Dorm?

July 2, 2007

The commute to Manila from Cavite and back is killing me. For the first time in my college life, I am seriously considering getting a dorm. Maybe for the past three years, too many people started living in Cavite and buses started breaking down; maybe my schedule simply sucks; or maybe I'm just really old and I have no more stamina or patience for five hours of travel everyday.

 

You heard it—five hours. It used to be only three hours. But now the traffic is the shiznit! I mean just last Monday I spent 45 minutes in one spot. Record breaking. To top it off I was standing up along the aisle. If that happens again I swear I'm gonna give up college and just raise chickens somewhere in Bukidnon.  I hear they don't have roads there.

 

I'm thinking, I can do a lot of things with five hours. You know, study, read the handouts (although seriously just looking at that pile of photocopied pages depresses me within seconds), go to the zoo, go to Divisoria, stuff. Lots of stuff. I'm wasting 25 hours every week, or to put it in a sadder manner, one day every week goes up in an unproductive puff of air. Not that I'll get productive if someone gave me that day back after Sunday, but you get my drift. It's 25 hours of solid exhaustion while on the road.

 

Mary is thinking of the same thing. She wants to get a dorm too and I'm all too happy to share a room with her; she's the kind of roomate one would not mind having. She has a laptop, and my phone has 3G. I think we're good to go. Now all I need is to 1) find a cheap, nice, quiet place 2) convince my mom to let me live there 3) convince myself to live there. I'm just really really tired right now and it's just the second month of the first semester. I have to start maximizing my time.

 

Meaning, I have to start sleeping more. Twenty-five hours of extra sleep? Not bad. 


Posted by lizette at 5:53 pm | permalink

Previous Comments

parang gusto ko na ring magdorm, sayang kasi oras sa biyahe e.. time you could spend sleeping. or atlis resting.. anyways, may typo ka, bihira lang yun ha.=)

Posted by paul at July 2, 2007, 7:06 pm

hindi na kasi ako gumagamit ng Word pag nagsusulat ng post. bara bara na lang. -.- anyway, fixed it.

Posted by lizette at July 2, 2007, 7:21 pm

Better be careful about cabin fever, your friend might turn into your psycho ex-friend when you start living together

Posted by Ting at July 2, 2007, 9:41 pm

about bukidnon… naah… on second thought, i’ll leave you to your impressions. :P

Posted by Pablo at July 2, 2007, 11:38 pm

ting, it’s mary. if there’s anyone she has to be afraid of having as a roommate, it’s, it’s—

pablo, i’m sure Bukidnon has roads. and cars. and traffic. and chickens!

Posted by lizette at July 3, 2007, 5:34 am

i hear ya. a 5-hour commute everyday is not a joke. i hope you can convince your mom into getting a dorm.

Posted by evi at July 3, 2007, 9:42 pm

Jesus. And I thought I had it bad, having to leave the house at least an hour and a half before my shift o_o

Posted by helga at July 3, 2007, 10:15 pm

” I’m gonna give up college and just raise chickens somewhere in Bukidnon. I hear they don’t have roads there. ”
Hmmm.. excuse me? well, I beg to disagree. I’m from BUKIDNON and mind you we have better roads there compared to most of the other provinces in the Philippines. You might think BUKIDNON is a place where people live only by raising livestock or do farming, well you better think again. Once you finish college and earn your own finances I’d be glad to take you to a tour there.

Posted by Beejing at July 4, 2007, 6:52 am

Yes, Bukidnon have better roads. I was there last year - in Valencia, Maramag, and Don Carlos.

Posted by tom at July 4, 2007, 12:03 pm

wtf? five freaking hours on the road!? you better get a dorm…seriously though makaka-save ka talaga ng time so go for it! ^^

Posted by saturn at July 4, 2007, 8:16 pm

Lizette’s Guide On How To Make A Joke

step 1: think of something silly

ex. eat yogurt when you know you’re lactose intolerant, raise chickens

step 2: think of somewhere to do it (note: does not neccessarily have to make sense)

ex. Batobalani St., Tawi-Tawi, Basilan, Bukidnon

step 3: reward yourself by eating tokwa’t baboy.

Posted by lizette at July 4, 2007, 9:33 pm

aside from practical reasons, living in a dorm will give you a sense of independence. when i was in college, it also took me 6 hours back and forth (sta mesa to Lagro, Nova) and it was hell. After one semester, I moved to a rented room. It saved me time, money and energy. and most importantly, i was able to attend ‘overnight sessions’.

Posted by tarsier at July 6, 2007, 12:01 am

since college pa..gusto ko na din magdorm..and now that i’m working na..nagccomute pa rin ako everyday..

pagod..sayang sa oras..and money.

Posted by reese at July 7, 2007, 10:22 am

grabe 5hrs man i live in subic and i can get there in 3! i lived in a dorm my whole college life, it was fun tatawid lng nsa skul na! And now that im working i moved to an apartment nearby, kekembot lng nsa office na! Goodluck with your mom, i know how they can be…

Posted by alohapenny at July 7, 2007, 9:46 pm

hahahahaha i didnt know people from Bukidnon are that sensitive about their roads.

:P

Posted by paolosbrew at July 9, 2007, 2:27 pm