of memories and people remain in every echo my voice makes there. And especially for selfish reasons, not staying in my enamored abode is unbearable.
I folded my own bed stuffs too and pushed my books aside. I gotta do many things aside from thinking about that misery. I'm gonna hit the showers now. Not the shower-shower mechanical thing but real shower. Oh showers! :D #
Even if the change of abode here in the campus is only temporary, we still struggled our way here in Bolawan Hall, a new and unofficial dormitory at the back of our real one, Raja Dumduma Hall. My blood past its boiling point due to an unprecedented policy that our manager implemented out of nowhere. He's been working and managing the dormitory for over forty years but he only made that decision this semestral break of 2011. He decided to pull everyone out of the dormitory- each and every student who still had exams and thesis defense or even students who didn't go home for the break because they just can't. He cited the absence of the security guard, the maintenance, the janitor, and his assistants as the reason why he resorted to kick everyone out in RD. However, those who he cited that were absent for a short while came back the night before we dug our way out of the dormitory. Yes, it's one of the university policies to empty the dorm after sem break but the manager may opt not to do so. So why now? The problems he mentioned were solved but still he posted in our bulletin board that we should have been out of the dorm not later than 6 pm. That was incredibly hard for us to hurriedly pack our things up but thanks to the petition we made, we were transferred to this dormitory we are now living. Our expulsion is a blessing in disguise. It indeed is.
The exact opposite of our manager in RD greeted us all by his modern humor, American jokes and big eyeglasses. He talks much, very considerate and he's got a lot of patience. He is exactly the manager we wished we'd have. So he's only here and the search is over. Talk about the facilities here in Bolawan Hall. Even if the room in RD is wider, the beds, foams and pillows here are of much greater quality. If the comfort room in RD is a nightmare for many, the comfort room here is the others' dream. More than 10 pairs of cubicles and shower rooms. And when I say shower, I don't mean the shower-shower mechanical thing but a real shower. Moreover, the utility-men here are not mean but are approachable. If only we could stay here longer and with some improvements and installments, living here would be an exception to the MSU struggle.
But back to the real game, I fear now that those who petitioned to remain in RD despite manager's notice and were transferred to Bolawan Hall instead will not be allowed by RD's manager to renew their registration in the dormitory this upcoming semester. If that will happen, then I guess it's but time for us to do better than a petition itself. Leaving RD which I have stayed in for over four years won't be that easy because a lot of memories and people remain in every echo my voice makes there. And especially for selfish reasons, not staying in my enamored abode is unbearable.
I folded my own bed stuffs too and pushed my books aside. I gotta do many things aside from thinking about that misery. I'm gonna hit the showers now. Not the shower-shower mechanical thing but real shower. Oh showers! :D #
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