The Rental

How much electricity, do a PC and an LCD monitor take up?

So my landlady, whom I've been living with for the past 8 months, walked up to me and asked me that question. Besides, she complained about how expensive the electricity was last month, it was RM90+. Of course, then the bottom line popped up, she asked me for an extra RM20/30.

Wow, that's pretty heavy for me as I am very selfish and I totally mind saving up RM20/30 every month for another person whom I am not related with. So I asked if I shall give her an extra of RM20? She responded, the same old line, "RM20/30". Funny how people always like to "humble" their request when they're taking advantage of you, if you know what I mean, ie, hypothetically, I would say, I'd sleep with you for 100/200 bucks, but we both know how much I am going to charge you; if we go out for dinner together, I say I shall cover 50/60 bucks of it, I basically mean only 50.

Of course, I know she won't allow me to pay her an extra RM20 since she kept interrupting me with the "RM20/30" line. So I asked her to give me an exact amount of how much I shall be paying her. "RM30", she said. Duh!!

So of course, a person as selfish, self-centered and realistic like me will NEVER allow people to bully me. I insisted the housemate to pay part of it too since I think it is unfair I am paying for most of the electric bill. And of course, a person as realistic, egoistic, emotionless like my landlady will NEVER allow me to not pay the amount she wanted.

We argued a little, then the bottom line is, I am home more often than the housemate, I have a PC, wireless, lots of lamps in my room, I use the microwave, washing machine etc etc. Wow, I am speechless.. I must be a pain to live with!

At last, a person as sweet, gentle and understanding like me just CANNOT win someone this realistic, I gave in, really no point arguing while looking at the "you-can-try-but-I've-made-my-decision" look she had for me. I respected her point, but I think it's quite unfair, but what can I do.. Life is about learning to swallow the unfairness, as I always do that, and of course, something else ;)

I don't mean to go all Malaysian and Hokkien in my writing, but.. she completely put me off my hay piah mood!!