Pissed.

So my landlord is trying to force me out of my room.

Background information. I'm staying in a double room paying a shared room rental cause my roommate moved out some time ago. There is another room in another block that is in the same situation, but with chain smokers amongst other problems on that particular floor. The landlord also owns a terrace house near TBS, which one shared room will be available by the
end of October.

Now my landlord here is trying his hardest to "consolidate" these 2 rooms, which was what I thought was me moving to the other room or another person moving into my room. So far its understandable. But the fact is, his idea of "consolidating" is me moving to the other room, no other solution.

About 2 weeks ago we chatted, then he was an understanding figure and all smiles, saying that I'm "mature" and "can think and express myself". I told him CLEARLY that I'm reluctant to move the other block, with reasons I stated above, so it was decided that I will move into the terrace at the end of October.

Now he switched his face the speed of shit coming out of your anus when you have stomach ache, and suddenly labelled me as "selfish". Apparently this sudden change of attitude is caused by a couple of female students who are interested in renting my room. He then spewed bullshit like he's been "tolerating" my presence in the room and losing revenue, when the fact is that he just hasn't found someone who wanted to rent my room before. If he had found a tenant, I would be
typing this post 2 months ago. And if he's really the saint he claimed he was, he would well tolerate me for another one month until I move to the terrace, a point he refused point blank to accept. He said he's a businessman, he take's risks, when what he's doing is exactly opposite, he cant take the risk to wait one more month. Not to blame him for that, but the least he could do is try not to fool me with terms like "RISK" which he thinks will intimidate me. He also hinted that I forced my roommate to leave, a premise he could certainly use to claim that this
is a all trick of mine to get a room all to myself in the future.

I told him explicitly before that I'm reluctant to shift to the other room, cause of the smoking activities there and late night football parties. He said it's okay, it's just for one month before I move to the terrace house. I told him its exactly because its one month that its not feasible for me, as this would mean I have to move TWICE during AS FINAL EXAMINATIONS. He refused that point without reason as well, and start starting bullshit again. For example, HE started to preach to me the philosophy of studying, quote "It's all in the head, environment doesn't
matter. you study in lecture hall, you study in library, you still study." unquote. Everyone can score then, no matter they are in CC or screwing around in the jamban. Then he revealed the fact that he's only showing potential tenants MY room, not the other room in the other block, which shows he's determined to move only me. I made the conventional mistake of a naive person, saying it is unfair. He jumped on it like he's waiting for me to say that for a lifetime, and started to give examples of Chinese getting ill treated in Malaysia, warning me in the end not
to mention this word "fair". I told him the world will never be fair, but you can at least try to be fair to the people around you instead of imposing unfairness upon other people with the excuse "The world aint fair". He walked away. He seemed to have forgetten that he told me to be fair and consider his position, as if I dont understand. He's losing opportunity. He also tried to get away with a feeble and totally flawed point. "People who come looking for room isn't like shopping. I can't show him all the rooms". I'll like to remind you once again, he currently have
only TWO rooms not hundreds, how hard is it to show the girls another one? And people who come to look for rooms are actually SHOPPING for rooms. I tried to be fair with him, and in return earning a "you-totally-deserve-to-eat-shit face" from him. When he came back, I told him the discussion will go no where as it seems that he's already decided to move me, regardless of what I say. He switched track immediately, claiming that he could somehow make a change and the girls could stay in the another block. Amazing speed, showing just how much he
told me were actually contemporary lies.

He even tried more bullshit on me after that. Let me remind you right now that I might have naive believes and aspirations, but I'm really not that stupid. He said exactly, quote "The moment you choose a sharing room, you have no right to choose which room you want" unquote. And he told me an opposite thing during our last tete-a-tete, even critising INTI dorms, that in their dorms, they get switched around without having the right to speak, and saying that for him, all his rooms are different and unique, and that different tenants can choose their rooms according to preference. Last I remember, the contract was signed under the premise of a shared room, and that particular room. I don't remember handing him any right of mine during the formation of the contract.

There were more bullshits after that, but I was tired, and with my mental filter up, I couldnt catch anything other than those furiosly ridiculous cowcraps.

I feel really sick with anger now, yes I have dealt with people like this many times before, hence my ability to remain calm and diplomatic with him even when he is downright rude to me, but I still really can't stand shit like this. The instantanious change of attitude, the bullshit he thinks is fooling me, his extremely UNFAIR (I have no bloody problem saying this, I'm not fighting for justice in this world, but I at least try to practise this with friends, hoping the world isnt as wretched as it is made out to be) way of dealing with matters, his absolute resolve not to listen to what I have to say or consider my position, it pisses me off.

PS: Excuse me for my language, but I'm really pissed now. I know it isn't a very good reason, but it somehow feels liberating, and I think I deserve a little bit of that right now.


Okay so he invited me down again to chat, this time with the tenant from the other room. We chatted, and both of us do not want to move as well. The tenant pointed out that when we rented the room, we wanted THAT room. It's the responsibility of the landlord to fill up the place, that's what I call risk, not knowing whether you will have tenants but still investing in the business. Now, since our dear landlord can't find single roommates for us, he ended up pushing the responsibility to us. He gave us an ultimatum, "You two are to decide who will move and I don't care what you do to decide. I want the answer tomorrow 12pm", even after we presented our arguments. He always get himself out of tricky spots saying, "You cannot say that la, it's all give and take", and look whose talking. When I came to Subang, my main concern is my A-Levels, not solving some problem for my landlord, but yet I spent the whole evening listening to him talking totally unrelated issues, trying to catch me off guard by suddenly shooting me with a, "Don't try to be so difficult la", "Don't worry so much la", "Try to give and take la", "Don't be selfish la" nonsense. He totally did not want to try to understand. This is his argument, he thinks that he actually "accommodated" us for the past few months, but the fact is simple. He did not manage to find single roommates for us, actually not even a single person. But now he's trying to give us the impression that he did us a favour, and now it's time to return it. Bullshit.

PSS: I suck. If you want to know, I barely passed my Chem, so much for getting a B. Sien.

Kopi Chi Pueh

Wahoo last day of the 2 week holiday. Uneventful, polished my skills being an introvert. Accomplished nearly nothing academic, oh well I need rest. XD

Went Taylor's Asaban yesterday. Afternoon lasted me 5 minutes, nothing much there. (maybe I went at the wrong time lol ~_~) Wanted to take some photos of the figures there, battery out hahaha. Cosplayers not bad aa, but none who are outstanding. 1/3 of the venue dedicated to card playing, Weiss Schwarz, something like that. Doujinshin booth.., er only 1 haha. Others are selling A3 prints, posters and such, stuff you can download and print nia. Supposed to have a cosplay cafe, but it wasnt open when I went there.

Badminton with Huey, I'm slowly improving again. We still need at least 2 more players to play weekly, siapa mau join just give me a ring or MSN.

Night Asaban was a small event. It seems like the Anime Society are trying to cram everything in one night. Gotta laud their effort though, it's pretty good for Taylor's hajimete no matsuri. Band performances, food (no takoyaki sobs), games, bon odori dance, singing competition, a little bit of everything really. Bought bookmarks (they sell it in 3s), but didn't manage to get the one I wanted, a black one with the writing kibou () on it, cause they have like a whole stack and the lady keeps shuffling them. Oh well, you can't have everything in life, umu!

Bon Odori dance.

Homemade sushi, tasted like the one I made at sensei's house.

Goldfish scooping. Actually more like kapis ahaha.

Kimono demo thingy.

80% of the event, excluding stage. Pic taken from my besto place.
Spoils.
Huey pattern.
Mooncake for next week.
It's a kani! Hitagi included :)
The stamp of after badminton, what's left of it anyway.
Supposed to be a torii. (Gate thingy of a Jap Shrine)
Lol my accomplishment. There's a sniper as well. XD

The Shadow of The Wind

Novel by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. It's a translated work. Okay, it gave me a pleasant surprise, so much so that I have to blab here, defying the temptation of sleeping (I've been labouring for 24 hours without sleep, reading, gaming and anime-ing). The flavour was quite strong, and it drew out all sort of nonsense forgotten emotions from me. It's been quite some time since I tasted a book as delicious as this. To be fair, the first two chapter bored me, but for some reasons I decided to not sleep last night, so this book kept me company. (10 episodes of Gunslinger Girl 2 too)

Really unorthodox narration, a style I've never seen in any books before this, maybe because it translated, hurm. Descriptions are a little tedious, I prefer simple sentences like those from Rowling, I'm of little brains after all. Plot's pretty interesting, coupled with beauties popping out of nowhere hahaha. Theme is something about relationships, family friends couples etc, brought out in a slightly cliche melodramatic style. Background is mid 20th century, mostly in Barcelona, Spain. Character development is the best card played in this novel. I actually felt very connected to the characters, and their respective place in the story. A pint of mystery, a slice of humour, a Knut of thrill, and a particularly strong dash of romance, recipe to make this book belong in my personal top 10 list. I duno, maybe because I've distance myself from drama stuff I'd become particularly susceptible to them. Overall, a satisfying reading experience.

PS: 1. I'm not less a child than when I was 8 years back.
2. I've yet to meet any hardship throughout my year, barely.
3. I'm no seer, but even I can see trouble is brewing for me.
4. Help me, if I'm a friend to you. Arigatou. =)

I feel sinful, drama is, after all, the essence of all evil.

Sem 2 Break

Another 2 week break. That means I'm typing here right now at 5am in the morning, yet to sleep. There was a 5 day holiday too, right in the middle of trials. I call this holiday saturation. We CAL students were deprived of any holidays of any sort, other than the usual weekend break for most of Sem 2, and now we have too much of it, hurm. By the way, it makes me feel like a rubber that had stretched beyond the elastic limit. Bye to Hooke's Law.

1st day of holiday. Well it really isn't the 1st day, more like right after trials hahaha. Supposed to watch Up 3D, but time constrains. Ding and I went Pyramid for G.I Joe instead. Average film. Bought Tenjou Tenge and Gunslinger Girl DVDs to keep me occupied during the break. Like I would follow my study plan heh. Wei Wen invited us to go buffet steamboat. Ended up in Fatty Crab instead. Nice food there. Feel like going again! XD

Next day, nothing happened I think. Supposed to help Devva with the Leader's Talk, overslept woo. Did nothing, gained some weight.

And the next day went for badminton with Huey at Neway. RM22 per court per hour, wonderful. Lai and Jeng Nan joined too. After that makan at Hassan's with Lai's gang. Sudden invitation to watch movie. Supposed to be at 9.30pm, but no ticket so went for the 11.55pm one instead. Watched Wai Yip, Jun Hong Dota in nearby CC while waiting for movie lol. Ding joined for L4D. Movie was "Gamer". Another average film.

Next..... Oh yeah went Pyramid again for movie with Ding Zai. Bought 3D films, Up and Final Destination 4, costed RM18 per ticket. Lunch 4pm at KimGary. My cheese baked rice was yummy. Up after lunch. Good stuff, very original and funny. Dinner 6pm at Zanmai Sushi. Hisap, it was way too early. Didn't really enjoy my Ebidon, and budget was tight hurm. Ding went Dota again before FD4. Show started 9.55pm haha. Average movie.


PS: Of course, those activities above cost quite a sum. Spent 2 weeks worth of money lol.
PSS: Trials was okay.
PSSS: I'm braindead but got a ton of stuffs to do. Need to read my HP5 haha. The lure is too much.
P4S: Pics up some other time. And I'm hungry, wonder if Fatty Crab opens at 5am in the morning. Oh wait, it's 6 now.. -_-