(Umzekeliso kaPeter Oumanski) Ungathanda iqhekeza lesonka? UFeliks uthi, ngokungathi besihleli nje kwindawo yokutyela kwaye isimilo sifuna ukubuza oku ngaphambi kokuba azenzele ibhotile.
Kodwa mna noFeliks asiyikufaka ingqebengwana lesonka etafileni ezimbini. Sikwinqanaba elisezantsi leThala leeNcwadi i-Elmer Holmes Bobst kufutshane neWashington Square Park kwiveki yokuqala yekwindla. Kwezi nyanga zisixhenxe zidlulileyo, uFeliks ubize esi sakhiwo sizukileyo, esinemigangatho eli-12 esenziwe nguPhilip Johnson ekhaya, oko akuthethi ukuba ungumfundi ophumeleleyo onomdla ojolise kuphela kwizifundo zobufundisi, kodwa ukuba uneminyaka engama-30, onamandla Iimpawu kunye nokujongwa kweebhokhwe kukholwa kukuziphatha kakuhle, kuye kwaba njalo uyaphila Apha.
Ndigcina isonka sokutya, uFelix ucacisa, emva koko undikhokele eludongeni lweelokhari.
Ngexabiso elipheleleyo leedola ezingama-225 kwisemester nganye, uFeliks uqeshisa iityubbies ezisithoba, athe wazithiya amagama ngokwemixholo yazo: Iigunjana ezimbini (enye yeempahla zokunxiba, enye eyokungaqhelekanga), idesika (ilaptop, isidlali seDVD, iingxowa ezininzi zeZiploc ezizaliswe iipeni kunye neepensile, izitampu, kunye namaxwebhu abalulekileyo), isitulo sasebusuku (iibhanti, ibhotile yamanzi, amashwamshwam), mhlawumbi ishelufu yeencwadi ehlekisayo, kunye negumbi lokuhlambela (ibrashi yamazinyo, i-deodorant, njl.). Ukufikelela ngokulula kwizinto zakhe, ukhumbule zonke izinto ezidibeneyo.
Ngaba unayo ibhotolo yamandongomane? Okanye ubusi? Ndiyabuza.
Ukuncwina. Kufuneka ugcine izinto zilula, Mélanie.
Xa kufikwa kumba wokuphila kumhlaba wethala leencwadi, kubonakala ukuba kuninzi okunokufundwa. Ngethamsanqa, ndinomqeqeshi ovumayo kuFeliks, endithe ndadibana naye okokuqala kwindawo yokutya yaseSoho kwiiveki ezidlulileyo.
Emva kokundiva ndithetha-thethana namaxabiso anyusiweyo apho ukuvuselelwa kwam kuqeshiso kuya kubakho, kwaye ukundijonga nditshatile ngendlela ethe ngqo, ethandabuzekayo yengxoxo engaphumeleliyo eyenza ukuba, nangomnxeba, uFelix azazise. Kwimizuzu nje engephi, ngenxa yosizi, ityala okanye isiphithiphithi esine-caffeine, wavuma imeko yakhe yokuhlala eyahlukileyo. Emva koko, ekuphenduleni ukuhleka kwam, ndithembisa ukundijonga kuBobst njengendwendwe lakhe (abafundi banikwa iipasiti ezimbini zabandwendweli bangaphandle inyanga nganye xa beceliwe). Ukuqiqa ngelokuba ithala leencwadi eligcwele ziikhamera zokhuseleko yindawo yokugqibela apho umbulali angabambisa amaxhoba akhe, ndavuma, saza sahlengahlengisa into yokuqala yam yokulala kwiplato kwisithuba seminyaka elishumi. 
Enye yeerubbhi ezisithoba — le ayibiza ngokuba yi-closet — uFelix urenta ukugcina izinto zakhe. (Ifoto nguMélanie Berliet)
Kumsonto we-imeyile owawubizwa ngokuba yiBuyela kwiSikolo sozela iSikolo, ndafunda ngakumbi ngoFeliks, owayengunyana woogqirha abaphumelelayo, ongazange afaneleke ncam njengehlwempu. UFelikis alumnus weYunivesithi yaseLehigh kunye nesikolo esiphakamileyo sokufunda ngaphambi koko. Ngeakhawunti yakhe, i-NYU ihlawulwe, ukongeza kuyo yonke imfundo yakhe. Isigqibo sokuhlala eBobst, uFeliks uyangqina, phantsi kwezikhombisi ezibini ezingundoqo-ukuba ndizisa ubhaka ukuze ndingene ndize ndinxibe ijezi yokuzikhusela kwimeko-bume yomoya onzima- khange iboniswe ngenxa yemfuneko yemali ngokulula nangokucekisa Ixabiso eliphezulu lokuhlala naphi na kufutshane nekhampasi.
Njengomqeshi obukele iindleko zerhafu yakhe yaseThompson Street kufutshane neBobst inyuka ngama-41 epesenti phakathi kuka-2009 no-2011 (bendinento entle ekufuneka ndiyenzile, kodwa yiza!), Ndiyakuqonda ukukhathazeka kukaFeliks. Ukuhla phakathi kwe- $ 19,708 kunye ne- $ 25,354 yonyaka wokufunda, nditsho izindlu ezixhaswe yi-NYU zabafundi abaphumeleleyo zixabiso. Okwangoku, ukwamkelwa kwithala leencwadi kusimahla, njengokufikelela kwiziko lobugcisa beColes Sports and Recreation Centre iibhloko ezimbini kude (okt umgama ofanelekileyo wokuhamba ngokuhlamba). Kuyamangalisa, ukuba iKhowudi yokuziPhatha kweThala leencwadi, ethintela ukutshaya, ukulungisa izinto kunye nokutya ukutya okunencasa ngaphandle kwegumbi lokutyela, ayilungisi ukulala ixesha elide. Ngapha koko, emva kwi2004, xa abaphathi besikolo babamba into yokuba uSteve Stanzak wayehlala ngokusisigxina eBobst (kwaye ebhloga malunga namava) kuba wayengenakukwazi ukufikelela kwimfundo yakhe ngenye indlela, bamvuza ngegumbi lokulala elincomekayo.
Ngokuchitha ubusuku eBobst, bendizimisele ukufumanisa yonke into endinokuyenza malunga nendlela yokuphila kaFeliks kwincwadi yamabali. Ukuba ukuhlala kwethala leencwadi bekuyinto efanelekileyo, abafundi abaza kuba kwilizwe liphela banokuwela kwiindleko ezinkulu zokuphila kuluhlu lokuya esikolweni e-NYC. Ngapha koko, kufuneka kubekho ii-hoards zabantu abafuna ukuba ngabakhenkethi abakulungeleyo ukuyokungqubeka esofeni phakathi kwe-Red Bull-gulping twentysomethings ezixineneyo zeemviwo egameni lekhefu ngexabiso eliphantsi.
Ephefumlelwe ziziqwenga ezimbalwa zesonka esimhlophe esithambileyo, uFeliksi undimema kukhenketho olufanelekileyo. Sidlulisa iphupha lesela laseMac elebhu yekhompyuter, indawo yokuphumla yokufundela kunye nendawo yokutyela ephithizelayo ngaphambi kokunyuka kwizinyuko ukuya kwi-mezzanine.
Amanqanaba amabini asezantsi kaBobst ahlala evulekile, kodwa eminye imigangatho ye-10 ivaliwe ukusuka nge-1 ukuya kwi-7 kusasa, utshilo uFeliks, xa ndithe gqa phezu kwesingqengqelo esitofotofo esime kwikona yokubamba. Ngamanye amagama, eso sisikhululo sasemini se-catnap kuphela. Ukujonga emantla ukusuka kwindawo enkulu kaBobst, uFeliks uyathandabuza ngaphambi kokuba ongeze ukuba imigangatho yealuminium esemgangathweni egqume imigangatho ephezulu yenzelwe ukuba ibonakale njengempophoma yedijithali- kunye nokuthintela iinzame zokuzibulala emva kokuba abafundi abathathu begxalathelane ukuya ekufeni kwabo ngexesha lokungena. 
Ukupasa ukufikelela kwilayibrari yaseBobst, enye kwezimbini ikhutshwe ngenyanga kubafundi abatyelele ngaphandle. (Ifoto nguMélanie Berliet)
Ukongeza kwezinye iindawo zokulala ezabelwe izidanga ezahlukeneyo, uFeliks undibonisa iziko losasazo, eligcwele ingqokelela yeefilimu, kunye negumbi lokuhlambela kumgangatho wesibhozo oneesinki eziphantsi ezilungele ukuhlanjwa kweenwele. Ukwabonisa umntu ohleli naye kwisikipa esimthubi esimthubi, ngenxa yedyslexia, onokufikelela kwigumbi labakhubazekileyo, apho athe waxhuma kunye namantombazana.
Ndiyancuma, ndicinga ngeyona mpumelelo iphambili yekholeji: isini kwizitokhwe. Ke kwakhona, mangaphi amatyeli onokujonga ukuba awuluhlu?
Nzeni wena wenza ntoni ngamantombazana? Ndiyabuza.
Ndinomhlobo onegumbi elisecaleni elindivumelayo ukuba ndihlale xa ndishiya i $ 20 kwikhawuntara.
Kwaye awungekhe ungene ngokusisigxina kwelo nqanaba?
Nah. Apha ndingqongwe ngabantu, kodwa nam ndingumntu ongaziwayo. Ukunganyanzeleki-nokuba nomntu ohlala naye ongumhlobo-yinto edibeneyo.
KuFeliks, ubomi bethala leencwadi bukhuthaza ukugxila, okuthe kwaguqulela awona manqanaba aphezulu obomi bakhe (GPA: 3.925). Kwaye ukuhlamba kwindawo yokuzivocavoca kuye kwamkhuthaza ukuba asebenze ngakumbi.
Ngexesha leSuphu eCozy 'n' Burger iyasazisa malunga nentsimbi ye-10. ukuba i-odolo yethu yokuhambisa ingaphandle, ndiyithobile intwana yeBolst Kool-Aid. Yintoni ongayithandiyo ngobomi kwisakhiwo esihle, esime kakuhle esine-Wi-Fi yasimahla kunye nenkonzo yezindlu? Ukuba iindleko zamathuba okuhlala ngaphandle kwerhafu ushiya umatrasi, ukuhlamba ezitalatweni kunye nokufumana irandi kwicandelo leemfuno ezizodwa, makube njalo.
Akukho mfuneko yokuba nezitshixo, utsho uFeliks, engena ngoncumo anelisekile ngefry yaseFrance eyomileyo.
Kodwa njengokuba ixesha lokulala lisondela, ubunyani bokuzongana kwisitulo esine-square-ish buya kungena. Ngo-5'10, ndimalunga nokuphakama kukaFeliks, ngenxa yoko indawo akufuneki ibe ngumcimbi, kodwa andinguye umntu olala nzima uyazichaza. Ndikhathazekile ngezibane, ezingacimiyo kude kube phakathi kobusuku kwindawo esecaleni uFeliks ukhetha ukuza ebusuku.
Kuphela kuxa sikhusele iindawo zethu zokuhlala eziphezulu apho kuye kuthi qatha kum ukuba kukho inani elilinganiselweyo lefanitshala kwaye akukho mgaqo wamkelekileyo ngokubanzi wokuyigcina. Nangona uFeliks ebanga ukuba zange ancitshiswe ukuba ayigalele phantsi, ukungabinamdla kwakhe malunga nokuba kunokwenzeka kuphakamisa inqanaba eliphambili ekulungelelaniseni imeko.
Emva kokundithambisa nge-lanyard esemthethweni ye-NYU ukuze ndinxibe ipasi yam entanyeni yam, apho iyakubonakala khona koonogada abadlulayo ubusuku bonke, uFeliksi ubeka ii-headphone. Imizuzu elishumi kwiWoody Allen movie uyathanda ukulala kuye, uyabanda.
Ukutshintsha ukusuka kwenye indawo ukuya kwelandelayo ngaphakathi kwesihlalo sam sokulala, andibonakali ngathi ndiphumelela nantoni na ekufuphi noxolo. Ndithatha uhambo olufutshane phakathi kwabafundi ebusuku ngaphambi kokuphinda ndiqale umngeni wokuziva ndisekhaya kwindawo engaqhelekanga enabantu abangaziwayo.
Xa unogada endiphulula egxalabeni emva kweyure okanye emva koko, ndiye ndikhululeke, nditsho nokudibana nokungcungcutheka kwakhe.
Ungu hayi avunyelwe ukuba lapha, uyalela.
Ndiyathemba, Ngokwenene?
Ndinombulelo wokufunda ukuba abantu bangaphandle abavunyelwe ukuhlala ixesha elidlulileyo ngentsimbi yokuqala, nangona iindaba zilitshitshisa iphupha lam lokukhokelela kurhwebo olumnyama lwabathengi bakaBobst. Ngelixa ndiphumayo ndisiya ecaleni komkhaphi wam kwindawo enesiqingatha sokulala, ndibala abanye abafundi abahlanu belele. Ndiyayithanda indlela elula kwezoqoqosho yokuthuthuzelwa kwe-hoodie. Mhlawumbi, njengayo nayiphi na into, ukuphila nge-biblio kuthatha nje ukuqheleka-nokuba kungenzeka ukuba ukulungele ukuxhaphaza inkqubo, njengoFeliks, okanye awunandlela yimbi.
Xa uFeliksi evuka malunga ne-6: 45 kusasa, ubiza ukuphendula isicatshulwa sam esichazayo kunye neengxelo zokuvuka phakathi kweqela labanye abafundi abali-10 (uninzi lwabo luhlala ubusuku bonke) besalele kamnandi. Sele esendleleni eya ejimini ukuhlamba nokwenza umthambo ngaphambi kokuya eklasini ngentsimbi ye-9.
Ngaba uBobst uyaphila?
Ukutsalela umnxeba kwithala leencwadi kunyanzelise uFeliks ukuba afunde kwaye enze imithambo ngakumbi kunangaphambili, ngelixa esindisa amashumi amawaka eedola. Kodwa kwanaxa sijonga inkuthazo yezemali, kufuneka inkosi yokuphucula ukuze ikhule kakuhle kwimeko enjalo. Kubo bonke abo bafuna izindlu ezifikelelekayo kule dolophu-ngaphandle kwasebusuku, abanokucinga ukuba ngabahlobo babafundi be-NYU ukuze nje babaphucule iindwendwe-kungangabubulumko ukuyifunxa kwaye ubakhuphele indawo yokuhlala abantu abathandayo, mhlawumbi ikhabhathi Ukugcinwa kweManhattan Mini.
