Beautiful Life!

I have a major decision to make. A decision that is going to alter the course of my life as a med student. (Do I sound dramatic enough?)

Nak dok sedap ke nak dok murah?

 

Hall has become too expensive. Maybe this year, I would still be able to afford it…but I don’t think I will be able to do the same for next year.

 

So, aku decide nak dok murah. I decide to go out of hall and fly away from life of dependency…to a wild uncertainty! Man! The thing is, I really love hidup kat hall! So convenient! All I have to do is study! Tak payah buat kerja rumah, library dekat! Tapi tahun ni mahal mendadak! Nak pengsan aku!

 

And bila aku tengok junior2 aku ada yg dah pi Jepun lah etc…I feel soooo jealous. Bila lagi aku nak travel if not now? And to travel, you need money! Money!!

 

So aku dah decide, sementara aku masih muda remaja ni (ewah!) biarlah aku hidup susah and save duit so that I could travel and see the world. Maybe kalau aku cukup duit boleh pi UK ke.

 

So, with that decision, aku kena ubah byk benda. Not just my house but my whole lifestyle!

 

1) No more coffee.

-Coffee mmg menjahanamkan my budget. Satu cawan Caramel Mocha is AUD 3, and I usually had two a day. Bukannya sebab aku mengantuk sgt kadang2 tu….but just because I really love coffee. Tu belum lagi makanan2 lain yg aku suka: Quiche,  Blueberry Danish…those are the food I ate with my coffee. All that have to go! Waaaaa!!!!  I really, really like Blueberry Danish.

-Aku pernah ckp ngan dayah, “Aku tak paham duit aku habis kat mana. Aku tak beli baju, aku tak beli kasut, aku jarang sgt2 shopping benda2 mcm tu…”

-Bila aku pikir balik…coffee aku satu hari 6 dollar! Kumpul seminggu dah boleh beli 2 helai baju 15 dollar!! Tu baru kumpul seminggu! Cuba kumpul sebulan….haih, boleh jadi jutawan baju!

-Bila beli kopi, apa aku dapat? Masuk perut, cerna, keluar jadi bahan kumuhan! At least kalau beli baju, you got something to keep!

- So with the heaviest of heart…I decide to abstain from buying anymore caramel Mocha. Aku nak beli thermos and bancuh my own coffee! Bukan setakat 2 cawan, bercawan2 pun aku boleh minum! And I will pack my own lunch! No more Quiche, no more Danish, no more Subway!

 

2) Invest on a bicycle

-AKu dah lama bercita2 nak beli basikal. Tapi aku tak pernah beli sebab aku suka jalan. I walk fast and I can run when I have to.

-Tapi bila dah masuk 4th year, I am no longer going to the uni. My whole time will be spent at the hospital. So, jalan mcm mana laju pun, hospital is still toooo far….

-So, aku akan start naik basikal kot! Tambang bas pergi balik 6 dollar! (sama harga 2 cawan coffee!!).  Macam siot jerr…..save duit dekat coffee, habis the exact same amount untuk transport pula! (I really love being a 4th year….but the transport part is a real pain!) 

 

3)Change my whole diet!

-cut down makanan! Budget makanan kena kurangkan! (susah, susah, susah, susah nak buat)

-As someone who is trying to be positive, I keep thinking that at least, I will be able to slim down a bit.

-Aku betul2 kena budget apa yg aku nak masak and I will stick to it. Kalau aku teringin nak makan benda lain (Krispy Creme, pizza, kebab)…. aku akan tungguuuuu sampai hujung bulan. Kalau duit lebih baru aku beli. (ye ke ni??)

-Can I give up on comfort food? Chocolate? Ice-cream? Junk Food? Hmm….maybe beli satu jenis sahaja per week. Chocolate ke Ice-cream? Junk Food ke Chocolate? Tak pun beli 2 jenis jer! Junk food+chocolate but no ice-cream…..or  chocolate + ice-cream but no junkfood? Junk food + ice cream but no chocolate? (Ni dah mcam buat combination and permutation dlm subjek statistik!)

 

4) No more studying in the library?

- Sanggup ke aku give up yang ini? Kalau duk hall dulu senang…aku balik 2,3 pagi. Rasa selamat jer walaupun kdg2 tu seram sejuk nak jalan sorang2.

-Tapi kalau duk luar, maybe I won’t study in the library anymore. Internet kt umah maybe tak selaju internet kt on-campus. That means aku kena make sure semua kerja2 membuat nota yg memerlukan internet disiapkan menggunakan internet kt hospital. I also have to buy my own printer now. Mustahil aku sanggup pergi library uni semata2 nak print!

-This is the one thing that I still have to think through. If I still want to study in the library, how should I arrange my schedule? Until I got my scedule for next year, I can’t decide on this just yet.

 

But you know, maybe I should just go with the flow. Tak payah pikir dahsyat2 lagi.  A truly flexible person is a great person (this is my personal motto from now on!). So in order to be a great person, I have to be flexible, adaptable to change, less rigid. Kalau susah, kena sabar. Think of my goal: Travel!! Bila lagi nak buat? Dah kerja nanti, tak der dah!

 

So 2009 is going to be a bit adventurous for me. There’s going to be a whole lot of adapting and changing! Even 4th year is the start of clinical years, another change!

 

But I will embrace it all! Adapt the best way I knew how. Or get exhausted trying!

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