I always thought master's list people were treated in a separate way. They get the rooms they want, the nicer Block 3A rooms (correct me if I am wrong) and so on. Because, I thought, we are sort of "invited" to stay in RH. So our treatment cant be bad. So it was only natural that I thought that my single room is safe and I only need to request to move into my room after my vacation stay ended.

How wrong I was. We are actually at the bottom of the heap.

Because we supposedly have no hall points.

Went to talk to the manager to see if I can move into my semester room earlier (coz my vacation stay will end on 23rd and I supposedly can only move into my semester room on 30th). Only to be told flatly that I will most likely stay in the room I am in now, a double room, until the end of the ACADEMIC YEAR and I have almost zero chance of moving to a single room.

I mean, he must be joking right? Zero chance?

The procedure, as he told me, is that master's list people get whatever is left after the hall people get their rooms. Because we have no hall points to ballot for rooms. I argued that I do have quite a bit (even though my ranking is quite low at around 77th). He pointed out that I would get a double room anyway coz my points are low. He then went on to say that he have a few single rooms in his hand now and these will go to those regular hall people who requested for it. Then, he told me I most likely will stay in a double room until end of the academic year.

Quite shitty. I think he isnt bothering to help out. "Maybe u shud find some poor (financially) guy who wants a double room and swap wif him." (I thought this line was offensive) Maybe that is my only chance now.

I got reli emo after the short meeting. Feeling more ok now coz Jasvind moved a speaker to comm hall and Shereen was blasting her Chinese and Canto 1990s songs and I had fun singing along. And the company in comm hall.

Double room. No more privacy. Practically no more freedom. Can't do anything I like coz mz be considerate. No more privacy. Probably no more skyping wif parents whenever I feel like it. No more huge storage space. No more privacy (I cant stress this enough). No more playing songs on my speakers (bye speakers, see you next year BECAUSE I WILL DEFINITELY GET ENOUGH POINTS TO STAY AND GET MY SINGLE ROOM). Hello Music Library (and maybe other libraries and quiet study corners), I suppose I will see you quite often, if I am not doing some hall activity or in class.

Oh well, at least I get to save some money, and maybe I can get my new comp. I reli felt like getting a new one. Not that this one is not functioning anymore, its definitely not good as new although it is still usable, doesnt lags much, only that there are minor problems here and there and the fact that it is 101% relying on AC power.

Oh wait. Off-topic.

Maybe I should just stay in a single room for vacation stay. Then I would have guaranteed myself a single room and reduce other complications. Maybe I should go and yell at the Phoenix people and boycott them next sem coz they suddenly demerit me 0.5 points which made me get kicked out of hall etc etc. Ok that was just a joke. No point thinking of these now.

But seriously, sigh, I am actually starting to doubt myself..why do I think so much about this issue...maybe I shud have just accepted the fact that RH doesnt want me and guai guai go straight to PGP. Then I wouldnt need to come back all the way and spend two months on float. The more photos I browse on facebook, the more I feel like kicking myself for not staying at home. With family and friends. Fight to get into master's list, stress over it, and now I land myself in this mess. Double sigh.

Crossing my fingers and hope I get through all this safe and sound. If I can survive McNair, I probably can survive everything else.

Labels: emo, Raffles Hall, rants