The Effects of Having Five Roommates

張貼日期：Jan 30, 2016 12:50:35 PM

Dorcas Ding

Now I live in the dormitory of school, and I have five roommates. They have different personality traits. After three months, I become more familiar with them than the first time we met. In this period of time, I have gotten three good effects: leaving my comfort zone, taking care of each other, and sharing something good with each other.

When I knew I would have five roommates, I realized it was the time when I left my comfort zone. I am not good at getting along with unfamiliar people because I am an introverted person and like to stay in the comfort zone. Thus, I tried to chat with one of my sophomore roommates when I just got in the room with my luggage. She didn’t respond to me too much, and was a little bit quiet. This thing made me feel embarrassed. After this experience, I started to think how I could do better. I found I needed to find the same things that we are all interested in and try to chat with them, so we can continue our conversation easily. However, it took me huge courage to talk with them. Day by day, I got acceptance from my five roommates, and we became friends.

Living with my five roommates, I realized that taking care of each other is important when we live out of home. This was my first experience of living with five people in one room. Since I was at the age of nine, I have owned a room to myself. Thus, I have never shared a room with others. I have two roommates, Lian-yu and Wei-wei, who take care of me a lot. When I got sick, they would remind me to drink more hot water and keep warm. I remember one day when I was very tired and didn’t know what to eat for dinner, I told one of my roommates about that, and then later she said she could help me to buy a chafing dish. This action made me feel warm. After this heart-warming experience, I am willing to help them as possible as I can.

I became fond of sharing some good things with them. My roommates love to share many things when we get together. The thing they love to share the most is food. Two of them work in the restaurant. Sometimes, they will bring many yummy foods back at night. And when I have some delicious food, I will share with them too. Besides, we also love to share funny things that we heard or experienced.

Before becoming their roommate, I didn’t know how to leave my comfort zone, take care of others, and share something good with people. However, I really appreciate living with them because they let me grow and become open-minded. Moreover, I also learn many things from them, and they make me become better.