Almost 5 months after reapplying for the loan, and after an even longer, drawn-out saga involving rejected applications, course accreditation nonsense, pleasant and not-so-pleasant email exchanges with college administration etc etc, someone at PTPTN has finally done something.

About time too. My parents aren't the richest people in the world, and this was supposed to be sorted out like, 3 semesters ago? And the college isn't exactly the cheapest in the world. Or, the most helpful when it comes to loan applications like this. The 5th floor people did not do themselves any favours at all.

Hmm maybe they expect all music students to be from rich families, since the music industry is supposedly so tough, unforgiving and unprofitable (perhaps except for those providing tertiary education in contemporary music).

Which brings us back to that old music joke - Q: How do you make a million dollars playing jazz?
A: Start with 2 million.