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Personal Narrative-Kibum's Life

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Kibum’s POV The alarm clock began blaring loudly which signals the start of a brand new day. I groaned lazily and walked towards the bathroom and start stripping off my clothes and settling myself down for a warm shower. I particularly enjoy bathing as I get to organise my thoughts and start dreaming of the life I want. It’s not that much actually, I dreamed of being able to get my own apartment, eat three meals a day and getting a trendier phone. However, I myself know that I have to work extra hard to lead such a life. I am poor. Currently renting a one room flat which I have not paid for the past three months and I’m still glad that my landlord has not chased me out of his flat. I’m currently using a cellphone which was trendy five years …show more content…

Me taking a fifteen minute walk along the busy streets and admiring the aunties and uncles out there who lead somewhat simple lives. It always make me wonder why am I still studying at the age of twenty where normal people are already working by then. They all look so satisfied and seem to earn a decent pay which is definitely enough for their daily needs. And here I am, still studying my butts off for my year-end examinations which is set to begin nine months later. After having all of these thoughts crossing my mind, I’ve unnoticeably arrived to my school - MISUE University. I’m currently in my final year pursuing accounting and I’m just as bored as everyone else. Doing mathematical calculations on taxes every single day, with a huge load of individual reports that we have to submit weekly. However, accounting is one of my strengths. And that’s why I’m always in the top 1% of the whole cohort since last year. Many students envy my grades but the funny thing is, I envy their wealth. Probably because I’m the poorest student in this whole …show more content…

“All of your questions, will be answered tomorrow. You can try asking Kim Jonghyun in person yourself.” What’s with that reply? Ask him ourselves? There must be something going through the Principal’s head. She probably doesn’t know why Kim Jonghyun is transferring here I guess. I smirked at the Principal 's reply. With that, the officials leave the classroom and the class starts to feel somewhat anxious and excited about this rich guy. After six long hours of lecture, the class has ended and before I knew it, news spread like wildfire. Within hours, the whole school knew about this. Everyone in the whole school were constantly messaging on the school’s group chat and I admit, I receive a huge load of people protesting and supporting this guy. Some say that it is ridiculous for such a rich individual to attend our school, while others can’t wait to meet him in person. I walked to my workplace restlessly to start my usual part-time job. I’m working as a cashier for a nearby supermarket. I honestly don’t get paid much but it is a simple job. There are not many customers as well which I’m very grateful for that. Also, during break periods, I took out my cellphone and starts to research more about this guy. My very first search leads to a Wikipedia article and I waste no time clicking the

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