After another futile phone call to Bob I decided to give up waiting for him to help me and sort out the apartment myself. Jav and Terry helped me move the wardrobe into my bedroom and I repaired it with surprisingly minimal effort. I also fixed the broken drawer of my desk (which really didn’t need replacing) and after a small kitchen flood alerted me to pipes that weren’t properly attached under the sink me and Chrissy repaired them with some tape. And a box and some books. Like so.
I have also managed to adjust my shower so it doesn’t burn my skin off. I am now a fully fledged handyman.
Now I’ve finally unpacked it is starting to feel like home! Here is the dramatic transformation of my now bedroom.
And this is my little living room (plant purchased at the cost of about £2 and 9 mosquito bites).
Even the bathroom is pretty decent now I’ve cleaned it up and bleached the toilet about 20 times. I’m lucky though, my toilet actually flushes substantially; some of the others in the building are not so accommodating...
This is the kitchen area with the really safe canister of gas in the corner. The smell of gas comes and goes so I’m sure it’s fine.
One of the blocks of student accommodation is opposite ours and they sometimes call out over to us or watch us from their windows. But they are living in tiny dorms without any air conditioning so at the moment I feel for them more than I’m annoyed by them.
On the ground floor lives Grandpa; he’s sort of our guard and got quite upset the other day when all the students came up to my room. He doesn’t speak any English but is quite friendly, though notable for his loud spitting, a fairly permanent smell of alcohol about his person and the sparseness of his clothing...
My apartment looks out over the sports grounds.
I don’t understand how anyone is playing sport at the moment, it is ridiculously hot. Now it’s finally stopped raining it’s fairly unbearable to be outside. We walked to the shops earlier and nearly died. Though we were taking a short cut down a really slippery clay landslide so that didn’t help.
Basically the accommodation is simple, but it covers all the necessities. And it’s free, including all bills, so I really can’t complain.
