Hello! I've back in UM and started my 2nd year of medical school. From everything I've heard from my buddies/seniors, 2nd year is supposed to be the honeymoon year of medical school. However, my schedule is packed like hell and I don't feel honeymoon-ish at all. Lectures from 8am to 5pm everyday? Gosh, that just sucks. :( 

I've moved to the 6th Residential College as it is super near to my faculty (less than 5 minutes walk). I used to stay at the 1st Residential College which is like 15-20 minutes walk to my faculty and you have to walk up a hill which causes me to perspire (according to Desmond, ladies do not sweat but perspire LOL) like a pig (i'm not sure if pigs perspire) but anyway, who wants to attend lectures feeling hot, wet and sweaty?? (ok that sounded a little wrong :P) 

Anyway, the first day I checked into my new hostel, I was feeling rather happy as my room is on the ground floor and it is just opposite the toilet. In my previous hostel, I stayed at the opposite far end of the toilet and had to walk a long stretch of corridor in order to reach the toilet (which is uber scary at night and students tend to leave their slippers/shoes messily and I somehow clumsily enjoy tripping over them ._.) 

Honestly, I was really satisfied with my room. The location was just perfect. 

Until it happened.

Yes. 

A terrible incident indeed.

Ambushed by an unseen enemy.

My roommates and I were studying on that fateful night. The sky was a velvet black and illuminated with stars sending an ethereal light through my window (ok, i am just randomly crapping HAHAHA). Okay, so we were studying and suddenly...

Wan Ting : *in a very serious tone* Julia... don't move your foot.

Me : *confused* WHAT? WHY? GOT WHAT?

Wan Ting : *speaking very slowly* There... Is.... A... Cock...Roa

Me : WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA *jumps on bed*

Hui Yan : WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA *jumps on bed*

Me : OH SHIT OH SHIT OH SHIT GET IT OUT OF THE ROOM

Yep, we were attacked by the most fearsome creature living on this planet, the frightful cockroach.

So we were all standing on chairs/beds wondering what to do as all three of us have this huge phobia towards cockroaches. Hui Yan decided to call for reinforcement and Elaine came to the rescue. Elaine then took the broom and tried to sweep the cockroach out of the room and an unexpected thing happen,

THE COCKROACH FREAKING SPREADED ITS WINGS AND TRIED TO FLY 

And Elaine screamed. (Correction, everybody screamed)

Apparently, she is afraid of FLYING roaches. (Correction, we are all afraid of flying roaches).

And we did the next sensible thing.

Which is to call for more backup (HAHAHAHA this is a serious war okay).

JiatEarn came over and like a boss, she picked up the broom, walloped the cockroach and swept it out of the room in about... 10 minutes!!! And so, our terrible ordeal was over... or so we thought.

This morning, I went to brush my teeth peacefully in the toilet when I heard a piercing scream. I ran out of the toilet and realised the scream came from my room. So I dashed inside my room and I saw Hui Yan and Wan Ting standing on their beds.

Before they could shout COCKROACH, my body moved by itself and jumped on the bed for safety (fast reflex action HAHAHA). 

This time, our enemy is smarter. It kept hiding under Wan Ting's bed and no matter how hard we try to sweep it out, it kept running and hiding. As we were going to be late for class if we don't leave the room, we had no choice but to leave the cockroach in peace.

-After class-

No cockroach was seen.

-Dinner time-

Still no sign of the cockroach

So we thought maybe the cockroach went out of the room and back to the toilet and into the sewers.

But we were so wrong. We were so so wrong.

-11.30pm-

Me : Aiya I go wash clothes if not Monday I have nothing to wear. *Gets up from seat and walk towards door*

Wan Ting : JULIA GOT COCKROACH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Me : WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA *jumps on bed*

Wan Ting : You almost stepped on it omgomgomgomg

SO SO SO SO SCARY

And the war rages on. After tons of screaming session, broom walloping, cupboard shaking, luggages moving, bed hopping, massive giggling, Wan Ting accidently killed the cockroach.

So cheers and we won the war :)