Saturday, December 08, 2007

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Update:
hehehe I realised that i didn't explain clearly as to why we were so desperate to move out of our previous apartment (which we loveeee).
It's because of the owners of the place.
They wanted to move back in hence we have to move out.
And even if they're not intending to move in and we renew our contract,
the rent would raise significantly...like $50-$70 per week all due to the fact that rental property is in high demand now.
That's a huge jump.
Plus we're just students (not those rich ones :p)
So bo bian la...have to move out.
*sigh*


HURRAY!!!
The internet's finally up and running.

So here's the full update of my house moving.

It's gonna be a long long story.

Or you can also call it my long long whinging story.

heehee




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As I've mentioned previously,
we found our current apartment when we were almost homeless.

...3 days before we were homeless to be exact...

We sent out about 6 rental applications but only one got back to us.

So we grabbed it without further hesitation.





But the owner was still refurbishing the apartment so we can only move our things into the garage...which is really dodgy...and quite dirty...and shared!!




You know what's worse?

There's a light bulb there but nobody can find the switch to turn the light on.

Even , Lourn, the new owner of the place,

has no idea where the switch is.

(-_-')


So it's pitch dark inside at night.


*sigh*


Everytime before we move,we have to thoroughly clean up the place and get the carpet professionally cleaned before handing it over.

It's the standard procedure.

We were planning to get someone to clean it up like our first place but to no avail.

We got the carpet cleaner though.

So no choice lor...have to DIY.

It woudn't be that difficult and tiring if both of us aren't working or have one extra day to do it.

To make things worse,

my hands are sensitive to one of the cleaning agents.

At first it was painful, then rashes developed (it's really very itchy wor), after that my hands became so dry it started to crack.

Very pain...
:(


*sobsob*


Wait...

there's more to come.

While Jason's friends are helping us to move our stuff from the garage up to the new apartment,

the staircase creaked when they are carrying the heavy stuff (fridge, washing machine etc).

And this @$#^*& neighbour complained that our moving is causing the staircase to make too much noise.

Wa piang...

like that also want to complain.

What does he expect us to do?

Use a forklift or a crane?

Fly like Nathan Petrelli?

And guess what,

the neighbour that complained is an asian.

*roll eyes*

It's these kind of people that create a bad name for all asians...seriously.

Anyway, back to the story.

Lourn knows that we need to move in quickly so he did his renovation late into the night.

By late i mean like 4am.

So nice of him.

But he did not clean up the place!

SO ONCE AGAIN....

We (or mainly me coz Jason's working) have to clean AGAIN.

My poor hands.

But i bought long rubber gloves for cleaning this time round muahahaha.

The oven was the most disgusting.

The inside of the oven door was yellowish brown.

So you can imagine how dirty the oven was.

I have to remove all the racks and flood the oven with oven cleaning for hours to clean it.

And i have to do that TWICE so now the inside is finally clean.

The carpet too.

even though it brand new,

all those renovations made it really dusty and dirty.

The windows weren't clean too.

Having fly screens are as good as not having any as parts of it are torn along the edges.

Flys and creepycrawlies are coming in still.

Like this fella here...

The dryer too...the moment we open the door,


dust 'flew' out, literally.


Man...sorry my whining seems to have no end kekekeke


okok one last thing,


the curtains, or lack thereof.


We have to use make-shift curtains for the past 2 weeks,



Those window 'curtains' are just sheets of paper held up by double-sided tape.

The balcony curtains are 2 big sheets of white cloth held up by some clips, a wire and 2 nails.


The toilet, has NO curtains at all.


Me and Jason felt so 'naked' when we bathe even though the windows are ripple-translucent kind.


Hence we have to put up a huge piece of cardboard.


Oh well...

enough of my complains.


Here's some random photos.


Our open concept mail box.


There's no lock no nothing.


We got ourselves a PO box.


Don't want our important mails to be stolen or wet by the rain.



Communities of spiders living in between trees.


That sent shivers down my spine...


Oh, did i mention the area is kind of creepy at night?


Here's why...




Creepy no?

Looks like a scene from a horror movie to me.

We have no idea what that dark place is.

It looks like a scary, abandoned storage area.


Back to the house.


The best part of the house is the kitchen.
Most people who came to our place will say, "i like your kitchen!"

Next,

view from the balcony




We're right in front of the road.

It can get really really noisy during peak hours.

We're still getting use to it.

Compared to my previous place.

Peace and serenity...

I miss our old place so much.

But overall,

our new place isn't all that bad lar.

I'm happy to have a place to stay.

Mental note to myself: beggars can't be choosers...

Posted by Belinda + Zee at 5:55 PM



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