Life beckons.
Friday, October 06, 2006
「 8:12 AM 」


Each day, I marvel at how inconsiderate and ridiculous my housemates can be. I'm sure you'll like to know what living with a bunch of people can be like. So, I shall let you in on the nitty gritty of this new place that I'm living in, with 3 other Singaporeans, and 2 Malaysians. They're all Chinese, in case you're wondering, which automatically means that they all speak Mandarin amongst themselves and of course Cantonese as well.

Ok..so, lemme start.

A, 19 is Malaysian : I call her, The Juvenile.

She is 19, extremely juvenile, but cooks like a chef. She has been nicknamed 'Gorilla' by another housemate, called Ad. He named her that mostly because he thinks she walks like a gorilla and behaves like one..That's his opinion. My opinion is that she's childish. Why?

Example 1: Ad is changing the light bulb, balancing himself on two chairs...and A walks past and says loudly: Eh, fall fall fall! and then proceeds to laugh very loudly.

Example 2: We are all playing dai dee, and she goes over to another housemate and says: HAHA, you sure lose wan, and then laughs like there's no tomorrow.

Example 3: I'm innocently cooking my meal (which is like beehoon and vege or smth)..and she comes up to me, being the chef that she is,and says to me: Waaah, smells so nice..what you cooking? NEVER cook for me ! [BTW, she does this EVERY SINGLE time I cook..It's almost like a standard dialogue that someone has PAID her to say to me or something. Serious.

Example 4: K, another housemate once said to her casually that her dishes were unwashed, to which A yelled at her: Wahlao, It's not mine. I didn't use that pot. I only used the other one blah blah blah...and continued yelling for another 5 minutes. Yes, really.

Example 5: Okay, I can't think of any at the moment..but yeah, you get the idea.

Ok, let's move on to E..who is best friends with A.

E is 20 and Singaporean. I call her, The Eccentric.

A typical stereotype of a JC student who just spends her time reading comics, anime and storybooks and is still living in her own fairy tale world. Oh, she also religiously watches anime and manga too. Ok, so E is really lucky because A cooks for every day. Yes, you read it right.

A cooks every meal for E, including breakfast although its just buttered toast. Ok, so all E has to do is to wash up. And btw, A doesn't cook meals like we normal students do. We cook rice with vege and a meat dish or maybe instant noodles with crabmeat and an egg. Yes, that's what we eat for dinner. But A, on the other hand prepares szechuan chicken with rice and tom yam soup from scratch. Or maybe chicken curry. Or herbal chicken soup. Or maybe Mee Siam..and sometimes, even Chicken rice..FROM SCRATCH ok..So, seriously..tell me how terribly lucky E is to be so well EVERYDAY. But of course, this also means that they spend all their pocket money on just groceries..but hey, that's what makes them happy.

Okay, more about E by herself. She's loud, and eccentric. You see, our rooms are really close, so I hear most of whats going on in her room..And E has a habit of talking to herself..yes, and she doesn't bother to deny it or keep it discreet. So, when she watches manga, she erupts into this sudden loud laughter, scaring the hell out of me and passes comments at the show. She also responds loudly when she's on MSN with someone. Like, if someone says something unbelievable..she'll exclaim loudly: Waaaaaaaaah, Really ah? Oh my God..

Yes, she does that.

And when she gets really annoyed or stressed from studying..she'll once again proclaim a loud: Aiyah, dont understand lah..how how how...I hope this doesnt come out on the test!

So, you see my friends...this is what I deal with everyday..and btw, E and A stay up till 6am everyday. They go to bed at 6 am, get up at 9 for their classes and then come back at 3 or 4 and sleep in till about 7 or 8. That is how screwed their biological clock is. So, when E yells and shouts or just talks to herself loudly, it is usually between 1-3am, when I am trying to get to bed. So, she startles me every other day..and I have trouble having uninterrupted sleep. And also, she blasts her music till 4am..which also disturbs my sleep.

And E sleeps like a log. She has 6 alarm clocks, and doesn't wake up to any of them. And the best part is, from my room..I can hear all her alarm clocks so well..So, with no choice, I wake up..drag myself out of bed, get to her door and then bang on it to let her know it's time to wake up..because that's the only way she'll respond..if i bang on her door.

So, by now..you would have figured that its been months since I slept well.

Ok, so lets move on to the next housemate...
R, 24 and Singaporean.

I call him, The Phantom..because he is hardly around.

He is as quiet as a mouse, is hardly around and doesn't talk much. He occupies himself with computer games and online stuff, which he does in school. So, he comes home at a standard time of 1am every single night. He goes to bed then, gets up in the morning for school...and the cylce repeats. I think I've spoken a total of 7 words to him ever since I moved in..

Next is: Ad.
Ad, 25 and Singaporean.

I call him, The Lifer.

Ad was my gd friend even before we became housemates. He's really down to earth, a complete slacker..and a party animal. All he ever does is smoke excessively, drink excessively and go clubbing excessively. Other than that, we just bitch and talk alot of rubbish when we're together.

And lastly, we have K. I saved the best for the last. No one else can be like her. You'll see why soon.

K, 21 and Malaysian.

I call her, The Ridiculous Nag.

K's in charge of this house. She ensures that we pay the rent on time. She ensures that we keep the house clean, and she is ANAL about saving money. I mean, she's Malaysian what.

So, she is always reminding us not to leave the lights on in our rooms if we're out in the living room (which she is guilty of, so I don;t know what the hell she's talking about)..and not to shower for too long necause the water bill will go up..and to take out the trash and indirectly implies that we should die from the cold, because using the heater would cause the electricity bill to sky rocket.

Ok, she thinks she's boss. But I dont think so. I mean, she can be in charge of the house, but I'm sorry, she isn't in charge of me. So, we have plenty of sacarsm shared between us..to which I'll always tell her off..When I first moved in, she didn't know anything about me, so she tried to push it..she played up on her authority and tried to see if I would play by her rules. I gave her one chance and did as she said. She then tried it again the second time..by which I knew she was trying to take advantage of my niceness...so, I told her off..Since then , she's been extra polite and always saying sorry when I raise an issue with her.

Ok, but still..she's just...well, you see..I never call anyone stupid..because no one really is...but but..but..well, yeah..you get the idea.
And the worst thing is, she thinks she makes the most sense in everything that she says..

She says the MOST redundant things, and then beams like she's said something that noone could have ever thought of. I cringe at the things she says..and sometimes, I lock my door and cry in shame for her. I mean, seriously...she spews utter rubbish..There are several examples, but I won't write it down because it wouldn't produce the same effect in words..Some stories must be told with action..and K's stories are all like that.

So, anyway...she pisses me off with the world's dumbest things that she says..and then the following day, she brings me something nice from her workplace to eat. So, in that way..she's really quite weird.

Now, suddenly my mind is a complete blank..I cannot remember her antics anymore..DAMN. But you get the picture, really..She's completely weird and anal..and extremely ridiculous.

So, there you have it.

My housemates. They each take turns to drive me up the wall day and night..I can't believe that I haven't actually blown my top at anyone of them. I have been ridiculously patient..but I guess, its because I know that this is only for awhile more..

All I ask is for:
And I know I can never get any of that ever...so, I'm just counting down to the day I leave. Until then, I hope I remain sane.

Yes, so...Now, do you agree with me that my housemates put the letter 'I' in the word 'Inconsiderate'?