University life

I read an article saying due to increase cost, nowadays most of student only eat once a day. Although it most probably true but sometimes i felt people didnt know they priority. I have my own experience in university. My late father stop working when i just finish SPM. We literally has no family income as my mum only housewife. My elder brother is an army but he has his own family to handle and being a normal army he dont earn that much either. My elder sister get married before i start my university time and she also a housewife. I still remember my first semester yuran was paid using my sister's wedding duit hulur. She dont take it for honeymoon or use for her stuff but instead my mom take it to pay for my yuran. At that time it was around rm1800. I survived my first semester with my own saving before i got my jpa scholar. Jpa didnt pay much either but it enough for me to buy a meal, nasi, ayam, sayur which cost me max rm2.50. So total i spend rm5 for food everyday. Although some ppl complaint not enough but for me it more than enough that i can still buy some books ( not only photocopy books but real book), watch movie once or twice a semester and go out maybe once a month. During my time, still got people complain not enough and still got people starve. Why? I cannot deny there is some who are kind   enough, send some money back home. I dont need to do that because my mum got her own saving to put food on the table for my younger sis n bro and when my younger brother enter utm, he join palapes which he earn some money to cater his better n richer life. So how do i manage it with that jpa money. 

1. I don't have mobile phone. At that time the famous is alcatel. Although it so tempting but after i count the initial investment and monthly investment to op up the credit, i know i just can't have it. I phoneless for my entire 4 years. 

2. I dont own transport. I dont need to pour petrol. I took university bus when i was stay outside and i walked when i stay inside. 

3. I decide to stay inside after 1 semester try livibg outside. Money flow like water when u live outside. The reason because the daily eat outside and roti tissue. It increase my daily meals for something that not important. Utility bills as well. 

4. I dont fall into the addictive of chatting. At my time, chatting or mirc is a big huha. Who dont want to chat and make new friend? . I calculate and the amount of money to spend on internet is something i cannot bear. My first year roomate spend almost daily in internet cafe and starve as the money spend on that

5. I eat inside university and most of time opt for nasi campur. Reason because it cheaper and i can mix the gravy to make it something that nice. I dont buy chocolate for my snacks and i rarely buy sweet drinks. 

My final year roommate do almost some like what i done above except she has her own mobile phone. She also dont have money problem. So i think most of the time, eating outside is the killer. In intel, i also eat inside because it hot outside. One meals in 4.50 - one chicken, 2 vege n rice. I guess university food should be around that price. 

Of course outside food is way nicer, able to eat mc donald whenever i want is nicer, snacking chocolatd rather than biscuit kering is nicer, watch movie every week is nicer, able to hang out with friend every night at mamak also nice, able to sms your friend abt gossip, abt homework is nice, has your own transport also nice, but as i dont want to work or rather lazy to work n i dont want to join palapes either, so i have to stop all my desire. When my niece was accepted to university, my bro actually concern abt how much money that is enough for her. I told him, just with jpa or ptptn should be enough if she know how to spend wisely. But my younger bro said, kak mah lain la. Kak mah nerd. Yes it my choice to be nerd to reduce all the cost. I cut lots of thing during my university. Naturely i like to go out but i have to keep that down and replace by walking around utm faculty. During a stress time or after exam, i just buy a connetto and walk around either go to different college or go different faculty. Sometimes i go to my friend's room and hang out there which some of my roomate find it a bit annoying as i stay out longer than in my room. Hahahah i'm very sorry for cause any issue in the past.  That's my way to enjoy little life that i have with the little money that i have. To be honest, it wasnt something i 100% proud as well. If given opportunity to rewind the time, i dont know if i will do differently by taking a part time job, so i can use that money to experience other activity because looking back, i dont earn much life experience during uni time. But for sure i wont whine abt ptptn not enough as i'm pretty sure it enough if we really do the basic what need to do to get a degree. I tried that. Yes. My time is like 15 years ago but at that time some ppl also suffer because they spend money on unneccesery thing but dont want to earn more money to cater for that. If you cannot handle your university life where most of you dont have another mouth utk kasik makan, how can you survive working life. The temptation is even bigger.