The life of boarding house
Did you ever experience the life of being independent?
Probably some of us here experience the life of being independent. Living in the dorminatory, hostel, rented house, apartment or boarding house without our parents with us. The life of boarding house is quite a roller coaster. You might be in the up and down.
So, how was my life living in the boarding house?
When I started my studies, I never imagined that I can experience living in my own life. I never thought that I can stand in my own without parents in my everyday living. It was just a sudden decision in my life that I need and I should stay on a boarding house where neart to my school located because it is costly when I travel twice everyday. Actually I told my parents that should I need to stay in this place where far away from them? But then as their replied, 'it's up for you but it's okay that you were stayed there also.' I was really bothered to my decision since I don't want my parents think more about the finances but then that was life. Everything has it's own price.
My first day living alone was quite not so good nor not so bad. It was just I am in the process of learning. Learning everything for me to live independently. One thing that I felt so hard to make was budgetting. It's my first time to hold my allowances and budget it for one week. Don't you know before when I was first year college I just only have 300 pesos or $6 for my one week allowance. Yeah, It's already excluded the rice, some canned goods and other necessities. But do you think this penny which is $6 worth for one week? In my experience, it is very hard to have this penny. You really need to think wisely to spend every cents you had. I really learned how this money subdivided in daily needs and it's so hard because I was just a student with lack of experiences about budgetting. Of course, some canned goods wasn't enough for your daily, you need as well to buy some veggies just to sustain your body with glow foods. My allowances is not just about the meal. It's also include of some expenses of my school like fee of photocopy, fare, and some unexpected fees.
I've experienced how struggle that time just to survive my everyday life. Being a student and faraway with my family is very challenging so far. You cannot even complaint of what food do you have its because you have just your own self controlling your money.
I already experience of having oil and soy sauce as my viand sometimes the soy sauce only. Yeahhhhhh, in my whole life I just experience it in our boarding house not in our house. I don't have choice it's because my penny is not that much and I am type of daughter as well that it's hard for me to tell my parents about my status because it makes me cry easily and I know also to myself that they were struggling just to send me school that is why I don't have any complain about the allowance that they gave to me.
There are times that I cried alone because seems like no one is there for me as this challenges of being a student. Haha I remember I cry it's because I feel pity to myself while sipping my five peso coffee and some biscuits. I don't have yet lunch that time and all my allowance been used to all my printed papers.
Whenever I had a night class and when I got back home in the boarding it's already 8:00 pm or 9:00 pm. I don't have yet dinner and I need to cook first. Definitely, my dinner is already at 9:30 or 10 pm. No one will help you just only yourself unlike when you are with parents all you have to do when got home was sit down and eat.
Learning by your own self will make you independent and strong one. Living alone in the boarding house is really struggle yet so fun.
You can able to find your own peace and able to learn how to decide in your own way.
The life of boarding house is indeed a home where you can learn your own self.
I have always wanted to experience living on my own and that's what I am doing right now. I stay in an apartment close to my university and I have a roommate. Most times it's a fun experience to be living on my own but I sometimes miss my family