When you don't plan your travel properly.

That's me. I planned to have just enough to go by for the rest of July, travelling around and so on. Thankfully I'm putting up with friends in Milan, Cardiff and Ghent. Still looking for a couch in London for 2 nights though, any takers?

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So what's the problem? Problem was I was determined not to go home with negative (meaning borrowing money form my mum) and well I've planned to a point where the worst case scenario, I would come home with 0 in my bank and owe about 500 ringgit to credit card company. I know, it sucks to be 25 and yet be facing financial shits like that.

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What's the problem? I'm brought up never to owe credit card company money. We always pay on time. ALWAYS.

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What happened? The gas bill came yesterday and just realised I've to pay about 80 Euro. Didn't I see it coming? No. Italians always say to take like calmly.. tranquilla... When I ask bout the bills they are like 'neah its just electricity, the water bill never comes'. No mention of gas.

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What's next? I have to pay 30 Euro for my diploma. What's worse? The diploma will only be ready end of July. Wait a minute, we are all foreigners, does it make sense that we'll stay another month once done with our course? 'Oh, you can go to the bank and pay 4 Euros so we'll send it to you or you can arrange for a friend to pick it up for you'.

YEA LIKE I ONLY STAY 4 F*CKING HOURS AWAY.

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The other problem I have with them is first you queue for 30 minutes and they tell you, 'you need to pay 15 Euros at the bank'. Then you queue at the bank, then you go back to the uni office and queue for another 30 mins and they tell you 'you need the tax stamp', then you come back and queue another 30 minutes, n they go 'oh why dont you go pay 4 Euro at the bank so we can send the diploma to you?'. And queue another hour? The other problem is that the uni office and the banks only open in the morning with a long afternoon pause and about for 1.5 - 2 hours in late afternoon.

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Bumped into my professor today while queuing at the bank and he said 'students are always paying. always. if it's not this, it's that.'

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What's MY problem? I'm 100 Euro less. What's the big deal? 100 Euro equals to at least surviving for 3-4 days while travelling. What does this mean? This means sleeping on the streets of Rome.

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What's really going to piss me off when I get home? People who I call friends who goes :

• this is all you bought for me?
• what? why didn't you go to Nice in France, you were so close, wasted lah you, what you didn't go to Greece? Wasted lah, you don't know how to travel properly.
• Thinking in their heart 'this is all she bought for me?'
• What? you didn't dine out even once in Belgium, wasted lah you don't know how to experience the local culture.
• Why didn't you buy me something for every country?
• How come you spend so much for hostel? the last time I went I didn't spend that much, you don't know how to find properly is it?
• You go so long this is all you bought for me ah?
• You didn't try the Florentine steak? But it's an important Italian experience.
• What you didn't have enough money? Just spend lah, come home and worry later (yea say this again if you're going to foot my bill for me, otherwise, what am I going to do coming home with $0 in bank, jobless, owing credit card company money? sell my butt at Bukit Bintang?)

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There you go, just failed trying to be independent at 25. Probably will borrow money from mum to complete my travel. Worse if I do step out of the house when I'm home in Klang, that means my parents are supporting me monetarily.

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Yes I am in a nasty mood. Hate me all you want. ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH