This is just about finding the right place to stay. Even before the start of the semester, my parents and I were already looking for a place to transfer. I even missed one of princess dyanie’s birthday celebrations because of that. We have been searching since then, and up to now, I am still living in my old apartment.

This old apartment is no longer a good place to stay. I need quietness when studying, and the neighbors I now have were all friends from the same office who do not bother to lower their voices even when it is midnight and or the volume of their radios or their videoke sessions, considering that we share the same hallway, and the rooms are only divided by a wall. Though I was the first to live here among all of them, all the old neighbors are gone now, and the place is full of people who work in the casino who fail to realize that some other people do not have the same schedule as them (most are in the graveyard shift).

Anyway, the primary consideration I had was that it has to be halfway from work and school. I spend 2 to 3 hours a day just traveling. Since there are plans to allow home-based work, I guess I no longer have to consider going to the office anymore. I cannot live in a dorm or share a room with other people. My parents come from time to time, so I really need a place all to myself. And, oh, I need a separate room! So that I would not be bothered by Tayong Dalawa whenever they are watching and I am studying.

The price. I cannot afford too high a price. There are so many expenses in law school, and I do not work as much as I can before. I cannot just let all my salary go to rent. haha. This is NOT my requirement, but Mom won’t approve of a neighborhood with people roaming the streets even at night, with people drinking outside of their houses. Is it because I’d drink with them? Kidding!