i was on the bus on my way to somewhere, and i love it when the bus has TVMobile, so that i woudln’t be dead bored, my mind’s wandering to unnecessary things. i actually looked forward to getting on buses with TVMobile!!

so yesterday, there was the news and one of them was about how some NTU hostel rooms will be refurnished for three persons in each room…so some of the students don’t really like the idea, like two’s a company and three’s a crowd~

listen (oh, okay, read) to what i have to say.
spoilt br*****!! having a room is good enough as it is, and comfortable even, a bed, a study table, one decent wardrobe and enough space to have a party for two!

they just don’t know how fortunate they are to even have a THREE persons sharing a room. let me tell you of the room issues which students of a certain well-known university back in KL. 4 persons in a divided room, now that’s still ok. what about 8 in a whole square room? and 2 persons sharing in one squeezed compartment? a doubledecked bed, one long desk to be shared by two people, and oh yeah, one whole wardrobe for two persons.

now even an 8-sharing dorm room is good enough provided it’s clean and habitable. what if you are unfortunate enough to get an unsightful room full of dirt, wooden bed with broken planks, a wardrobe which looks like some guy had just hacked the whole thing with a hammer, or a very unartful scraped wall full of left over tapes and unblinded blinds….

hmm, not to say that singaporean NTU students could actually go home right then and there and still be in campus right on time for the 8 am class!! while some other singaporean students somewhere in the neighbouring country do not have that luxury of running back home every night every time they feel like it!

and to think these so very fortunate NTU students consider themselves as scholars, learners, intelligentsia, they couldn’t tolerate one hardship. i’m so going to get it if any NTU students read this post. granted i do not know one single thing about NTU or how people are like or how the environment is like in NTU, but i was thinking, we should be more grateful or learn a bit more hardships.

there is no better time to learn about hardships then during your years in a university, need to make sacrifices here and there most times. think about our parents who actually gone through some very hard times to get even a decent education, why can’t we endure some small space during 4 years of study. heck, you can always go back home sweet home if you think you need SPACE.

i’m not going to flare up about some uni’s hostel room, but it did irritate me that singaporean young people are so manjalara, that every single shortage is going to be some big issue. everything on a silver platter and every thing must be ‘perfect’.

admittedly, we (those who were fortunate enough to get the experience of studying ‘next door’) used to fret and ‘complain’ a lot during our stays in the ‘now-beloved’ university, because yes there are always some shortage here, or some discomfort there, but in the end, we were so grateful to have a second-home to live in, and it taught us strength, independence and a sense of gratitude with what we have, we achieve, and know somewhere in our hearts, our sacrifices are worth it.

(heck, even IIU students are manjalara at times!)

so students, yours is a mission, not leisure. so expect to live in hardships. or else, don’t call yourselves ‘know-it-all’ because you don’t. you don’t know how to live in scarcity. so learn.