Life After Dropping Courses

Life after dropping courses is FUN yet BORING...

It's fun when u can stay up late - doing whatever you want, and wake up at any time u wish.

It gets boring when there's nothing for you to do except go to International Office everyday!

It's as if my life now revolves around IO only. I can't escape it no matter what.. cos there's still a lot of things to settle for UBC!!!

First, there was the housing issue. See, previously UBC already offered me a hostel for CAN$1625+ per sem. But sadly, i didn't have the money nor the confirmation of a scholarship to pay the deposit of CAN$700 at that time. We didn't want to take the risk, so we missed the application and my offer expired. Then we thought there could be a good chance of getting back the offer if we asked Wan to help us explain our situation to UBC. But whenever we needed him urgently, he's always on MC - hence the nickname. Even when Farah (another one of them going to UBC but on own expenses) sms-ed to say she has a friend there who's looking for roommates, we decided to try our luck waiting for UBC... Who knows, in the end we had nothing.

Then, some bad news came along. Our scholarship, which was supposedly RM17000+ for that one sem, was actually to be shared among TWO people!! Not just for one person! The officer made a mistake!! He made us happy for barely a week, just to pull us back down to earth. Now we're only getting RM8597.24 ie. CAN$2755 for the whole semester!!! We were supposed to get a FULL scholarship! But apparently, JPA has different standards for different programs.. and their list of living expenses are still 8 years outdated. SHITS... I hate M'sian government and USM Bursary!!! =(

Therefore, we decided to start looking for a house off campus. We search high and low.. emailed and messaged and begged soooo many landlords and advertisers in the hope of getting a cheap room for two to share. Somehow, we realised that foreigners don't like to share rooms. They do not really get the 2 ppl share a room concept. Maybe it's becos they cherish privacy.. but it isn't a crime isn't it? Many rejected us just becos we asked to share the room. Some were too far. Some were too expensive.

Finally.. There was a glimmer of hope and it came in the form of a person named Lucky Braich. Even his name's Lucky! hehe.. He replied us and allowed us to share the room! We were set on staying in this house even though it was 14km away from UBC. We were even more sure when we saw the basement room...

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Doesn't the bed look sooooo comfy?? =D

However, Lucky told us he needed to see us before he can confirm everything. There was also someone interested in the room, and he's coming earlier than us! Sighs.. we weren't meant to live in such a lovely room. =(

Fortunately, Luck was still with us. While searching for outside housing, we also emailed UBC to ask for help. And we were offered another type of housing in UBC! Sounds great, but It's rental is CAN$580/month! That's like CAN2320 for the entire sem!!! Which is like 85% of our scholarship!!! AHHH!!!! How to survive in Canada on $400 for 6 mths??!! There was a time when i thought maybe it wasn't worth going to Canada after all.. SIGHS... ='(

In the end, we had to write ask for help from the stupid Bursary.. And hopefully, they'll agree to it. *cross fingers, cross toes, cross hands and cross legs!*

Today, i finally paid the deposit for housing, cleared my medical insurance, and U-Pass (transportation pass) and signed-up for the orientation program! It seems like everything is almost done. What's left now is the scholarship money, the bank acc, and last but not least.. the SHOPPING!!! hahaha.. MEGA SALE, here i come!! huhu =P

Oh and of course there's the Buddies and BATI Club activities that have to be settled before i can leave... Sighs.. It's so boring!!! -.-

I can't wait to go back home!!!!!!!!!!!