Our school is a new school and we have a dormitory system which is divided into boys dormitory and girls dormitory. The dormitories are located infront of the soccer field and next to the soft science classes.
Most of us, whose home is far from school have to live in the dorm, but starting January 2010 it is a must for all of the student to stay in the dormitory. Since some of us stay far from the school, we could occupy the dorm unofficially last August. I join into the dorm the beginning of September when it started in Holy Month, Ramadhan, my Mom suggested me to be in the dorm.
In ordinary school, students head to go home, but we went to the dormitory instead. In the girl dormitory, we have a dormitory mother or Residence Assistance, her name is Ibu Echi but we call her Bunda. Bunda is one of the special people in my life and she is like our second mother. She is very special because she care and treat us like her own children. Once when I was ill, she took care of me like a nurse and reminded me of drinking my medicine to get well. Everyday she wakes us up and remind us to pray at the mosque. She greets us everyday whenever we are leaving to school or heading to the dormitory. She makes sure that we eat our food properly, including to eat vegetables. She also checks on us before going to bed, makes sure that we have done our homework and sleep instead of staying up late. She also reminds us to drink our medicine or vitamins to keep us healthy. She makes us do the rule of living in the dorm without feeling it hard to us to apply the rules.
In the dorm, each room are filled with two persons. My roommate is Aishanura from class of X-3, we call her Icha. We both stay in room 217 in second floor. Before we were in room 217, we got room 218. As the bathroom was leaking, we had to move to room 217. In each room there are two bunk beds with matress together with pillow and bolster and two big cupboards. All the rooms have aircon, its remote and the fixed curtain. The rest such as bed sheet, bed cover, study desk, bucket, shoe rack, hanger, broom and brush, we should bring them by ourself. We could make and decorate our rooms as comfort as we could.
I remember the first time I asked Icha to be my roommate. We get along very well, we always share story and sometimes do our homework together. Eventhough she is younger than me, I think she is more mature than me. Icha has the same personality like me. The way she laugh and tell jokes makes Dhata, Indira and me fall to the ground trying not to cry. Dhata (X-3) and Indira (X-3), stayed next door in room 216. We always visited each other and discussed about our homework to the hottest story in MHT.
After we rested for a little while from all the hard work of studying, we took a shower and headed to the mosque and pray. Most of us brought books to wait for Isya prayer time and some went back to the dormitory. After Isya, we have dinner and went back to study. Most of us stay up late to study for the next test or just doing our assignment. Some of us study in a group and some prefer study alone. When we were tired of studying we could discuss about our day or the other topic that interesting for us.
The dormitory is like a second home to me and the rest of the students. We are like siblings and everyone knows each others personality. You can’t hide your feeling in here, the other kids will always figure it out. Sometimes we sat in a group and share what we feel and have a little feast and Bunda would come and knock on our door joining too. It kills me loosing them all, just like last holiday, EId Fitr. I have kept on thinking about my friends. We are just like a big happy family who bind strong in togetherness to achieve our dreams, to fill our time as a teenager in a good way living in the dorm.
When you get used to the fact that your friends surrounded you, you would not feel lonely. All of a sudden you will miss your family instead of them. That’s why we have to keep balance in life.
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