I was surprised when I realized that
there are so many things that I’ve missed while I was away (I lived in
different city for 3 years). When I came back to Jogja and met my best friends,
we talked a lot about our lives. They told me some things or occasions which I
hadn’t known yet. I barely remember what those things and occasions are but
some of them make me quite surprised. It is obvious because
when I lived in dormitory, I had kind of a lack of information. I rarely got
up-to-date news or information because the dormitory imposes a rule about the
using of hand phone and other
electronic things. We could only use hand
phone on particular days.
Another thing that I realized is
about life. Life outside is crueler than I thought. I used to think that life
in the dormitory for the last 3 years was cruel, but apparently it is nothing
compared to the real life that I am facing right now.
In the dormitory, I lived with so
many strict rules. Some of those rules don’t even make sense, I think, and sometimes
they drove me mad. However I would always obey the rules so I wouldn’t be
punished. One rule that was always emphasized there is about punctuality. We,
the students, had a schedule in the dormitory. We have to go to school, study,
go to church, have meals, and pray together at particular time. We also have to
go back to our dormitory on time after we go out for what is called “Explore Time”.
If we are late, we will be summoned to the guardians (pamong) of the dormitory, and then we get infringement points. It
was just that strict. When I started my life as a college student in Jogja, I
found out that most people do not care about punctuality. Even on some events I
found that they don’t begin on time. This always happened: I was in a hurry so
that I would arrive at the place on time, but when I arrived, nothing was prepared
yet. Earlier, I was really disappointed and annoyed then I started to think
that this is one of the ‘cruelties’ of life. I guess that is one of the
cruelties that I couldn’t deal with for a long time. Finally, I tried to
embrace myself that it is common in the society, and I have to deal with it. Now,
I’ve been getting used to it. Even I still think that it (the habit) should be
fixed somehow.
as written on my Writing Tutorial class' assignment
