This accommodation thing gave me much stress seriously zzzz /.\
At first my only aim was on-campus accommodation. They're two types in RCSI. Mercer Court and Millin House. I checked the review on both places and concluded that Mercer Court suits me more. 'Twas 9900 euro for 2 sems (which is abt 9 months). Millin House is 10300 euro. More expensive but I didn't like it. It's more like a hotel concept where there's a big communal kitchen at ground floor. Cannot la later all my bao bei food kena makan who should I find lol. As for Mercer Court, one floor has six housemates. A small kitchen for 6 of us to share and a living room. Although the room is small but I prefer that tho.After my mind's all set for Mercer, I booked it in late June mana tau the person in charge told me that I'm in the waiting list. I was like wtf my cousin just went there and asked u last week and u said there're plenty of rooms and now sudah waiting list -.- zzz I've no choice but to look at off-campus accommodation as well.
I was super lost at first since I didn't know who to contact. Then my aunt from Kluang recalled that my cousin's NS friend, Jeffrey Lee, is currently studying in RCSI, so I started to contact him through fb. Unfortunate he was already back in Kluang for holiday. He then introduced me to Wai Kay, the day after I contacted her she too came back to Msia. Thennnn she introduced me her hsemate, Peiying, who's still in Ireland to help me out (super far now lol cousin de fren de fren de fren) coz I needed someone to help me view the place if I wanna rent it. Wai Kay suggested me to find in August coz most owners require immediate stay (it was July that time). I listened to her advice and waited till August.
I was looking for an unshared room with en suite bathroom. But my parents were concerned abt who my housemates would be. We prefer students la ofcoz but most rooms that I found was either 'only for working professionals' or 'male housemates'.
I told Wai Kay my problem and she introduced me Panchanit, a Thailand girl who's from PMC. She's also looking for a housemate and our requirements for accommodation were similar. We faced the same problems too so we δΈζε³ε lol. Unshared room. Unshared bathroom. I've heard of too many roommate problems so yeah, better don't share :P
Instead of finding rooms from daft.ie, we started to search for apartments. 2 bed 2 bath. There were a few that replied us. However, when I called our first option, the agent rejected me when I mentioned that I'm a first year student. My dad called again to enquire mana tau still the same, agent said it's the owner's instruction wor. Sokay nvm, I called our 2nd option, it's the same agent again. This time, no students, only professionals. TMD if duwan students jiu state there la wtf summore with the very not friendly tone 'have a nice day bye' -.- huuuuuh.. Third option was a 2 storey house, but after peiying viewed it, it wasn't 2 bath as stated, only 1 bath actually. The fourth one paling kek sim, peiying viewed dy and we were ady discussing with the owner. Mana tau chat dao halfway the owner no reply, email again to ask him then he said got ppl paid down payment dy T.T damn sad u know....
The accommodation thing really stressed me out for months -.- baru see hope then vanished again. So we started to search again, with a broken heart /.\. There were 3 replies. All abt the same distance which is approx 15 mins walk to RCSI. The first one was okay coz the owner replied fast. Peiying was gonna view it today de. Few days ago he emailed me that a Brazilian lady offer him 2000 euro per month and will pay him 2 months deposit. He asked if we could meet the requirement. Walao eh εδ»· wor, ζ¬ζ₯ 1850 de leh. The second one after one email jiu no reply Le. 3rd one peiying asked her friend Win Ner ( aka winner) to view for us coz she not free that day.
The owner said there's another person who wanted this place and will pay the deposit. We told him we'll do the same. After that he told Winner he needed time to think, will let him know by 5pm Ireland time (12 am Malaysia time). Both me n Panchanit stared at our hp until almost 2 am still no news. I cannot tahan since next day (Sunday) needa wake at 6am so I slept first. Winner asked us to sleep too at 2.41am coz still no reply. Felt super disappointed since our sem's gonna start soon yet we couldn't find a place to stay.
Phewwwww. Thank God. This morning when I checked my hp, I missed out many things. I GOT ACCOMMODATION LIAO πππT.T 'twas the place that I stayed awake previous night, I guess it paid off :3 Panchanit paid the deposit first and we'll divide it later x)
Such a long journey lol. It was interesting and fun at first but desperate in the end.
Off-campus is cheaper than hostel fyi. Ours was 1650 per month, belum divide lagi. Bigger and more privacy. Well ofcoz it's further to rcsi lol hostel 2 mins walk nia. Oh well, as long as we found a place now. :)
Thank you seniors, peiying especially, for helping us till now :) I owe u big one. muacks xD
