nak cari yg affordable, within walking distance to CUH/UCC, and besar utk 2org...
memang susah sgt2. semua mahal2. mase tu student, mane boleh afford kalau mahal2 sgt. mane nak wat saving lagi, transportation, food,semua tu kene amek kira. memang susahla...
banyak umah kitorg view mase tu. dari one double room yg kecik, kepada bedsit yg lagi kecik, semuanya mahal2.tu x cite lagi bile mana kitorg janji nak jumpe landlord nak tgk umah, tunggu sejam dua kat tpt yg dijanjikan, alih2 that landlord without informing us (kitorg yg call slps tunggu berjam2 dlm gelap dan sejuk) bagitahu yg umah kitorg nak view dah taken. memang byk sengsara nya nak cari umah kalau student. kite nak yg murah, tp yg ade semua mahal2 aje. ngan perangai landlord lagi yg x responsible...memang ada sekali tu,siap menangis lagi sbb cari umah x jumpe.huhu...
semua website kitorg survey. dari daft.ie, ke Evening Echo (akhbar setempat Cork), hinggalah ke website UCC. we really made a huge effort to find 'our place' that we can call home.susah. (bape kali mention 'susah' daa...hehe...tp mmg susah)
until one afternoon, i checked UCC website psl accommodation, ade org baru je advertise apartment in Cork city for 680 Euros for 4 weeks. terus aku call org tu. selalunya yg make the calls ni hubby aku, tp that afternoon, aku beranikan diri. biar sama2 usaha. selama tu, aku selalu malu kalau nak cakap ngan Irish over the phone.i usually left it to hubby to make calls. tp aku lah tukang mengusha rumah2 tersebut dlm internet/paper...
so, aku call org tu. and janji sekian2 nak view rumah tu. and after that,bagitahu hubby yg aku dh set time etc nak view umah. hari tu jugak kami plan nak gi view umah tu sbb takut taken macam umah2 yg sebelum2 ni.
rupa2nya, we were the first couple who viewed the house.
mula2 masuk apartment tu, aku dh kagum.iyelah, sbg student, bape byk kali sgt la aku dtg tgk apartment. x mampu. so, landlord and landlady (mase tu kitorg berkenalan la...landlady tu name die kathleen o keefe, and sorang lagi tu anak die, namenye declan o keefe.) bwk kitorg gi view umah tersebut.rupa2nya dekat sgt ngan Outpatient Mercy Hospital.sebelum tu,aku x penah tahu kewujudan apartments belakang mercy until that day, baru aku perasan.
kami naik ke third floor. tercungap2 jugakla. but when we entered the apartment, we fell in love with the house in seconds. memang suke aa umah tu...tp dlm pkran, 680euros/4 weeks, mampukah kami? mase tu allowance scholarship pon only 600euros seorg. maksudnye, 340euros spend kat umah bagi seorg.mane nak byr mkn, electricity,transportation,saving nak balik m'sia etc???tp kami betul2 suke umah tu...
bile dh abeh view umah tu, kami pon discuss dgn landlady. kami bagitahula yg kami betul2 suka umah ni. tp kami x mampu nak byr 680euros/4 weeks. that is too much for us. boleh x diorg considerkan kurangkan harga rent tu?
dlm hati, mase tu, aku berharap sgt diorg kasik.mmg rase x mampu nak byr 680 euros/4 weeks.x mampu. aku dh menangis2 dpn hubby bagitahu yg aku nak jugak umah ni.bukan sandiwara, tp aku mmg dh pressure cari rumah mase tu. nak biar lepas segala beban cari umah ni by renting this apartment. tp, hubby pk panjang.iyelah, mahal utk kami berdua.aku bg cdgn utk rent bilik single tu utk student.tp mase tu aku x leh pk any student yg snggup masuk bilik kecik tu.
mase tu aku memang determined nak jugak umah ni. kitorg beriya discuss ngan landlady+landlord tu. last2 sekali, after long discussion with them, diorg sanggup kurangkan rent to 640 euros/month. summer time lak 400euros/month. serious, mase tu, kegembiraan aku mmg x dpt ditahan2 lagi.hepi betul.mmg menangis dpn diorg. landlady tu cakap, die suke kami sbb kami honest, x tipu ngan diorg. lagi plak, die tahu yg kami akan jaga umah diorg betul2, x de clubbing cam Irish malam2. mase tu aku lega+happy betul.
suke sgt dpt umah ni...though tingkat 3, tp worth all the sweat.hehe ;p. tp ms nak pindah, mak oii, penat..nak mengankut smp tingkat 3, memang penat aa semua yg menolong ms tu.thank u guys who helped us that time..we owed u big time.
anyway, we already lived here for almost 4 years now. landlady tu pon dh kenal kami.siap ajak minum tea kalau gi umah diorg. kathleen tu siap panggil 'Dr muhammad' lagi kat husband aku. mase new year, diorg bagi sweets ngan card.memang kamcing la.though kitorg hanya akan call diorg awal2 bulan je sbb nak bayar rent...
anyway,sbg penutup citer psl apartment The Moorings yg kitorg duduk skrg, aku nak tunjuk gambar Kathleen O keefe mase muda yg sempat di snap oleh hubby mase gi minum teh umah diorg last 2 months ms aku kat m'sia. here is her picture...and declan sekali...=)
declan o keefe
kathleen o keefe
updated:
lupa nak bagitahu,my landlady is almost 80 years old, but is still healthy.had 2 or more hip replacement surgery before, but amazingly, can climb up stairs to the third floor without much difficulty. *sigh*
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