Delaqroux Inc Updates!
Without having this blogpost to be unecessarily long winded, let me begin with several basic things you need to know; I am pissed, IPBA is asking us to move out of the students accommodation, and i have a good idea to have us not succumbing to this immature, inconsiderate demand. Also, I am very pissed.
First of all, I regard this to be highly immature demand of the IPBA administration because, as much as they claim that they have put quite a lot of thought in it, i think this is a consequence to poor planning and failure to walk that talk they made so much noise of. The call for us to be moving out of the students' accomodation was made a few weeks ago in April. As we are to move out during our second semester, this leaves us only with two months to find for an accomodation outside. This is not only absurd but considering the fact that they expect us to be able to find a place that can only accommodate us for less than six month in Kuala Lumpur - that is stupid. To tell you the truth, the rumour of us having to find a place outside went around as early as last year. At that time, i regarded IPBA's accommodation as being quote shitty end quote (i'm staying in the living room atm.. duh!) that i wouldnt mind staying outside. But that was only when we still have two semesters in IPBA. It is possible to get a place for rent with a minimum contract of a year. But now that we are looking for a place to rent for less than six month, how is that possible for us?
Thinking that it was a good head-start to have some brief idea on where should we be renting, me and my practicum teammates did go for a small house-search around the KL area. Phone calls were made and house prices were surveyed only to find disappointing results. Places advertised for rent are either occupied or the price for renting is insanely high (homes in prime zone of KL, what do you expect?). I mean, if we are to move out of IPBA's accommodation, the only monthly financial advantage we have is just by RM80 a month. A place with three bedrooms costs so much that we figured that only by cramming more people than the house is meant for us was the only solution. Then again, if the house is so crammed, has it ever crossed any mind of IPBA administration that this might affect our studies? Especially we're on our practicum years where C5 IPBArians should have enough matters in their hands already. Also, when we tried to request for a block in IPBA where we, desperately, claimed that we dont mind cramming alot of people in a place as long as we dont have to move out, they responded that over-cramming might be psychologically dangerous (whatever fuck that means?) and might affect our well-being and studies. Huh... so it's alright to have us squatting in a house of 10 people outside? Oh, and if they expect us to find a place for one person or two person stay (like in Vista Angkasa for example), how can they be guarantee that it'd be safe for us? My sister used to live in Vista Angkasa before due to the reason that it's the only available and affordable accommodation around KL (she was studying in UM at that time). How did it turned out? Well, she moved out a few months after. The reason being; too many cases of house break-ins in the area, perverted, wolf-whistling mat rempits hanging about the place, she got pick-pocketed while waiting for the bus, and, ONCE AGAIN, she had to squat in a house of two rooms with six other housemates and she think life was really, really fucked. How is this ideal?
I would like to quote that statement made early in this year that says "asramaku rumahku" and i will like to highlight how ironic it is that we are being chased out of our own 'house' despite we did nothing wrong to break the students' accommodation act or commit any crime. The blame lies within the management that failed to reject new intakes of students despite being obviously clear that IPBA's students accomodation is reaching its accommodating limits. Regard this blogpost as a provocative heads-up to instill anger and fear if you will, because i believe this is exactly what we need to show to the management - of course, not to the extreme, barbaric level; but enough to know that we are standing firm with our rights. This demand of having us to move out on such a short notice, without considering our physical, emotional and financial well-being is a sign of immaturity and poor management skill - things that we are taught in IPBA to not succumb to as future teachers. For those who disagree with me, just regard this blogpost as an angry rantings of someone who has spent hours with his practicum teammates discussing, making phone calls, and searching for a house to rent outside, and wasted those hours, failing. Ignore this blogpost.
For those who think otherwise, are you still looking for a place to move out?
Delaqroux Out.
