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10/20/2022 Firstly, we can be a good roommate by taking care of each

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other. This is because some people find that being away
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from home is hard so more or less having a caring roommate
can help reducing homesickness. If our roommate looks sad,
we can try to talk with them by asking what happened
instead of just ignoring it. Communication with our
roommate is important in order for us to get to know each
other better thus by daily asking how was their day can
shows our caringness towards them. Next, a caring
roommate will always remind each other on important days
like final submission date for assignment and on our
presentation day. Apart from that, we can help to bring our
roommate to the clinic if they are not feeling well and also
help them to buy foods if they are busy during the day.
10/20/2022 Firstly, the way to become a good roommate is to respect
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each other privacy. As we know each people have their own
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privacy and its rude for anyone to carelessly intrude it. There
are many form of privacy, some involving a shameful past or
a secret diary. So, it’s up to us to making sure we not hurt
our roommate’s feeling. In order to take care our
roommate’s privacy, is by making sure we not overstepping
each other boundaries and giving some space for some
private time. By doing this we are one step nearer to become
a good roommates.
10/21/2022 Firstly, the way to be a good roommate is to respect the
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boundaries. Such as respecting their privacy space while they
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are having quality time. For this reason, our roommate will
feel comfortable and safe with us because they can spend
their own quality time . This can be seen by asking
permission to use each other's things to avoid losing or
stealing from them. Setting boundaries will help you be more
flexible and understanding in general.
10/21/2022 Furthermore, each and every roommate needs to have
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excellent common sense in order to be a good roommate.
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This can be demonstrated by maintaining good hygiene in
your room at all times. For instance, you and your roommate
could agree on a schedule for trash pickup every five days. As
a result, you are able to maintain a cosy environment in your
home or room. For this reason, having great common sense
is one of the elements to becoming a good roommate.
10/21/2022 Firstly, the way to be a good roommate is by being respectful
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with each other’s boundaries because everyone has its own
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rules whenever we're with someone we don't know. For
instance, we cannot unlock someone's phone without their
permissions because maybe they're hiding something in their
phone and it is really important for them to keep it safely.
Thus, always ask permissions before we want to use their
belongings so that they can be alert with our early inform
and be prepared with any secrets they're keeping away from
us.
10/21/2022 The final ways to be a good roommate is having a good
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senses of hygiene. Maintaning a good hygiene is having a
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principe of maintaning cleanliness and grooming of external
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body. For example, showering everyday and wear a

deodorant to avoid smelly body odor. If you have smelly
body odor, it will make your roommate feel uncomfortable
when staying in the same room as you. Hence, it is true that
a good roommate need to have a good senses of hygiene.
10/21/2022 Firstly, one way to be a good roommate is to take care of
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your own hygiene or in other word, cleanliness. Having a
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great hygiene can result in having a healthy body and good
environment. Your hygiene can also give a great impact to
others, especially your roommate since you basically share a
restricted space with each other. If you do not keep your
hygiene in place, it might make your roommate feel
uncomfortable. For instance, when you have finished eating,
please clean up after yourself and wash the dishes because if
left unwashed for a while, it would leave a smell and also
attract bugs. Therefore, keeping your hygiene clean can
make you a better roommate.
10/21/2022 On top of that, to show that you are a good roommate, it is
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crucial to be friendly with one another. This is because you
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will see your roommate every day, so you need to at least
communicate and have a great understanding of each other.
Being friendly will make living in that tiny space we call a
room less boring. Other than that, you can lose the feeling of
being homesick if you get to know your roommate and treat
him or her as your family. Next, it is also a good idea to be
friendly because it can clearly reduce stress. For example,
consider the stress you experience while working or
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studying. Therefore, it is shown that being sociable with your

roommate will make your life happier and it is a good trait
that everyone should have.
10/21/2022 Counsellors commonly preferred three ways to be a good
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roommate, which are keeping a good hygiene, spending free
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time together and giving a good influence to them.Firstly,
the way to be a good roommate is by keeping a good
hygiene. Hygiene is the most important aspect in our life no
matter where and when. This is because bad hygiene can
cost us a lot of things and the worst is it can cost us pur lives.
Good hygiene is also important to stave of any bad feeling
such as uncomfortable feeling among our roommates. These
undesirable feeling can also turns our happy moments with
our roommates into a bad moments. In addition, keeping a
good hygiene can prevent our roommates and ourselves
from typical diseases that will commonly queuing towards
unhygienic person. For example, malaria, diarrhea, and a lot
more. All of this disease will definitely will bother our
roommates' daily schedule. Therefore, keeping a good
hygiene is very important to be a good roommate.
10/21/2022 Finally, the third method on being a good roommate is being
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respectful in every situation. As we know, respect has many
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different explanation, it could be defined as respecting the
person, the time, the space and self respect. In addition, this
topic is a very sensitive issue as it includes the surrounding
and the roommate. If we want to be respected by the
roommate, then we have to be the first one that apply this
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method in ourselves. Do you know that, nowadays people

tend to use the term ' Give and take ' and it is respectful to
give them some space and time. It makes them comfortable
to be around us, as we know our boundaries towards them.
The boundaries is the respective. As instance, the roommate
ask our permission to switch off the light as it is pass the
bedtime, because the roommate knows you always being '
the owl ' which means you are on your study period. Then,
you should respect them by switching the light off, and use
your table lamp instead. So, it does called respect.
10/21/2022 There are many ways to be a good roommate during
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university life. Firstly, we should have tolerance with our
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roommates. For example,turn the light off after midnight to
not disturb the other roommate that wants to sleep early for
tomorrow's classes. Instead of using room light, having our
own study lamp is more suitable for studying late at night.
We must have great common sense for others' privacy too.
Other than that, we should always ask permission before
using a roommate's belongings. This is to make sure that we
have respect and responsibility for each other's belongings .
10/21/2022 Firstly, a way to be a good roommate is by being respectful
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towards others. Respect means being able to accept
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someone for who they really are, whether it is good or
terrible, because showing respect helps develop a
relationship's sense of trust. Being sincere, having good
manners, and being able to apologize after making a mistake
are just a few examples of how to be respectful towards
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others. This proved how showing respect may make

someone a good roommate.
10/21/2022 Firstly, one of the ways to be a good roommate is we
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should be able to take care of our roommate. This is because
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our roommate is our responsibility since we live together. As
a good roommate, taking care of them especially when they
are sick is a good gesture of a human being. For example, we
can give medicine that does not need prescription from the
doctor such as panadol when they have small fever and
headache. Also, if they have a severe injuries, we can take
them to the doctor for further treatment. This shows, that a
good roommate is someone who is able to look out for each
other especially during their hard time.
10/21/2022 Firstly, a way to be a good roommate is by respecting each
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other. Respect each other space because everyone need for
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some personal space. Therefore, we need to avoid intruding
on the other person. Also don't be selfish like if we see our
roommate is doing their work or sleeping, make sure we
don't make noise that can disturb them. For example, if we
up late watching a movie or listening to music, we need to
wearing some headphones so our roommate can sleep
peacefully. Be respect with each other can help us to be a
good roommate.
10/21/2022 Firstly, one of the ways to be a good roommates is being
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responsible. We should know and do our job as we have to
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do to avoid any issues or problems among the roommates.
Many aspects that we must take responsible when we live
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together especially cleanliness. When living with other

people, cleanliness is the most important thing that we need
to take care of for example sweeping the floor. This can
make the environment among the roommates stay good as
always.
10/21/2022 The first way on how to be a good roommate is to maintain a
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clean and tidy environment. This can be done by always
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remembering to clean up after ourselves. We have to make
sure to clean up the mess we have made. Other than that,
we can also organize our belongings neatly. For example, by
arranging our books on shelves. We can also arrange our
schedules with our roommates to make time to clean up the
room occasionally, such as sweeping the floor or taking out
the trash.
10/21/2022 Firstly, one of the ways to be a good roommate is being
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respectful with other schedules and their privacy. There are
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many ways to show respect as a good roommate such as
knowing about their sleeping time. This is one of the most
important things because they might be annoyed if we did
not understand them. One of the best ways to avoid this
things is we can buy our own study lamp so if we need to
stay up in the middle of the night to make some assignments
or revisions, we did not bother their sleeping time and they
can sleep peacefully. In addition, As a good roommate, we
need to respect others privacy too. As an example, we
cannot use their belongings without their permission and
this things might hurt their feelings.The conclusion is we
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need to care our roommate's feelings so we can live in our

room happily.
10/21/2022 The first way to be a good roommate is discuss with other
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roommate whenever have any disagreement. As soon as you
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notice an argument, let your roommate know that it’s the
time to have a talk. Get into the discussion with your point
and do not accuse anyone and trying to solve the problems
as soon as possible. Never try to deal with the situation with
the silent treatment, passive-aggressive behavior, or yelling
because most of these ways never work to solve the
problems. This is one of the best way to communicate openly
about what they need to feel comfortable.
10/21/2022 First of all, one of the way to be a good roommate is to have
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a good all-around hygiene. People that can take care of
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themselves are usually the easiest ones to get along with.
Those with bad hygiene routine, tend to be disliked by most
due to their odour and unkempt look, and this include
people that live together, which is in this case, roommate.
So, maintaining a good hygiene is important to ensure a nice
get along with their roommate.
10/21/2022 Firstly, one of the ways to be a good roommate is by being
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respectful. Being respectful is simply about accepting the fact
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that people are different. Accepting that the roommate
might have their own likes, dislikes, habits or pet peeves and
try to tolerate with it. It could be hard but it’s always the
effort that matters. Moreover, it’s also important to always
know the boundaries as a roommate and not crossing the
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line. For example, a good roommate can be respectful by not

making a noise that could be disturbing whilst the roommate
is sleeping or studying. Thus, it’s clear that by being
respectful, is one of the many ways to be a good roommate.
10/21/2022 Firstly, a way to be a good roommate is by not intruding each
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other's personal space. As we can see, not everyone is used
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to the dorm life. Hence, they need some time to adjust to
the cultural differences between living at home and the
dorm. As a good roommate, we should always ensure that
our roommate feels comfortable even when they are living
with two or three more people in a shared room. For
instance, we can do this by not asking an inconsiderate,
insensitive and inappropriate question or topics during a
conversation with them. Therefore, a good roommate should
not be intruding each other's personal space so the
roommate can be at ease every time they are back in the
room.
10/21/2022 Besides that, one of the ways to be a good roommate is by
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restraining ourselves from doing bad habits. Everyone have
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their own bad habits such as making excuses, being
disorganized and littering. This type of habit can annoys and
disturbs other roommates and it's better to have self
discipline and control of it. Furthermore, a good roommate
must show a good personalities to others. This can prevent
us from receiving bad glimpse from them. The bonding
between roommates also will be strengthen if we quit the
bad habits. Hence, restraining from doing these habits is
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another great way to become a good roommate.

10/21/2022 Firstly, the first way to be a good roommate is we should
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always keep the cleanliness. Cleanliness is not only a
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necessity but also a responsibility that every person should
have. As we can see, the purpose of cleanliness is to avoid
spreading germs and contaminating oneself to another. By
creating the cleanliness in our room or surrounding we will
contribute to a healthier environment. Hence, keeping the
cleanliness is one way to make our roommates feel
comfortable and thus we can maintain the bond among the
roommates.
10/21/2022 The first way to be a good roommate is to always spend time
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with your roommate when you have leisure time. As
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students, we often spend most of our time in class. So, we do
not have much time to communicate with our roommate.
Hence, we should spend time with each other often. As an
example, we could spend our time together during lunch and
dinner. This kind of behavior can strengthen our bond as a
roommate. Thus, we can get to know each other well. As the
saying goes, communication is the key.
10/21/2022 Firstly, one of the ways to be a good roommate is by taking
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care of the room together. This means that we should share
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our responsibility doing the chores such as cleaning the
room. To be fair while doing the chores, roommates should
discuss first about everyone's part. Everyone in the room
should take part when doing the cleaning. For example,
vacuuming, taking out the trash and cleaning the toilet.
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Doing all of these are important because making sure the

room is always in good condition and organized can make
the environment more comfortable and keeps everyone in a
good mood. This shows that taking care of the room
together are one of the ways to be a good roommate.
10/21/2022 Firstly, the way to be a good roommate is communicating
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with each other because It is believed that communication is
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the key for strengthen between us . Communicate can avoid
misunderstandings that way cause hurt and anger. Thus, it
can builds and maintains relationships with each other.
Having good communication skills is so important as it helps
us in both our relationships with roommate.
10/21/2022 Firstly, the way in being a good roommate is to be a
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thoughtful person. As we all know our roommate will also be
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a student, who will be facing the same amount of pressure
and stress, especially when coping with their new
surrounding and academic matters. Hence, after all the
hustle that they have been facing, they will be expecting that
their roommate can be an understanding person, with whom
they can feel more relaxed and calmer whenever they are
talking or even pouring out problems together. Additionally,
having more common things with our roommates will help
them to build a strong and understanding bond together.
this will help them to cherish their student life even better
even though it is filled with laborious issues. As an example,
whenever they study, a calm and quiet room is a must to
enhance concentration, but their roommate loves to listen to
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music loudly. So, the thoughtful attitude that has been

practiced will make them a favorable roommate for a long
time period.
10/21/2022 Firstly, the way to be a good roommate is by helping each
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other. This means that we must know if our roommate has
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any problem and we should try our best to help them. by
always communicating with them. As the saying goes,
communication is the key. So as a roommate we need to
make sure that our roommates are in a good condition. For
example, we can help them when they don’t have enough
money by sharing our food with them or cooking together.
This can ease their burden and make them get close to us.
This shows that helping each other is the way to be a good
roommate.
10/21/2022 Firstly, a way to be a good roommate are helping each other.
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When our roommates are in trouble, we can help them by
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asking what they need in the moment or situation.
Unconsciously, we lift up a slight burden on their shoulders.
Moreover, the bond of friendship between the roommates
can be stronger. Thus, by helping each other is one of the
best way to be a good roommate.
10/24/2022 Firstly, one of three ways to be a good roommate is to adapt
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with other behaviour because people have their own
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behaviour that we might not like and that can make us feel
unease with them. This may lead to misunderstanding
between you and your roommate and can cause a fight. We
need to accept for who they are and ask them nicely to
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change their behaviour.