It isn't fair for me to be charged a "penalty" by my college because I have fallen into worse poverty and cannot even afford a daily allowance for college or for petrol. I needed them to extend my semester, but they insisted on a penalty of RM400. I believe I must pay this when I re-enter college in July. However, I have decided not to pay it immediately, but rather to have a conversation with the staff first to discuss the matters behind the penalties that justify them being charged to me, and why I am being penalized due to my hardship (poverty) and need for a hiatus. #StudentDebt #PovertyIsNotACrime #EducationForAll #KrisisKewanganPelajar #MahasiswaMalaysia #KenaikanYuran #AcademicExploitation #FightTheFee #EducationApartheid #WaiveTheFee #StopStudentPenalties #SolidarityNotFines #CostOfLivingCrisis #YouthInDebt #BrokenEducationSystem #MalaysiaBoleh #ReformasiPendidikan #Malaysia #MSU #MSUCollege #Education #Vent #Hardships

At an age of 19 this guy had moved out from his parents' place for the first time and ignored all rules, showed zero consideration for other people living in the apartment block, threw garbage out of the window and ended up provoking a police raid on my apartment on December 14th. A door got smashed in order to get hold of that little piece of shit.
And yes: went through a bastard of surgery on December 10th and still suffer from it. Festive season? Not for me, folks.
#life #hardships 2/2

Speaking of the #festiveseason: I could easily have done without the last 4 weeks.
As I've already reported I crashed hard with my road bike when doing groceries on November 26th.
On December 1st, my mother died after a three-month stay in a care center she hated profoundly.
On November 30th, a guy who would turn out to be an utterly reckless idiot moved into my apartment. Ten days later, I had no choice but to terminate the subletting contract without notice. #life #hardships 1/2