Housing

Recently (over the weekend), we, the Malay Vandy people had to decide where to live for the next academic year. It has always been a major issue, i mean, people have started talking about it since a few weeks back already. But this year, tends to be a bit different.

The tough just got tougher. Vanderbilt thought, "Hey, if we make all the student's live on campus, then we'll get more money."

And that's exactly what they did. Well, the new rule is that only a very small fraction of the seniors are allowed to live off campus. The rest have to stay in. They also opened a new dorm for the freshmen. The problem arises when everyone wanted to stay at one place, the Highland Quad.

I'm currently in Lewis, which is part of the Quad. And next sem, because of this change, I'll be in Towers. Since a lot of applications will be made for Lewis, seniors will have a greater chance at getting it. But thoughtfully enough, our all time 'savior', Doc V, has reserved a certain amount of houses in Lewis and Towers for each batch. My batch got 2 suites (one for guys and the other for girls) and 3 single rooms in Towers and 2 houses in Lewis.

Deciding with who and where to live is not a small issue. You pick the wrong people and everything could go chaos (well that's if you have bad adaptability skills). You might think you pick the right people, but then this guy can't get along well with this guy, and then puff, disaster. Well, actually, I don't see this problem emerging much within the guys (my batch at least), so ladies, sorry to say this, but this is all about you. And then, a person who get's 'dumped' from compatibility problems would surely feel aggrieved. Yet, even after all this roomate things are solved, another problem would arise. Who get's which room in the house? It's just problem after problem. Oh, there's just so many problems that I won't even dare to try to put in this blog.

I for one, really feel that the real problem causing all the trouble is the lack of toleration, cooperation, and those alike, among us. And more, selfishness. Man, that's a major hickup. People would tirelessly come up with different and 'unimaginable' (sometimes) reasons to support their demand, their crave for this and that, why I should get the single room, and you can't, those sorts of things. Of course, during the conflict, there would be some faint cries urging people to be tolerent, but then again, these cries sometimes come from people who would only want other people to be tolerante, and hell, not the other way round. Where's the sense in that?

I liked the way the guys in my batch settled the housing things. We got together in Amar's house, discussed a bit about the situation, got everyone to know how they each stood, and buala! Problem solved. Of course there was more to that, but I don't think it's even worth mentioning. There was no tense involved. Azlan was even making his jokes, lame as they are(sorry lan,haha), but that was just a glimpse of how we settled things up. I'm not saying that we didn't take seriously the housing thing, it's just that it's not worth the fuss, conflict, and arguements we're getting ourselves involved in.

But lets just say that's how life goes in this world.