chapter 10

                                1She got the address and she went to meet the Principal of the college. She was asked to wait outside of the office. Zaini sat down on the chairs kept outside of the office. She looked around and found all faces whoever was standing by or sitting or passing by from there, was staring at her.Suddenly she realized she was an outsider to them. Some boys made up a group and started talking about something in the Korean language which she could not understand but the laughs made her feel uncomfortable. Even the girls were staring at her like she was an alien. She started looking at her cell phone. She could not call anyone as the network was not working. She still kept on scrolling her Gallary.She was called inside the office. Zaini got up and exhaled in relief. She went inside."Hello... Sir", said Zaini to the Principal."Hello, Miss Zaini! How are you doing? How was your journey?" asked him."I am doing well and Journey was great. Thanks for asking", said Zaini smiling.The Principal started talking about his college experience and patient-handling knowledge. Zaini being a bright student answered everything well and her nervousness also went away slowly."Good... You have sound knowledge of your field. I appreciate that... I hope you will learn more and better things here", said The Principal."Thank You, Sir!"Zaini submitted the documents that she was asked to bring along with her. A manager was called by the Principal and Zaini was sent with her.Zaini and The Manager came into the administration department. All formalities were completed.Zaini and The Manager moved out to go to the hostel."Zaini.. You have been allotted a room in the Doctor's wing not in the hostel", said the Manager."But why??" asked Zaini in surprise."I thought you would be happy as you would have more freedom and other students would not be able to tease or harass you", said The Manager."Yes... It is a good thing though but I was thinking of having at least one roommate", said Zaini."You will be having flatmates. Both of them are doctors here", said The Manager."Okay... Then what about food? I mean do I need to prepare my food myself?""Miss Zaini... You mentioned that you are a vegetarian... Right?""Yes... We were not sure how you would be managing in a mess... So we are not charging for food. You can manage your food yourself", said The Manager.Zaini didn't answer it, so The Manager again said, "You will be having a Kitchen in the flat and also some vessels. I can provide 2-3 Telephone numbers of the restaurants that offer vegetarian food around here. You can ask for home delivery or you can buy veggies or order them and prepare meals on your own.""Well... Thanks. I was not prepared for it as I was not informed earlier. That's it. I will see. How can I manage!!" said Zaini thinking it was an additional task for her as she had never cooked earlier in her lifetime."One more thing... From where can I buy a new SIM card?" asked Zaini."There is a store inside campus only. You just go there and show this document", said The Manager showing the paper that she got from the Administration department."Okay. So I need to report to the hospital tomorrow at 8 am?" asked Zaini."Yes... Report to Cardio Department Reception", said The Manager.They reached the flat. The Manager showed her the way to the hospital, going out of the wing and the whole building. She also showed her the ways to other shops and cafes in the building."Okay, Miss Zaini.. Best of Luck..! I hope you have a comfortable stay and Good Learning here", said The Manager."Thank you so much..!""My number is written on this document. If you need any help, do call me", said The Manager."Yes. Sure. Thanks!!" said Zaini.                                2The Manager went out and now Zaini was all alone in the room and also in the flat. She roamed around and then went to freshen up."Ahhh... I am hungry. I should go up to campus and explore cafe and other shops today only", said Zaini to herself.She went outside. It took her time to reach the campus as she had lost before. She had to ask multiple people especially those who could understand English as most of the security guards could understand only the Korean language.Finally, she reached the campus and found the mini-mart kind of shop. The very first thing Zaini bought was a new SIM card. She did as the manager told her to do and she got a new SIM card immediately. She called her home and told them that she had reached her University and she had gotten a room also. She promised to Video Call them after a while as she had to buy a few more things from the Mart. Then she called Prague. "Hello... I was eagerly waiting for your call. How was the journey? How is the University and Hospital? Have you been allotted any room?" asked Prague in one breath."I will tell you everything. But first of all, take a deep breath..!" said Zaini.Prague laughed and took a deep breath."Okay.. now tell me everything", said Prague."The journey was awesome... you won't believe whom I met on the flight..!" said Zaini in excitement."Don't tell me you met your dead hot crush Kim Jae on the plane before even reaching South Korea!!!" said Prague in sarcasm."Nooo... I am not that lucky. But he was the scriptwriter of Kim Jae's dramas and he has promised me that he will help me in meeting Kim Jae once", said Zaini almost dying in happiness."Awww... And you really think you are gonna meet that writer again?" asked Prague in a baby voice."Of course.. he has given me his contact number. I will call him", said Zaini almost jumping. But Prague did not like how Zaini behaved on the plane with some stranger.Â