You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.”
– Abraham Lincoln
I am a late bloomer when it comes to livin
g independently from home. Since my family is staying in the city back in the Philippines, it didn’t really occur to me to find a place of my own. Well.. hmmm… let me correct that… it did occur to me especially during the times when i have a misunderstanding with my sister, or during the times when i get scolded for coming home late. Those were the times when I envy my friends who are living independently from their families who are in the province. But my reasons for staying outweighs those that makes me want to separate. When I get sick, my papa will always be there to make me soup and check on my temperature and remind me to take my meds. When I feel like I want to make lambing (be affectionate), I can always go to my sister and cuddle. Eating together, and watching TV or playing boardgames. (Arrgh! this post is making me miss them even more 
). And living with my family also makes it a little easier on the budget. I’d rather spend the money I’m gonna be paying for my rent, for groceries in our house or my sister’s tuition. I love staying at home with them. Yes, home. And if we really think of it, Family is where you come home to. 
“The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want.”- Ben Stein
But hep hep hep… i didn’t write this post to be dramatic. LOL. Being away from home, Me and some friends are in a quest… to find our own place! And boy oh boy, it’s not easy. Sometimes it can get frustrating, it would test your patience up to the Nth level. You have to deal with agents. Yes, even houses have agents! (When I grow up I want to be an agent… bwahahahahaha). They occupy more than a few pages in the paper, they post online ads. They’re everywhere! Then you call them up, and they reply, then you tell them your budget.. then they say.. “Ah! so low!”. Or they tell you the pice and you’ll say, “Ah! So High!”. Nyahahaha.
For rent units don’t come cheap. It depends on the location and of course what comes with the house. Is it fully furnished? Semi-furnished? Is it a 3+1 unit? 2+1? 1+1?
Whew! I have to ask my friends who’ve been here before me about the set-up and how they go about things like these. 3+1 means, its a 3 bedroom unit, with dining/living room and kitchen, and 2 toilet and bath. 2+1 means, 2 bedrooms, with dining/living area and kitchen and 1 or 2 toilet/bath.
Last Saturday, we found our place. We signed a letter of intent and they(owner) have until this Thursday to change to their mind (which I hope will not happen). You initially dish out money for 1 month deposit , 1 month advance and agent’s fee which is usually half the rent. Starting out is burning my pocket and i can still feel the sensations from the burn. Huhuhu… there goes my moolah saved from my beloved PI. And I’m still on my 3rd week in my new job. Huhuhu have to wait for my first paycheck. Haaay mantra to self: Sa sugod ray lisud (It’s only the first step that’s the hardest)
I’ll be staying with 3 other friends: Edric, Lex and Kat. And the four of us are first timers to this kind of things. All of us used to live with our family back home, and here we are trying to play house. Good luck! Hahaha. Too bad though cause Shanta won’t be staying with us as initially planned.
I’d probably blog about any updates on this, just in case anybody wants to know what’s been going on with little didee. Bwahahaha… as if.
New things to learn. So nice lah!
“To get through the hardest journey we need take only one step at a time, but we must keep on stepping” – chinese proverb
