So, I have been MIA since my time abroad but I shall catch you up!
As mentioned before in my entry entitled, "WOOT WOOT!" August 17, 2011,
"I decided last spring that I would decline housing for junior year, the whole year. I know people have done it before, but from what I researched, they all did it to save money, and even though my financial situation kind of sucks, paying for housing would be totally doable. I plan sleep in the library, shower in the rec center, and/or stay in anyone's place that offers. I want to live life, make bad decisions and fix them. I also think this will help me "think quick on my feet", appreciate things more, and become more independent. This would of course be documented through video... Documenting this experience will be just be for fun because I like to do it..."
Okay! Time to tell you what actually happened!
1 - Yes, I did start out the semester videotaping my friends about their thoughts on my experiment, and took videos and pictures of what had been happening. I was planning to post a video at the end of each month, but unfortunately, I met someone that was so angry at what I was doing that she threatened to rat me out and get me expelled from school unless I got housing somewhere. -_- I decided to just make a series out of it and upload them all at once at the end of the year, so I wouldn't be in too much trouble if someone were to actually care enough to make a case out of what I'm doing and report to my school, with Youtube videos as evidence, to show how I am ruining my college.
2 - My financial aid was awesome! I got a LOT of financial aid this past semester. I did not have to take up any loans. Paying an extra $1000 or $2000 for housing wouldn't be a big deal at all.
3 - I had only been staying at my friends' dorms/apartments, so I never actually needed to sleep in the library. Evidently, after the first two months or so, I stopped moving around and staying in one place, only once and I while would I move. In my defense, I decided to apply to study abroad in Australia for the Spring semester, so this "year being homeless" would just be a semester, so I didn't think that would be too interesting, so I got lazy, plus I started pitching in for groceries, and to leave my food behind breaks my heart. Really though, I really just needed a place to sleep at night and to hang out on the weekends, since most weekdays I wouldn't be settled in until late at night.
3... continued... - On the day of the deadline for my study abroad application, I found out that I could defer my application to a different semester, so I deferred my application to Fall 2012, which will be Spring semester in Australia. I decided to do this so that I wouldn't miss my baby brother's high school graduation. Let's hope he graduates on time. So, I will be bumming for a whole year? I still have Winter Break to think about this.
4 - I have appreciated a lot already in my first semester, regardless of what everyone expected/hoped for. I realized how I do have friends that almost always have my back, even though I don't talk to them much. I had so many more responsibilities, like helping out at where I was staying, cleaning, cooking, etc. and learned to balance everything better.
5 - I am not posting up goals anymore because if I let people know about it, I won't want to achieve my goals as much as I initially wanted to. Its just how I work. I rather not do what is expected. So there might be a video at the end of the school year, or there might not be one, but I am officially calling this experiment "Project Bum". Teehee, bum.. I am so mature!
Now I am back home for five weeks of vacation! Christmas, birthday, New Year, Lunar New Year! Looks like its going to be fun!
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