Noise

You should have seen this coming.

What is it about staying in a hostel that annoys me the most?

I knew it would be the not-soundproof walls.

The second thing is the kitchen. But this has been sorted out so it's fine.

Now.

Right next to my room is another Malaysian in room No. 4 (who happens to be my classmate back in Malaysia but I couldn't recall or remember seeing her; class is HUGE :P) and on the other side is a British in room No. 2. I have no problems with my British flatmate. In fact, I'm constantly worried if I'm bothering her with my music, singing and movie. And anime.

It's the other one. Because she came here with her friends and they happen to be in the same building, the chattering never stops. Coupled with the fact that they talk REALLY loud, I am always depressed during late nights. I remember on one of my first nights here, she was skype-ing her mother so loud that I can even here what her mother is saying. So yes, I woke up at 0600 listening to her telling her mother how much does the bedsheet and vegetables costs; in £ and RM.

After a while, I informed her subtly:

Me: Do you talk to your friends every night?

She: Oh, very loud ah?

Me: Yea.. *trailsoffsheepishly*

She: Oh sorry sorry

The world is a happy place again.

Until of course, it started again. Loud and late into the nights. A few nights when I myself was skype-ing with my Mother, she asked me why am I not in bed yet bla bla bla. Fact is I can't sleep with all those noise. They can do that few nights in a row and I am particularly annoyed when it comes to Thursday nights because I have IP at 0900 the next day. It was SO difficult for me in the first two weeks. When classes started, it was a NIGHTMARE!

Last weekend, they brought friends over from Liverpool and Aberystywth. OMG. At 0500, I'm still awake. And can you believe it when I was woken up at 1300 by their chattering?? I was THIS pissed that morning (afternoon). Then that night, it was one of the friend's birthday. They sang the birthday song more than three times (according to my other flatmate who lives in No.8, it's only three times. I don't know, I lost count) and started banging and thumping things. Remember I am right beside her room.

Imagine. Just imagine.

I was in the middle of my Sakura movie and suddenly this really LOUD "BANG!!" puts my heart to a stop.

FINAL STRAW.

I paused my movie, opened my door and stepped out. To my surprise, flatmate No. 8 is outside their door, leaning against the wall and looking at me. To my FURTHER surprise, her answer to my question of "What are you doing here?" is "I'm worried about them, they have been drinking."

I was speechless. Here they are, being noisy and waking the whole corridor of people and yet flatmate No. 8 is out there by their door, worrying about their safety. I feel SOOOOOO bad for flatmate No. 8. So after I knocked on their door and one of the dudes came out to apologise, I invited flatmate No. 8 into my room rather than her just standing at the corridor. Poor thing.

For the next hour, we just go in and out of my room as the party-ers go in and out of the toilet to puke. I slept at almost 0400 that day. Few nights of minimal sleep makes me tired everyday. It's so bad!

After the drink drank drunk ruckus however, nights has been peaceful. But I guess it's only a matter of time before it all starts again? The floor below mine has gotten into an argument because of noise too. One of them now wants to move out immediately. That's how bad it is. Sometimes I don't know whether to talk, or you can call it complain, to flatmate No. 4 about this because on one hand, you don't want to mess up the relationship and on the other, your own health is at stake.

Yes, health.

But that's besides the point. You have to live with them for the rest of the term and it's not exactly something nice to do. But to be honest, I don't mind not talking to her for the rest of term :P BUT AGAIN! It's not nice. Just because I can, it doesn't mean I should.

It's well understood that these are all compromises. And it's also something we all expected the moment we decide to live in the halls of residences. If you don't want to comply with the rules, don't live here. It's that simple.

So, kids! What have we learn today??

Lesson is: shhh~!