First things first,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY NADIA CHAN!! :D

Since I didn’t have the internet connection working properly at my new apartment and over at Chang Fang’s apartment I couldn’t post up my blog yesterday. So this will be 2 entries!

Day 10 (9 Sept 07)

We wanted to wake up late today, but somehow it failed. Firstly, we were disturbed by the sounds of China people talking so loudly outside our house (or maybe because the wall was super thin).

Then there were so many people walking in and out of Chang Fang’s place because they were fixing the wires and all.

We couldn’t go out because the people were fixing the wires so Jie Ying, YJ, Joanne and I started watching DVDs because we had nothing to do.

Oh did I mention yesterday we bought DVDs @ RMB4 each?! :D

We watched High School Musical and Shanghai Kiss today.

After that we were so hungry and lazy to go down to buy food (fifth floor w/o lifts) we called our landlord (because he was having lunch break) and asked if he could help us buy KFC (yes, we ate that yesterday already) for our lunch.

Apparently we ate the same thing because we didn’t know the Chinese terms of the food and we just ordered “number 3” (:

It was already evening time after our lunch and at around 6pm Jie Ying, Joanne, YJ and I headed out to the nearby supermarket to buy necessities for our new home.

We bought pillows, bed sheets, covers for the mattress, pillows and quilt, detergent, cups, bowls etc etc. The total bill came up to around RMB500 which is considered quite cheap because it’s being shared among 4 people.

We then came back and started clearing out stuff from our tiny room at Chang Fang’s place to our new apartment.

I swear it was so tough man; the amount of stuff 4 of us had was CRAZY.

We then started cleaning the cupboards and all and started unpacking our luggages and putting our clothes in the cupboards, and toiletries in the toilet and everything into place.

It’s 70% done already I guess.

But the sad thing is that I was supposed to have the internet connection ready (it was working okay in the afternoon but somehow all of us couldn’t connect at night) so I could webcam to Ah Ma and all at Tanglin Halt :(

We then cleared more stuff, gossiped about certain people, cleaned, packed and everything.
Thank goodness we don’t have to work tomorrow man.

Okay, there’s a certain someone that we don’t really like here. She’s so so different from all of us and its getting on my (our) nerves. But oh well, gossips make the world go round.

It’s already 12.45am and we still need to settle our money stuff. Tomorrow will be spent on settling more stuff in our new apartment.

I really love where we’re living now. It feels like a home (despite the no lift and the need to climb up 5 floors part).

Day 11 (10 Sept 07)

Poor Angela had to wake up early to report to work at 7am while YJ, Joanne and I are still on off.

We decided to wake up at around 10am to get our household chores done up.

We bathed first, and the heater wasn’t properly installed!

I BATHED IN ICE COLD WATER.

And because our new bed sheet and comforter was so damn dirty (dusty) we decided to do laundry.

Imagine 4 girls, we had accumulated laundry of like 10 days because we were living in the motel and didn’t get the chance to wash any of our clothes.

Since our washing machine wasn’t installed yet we borrowed it at Chang Fang’s place.

YJ went to put in the first batch of clothes and washing powder before she came back to bathe.

Then Joanne and I headed downstairs to the supermarket to buy clips (so our clothes won’t fly) and a bit more necessities. YJ and I had like 2 big packets of sushi (RMB8 each) for our lunch!

After that we went to check on the laundry and guess what!

WE DIDN’T TURN ON THE WATER SO NOTHING WAS WASHED YET!

So we turned on the tap and let it wash and then we started sweeping, cleaning and mopping our floor.

Then we went to check on our laundry again.

This time round, it finished washing but THE WATER DIDN’T DRAIN OUT BY ITSELF!

So we tried pressing a few buttons and water started draining out but somehow it drained out too fast that the floor started flooding a little.

“Chang Fanng’s gonna kill us” – that’s our favourite phrase at the moment.

So our first batch of clothes was done and then we started hanging them outside slowly incase we dropped something (FIFTH floor). And indeed, we dropped a clip.

Then we started washing our second batch of clothes (the bed sheet, quilt cover and pillow cases). I’ve already mastered how to use their washing machine so it wasn’t much of a problem this time round.

While waiting, YJ was busy watching her HK series and I was trying to install the webcam Nadia gave me and Joanne was trying to tap into people’s wireless but failed.

We then borrowed Chang Fang’s window rack to dry our second batch of clothes because ours was full already. I tell you, we’re so lucky they are our neighbors and we got their key today because we were supposed to help them duplicate them (:

So basically today we walked in and out of their house so many times it feels that we have a real big house!

Okay, we then put in our third batch of clothes to wash and waited for our clothes outside to dry so there’ll be space for us to hang the new clothes.

Our landlord then came over to install our coffee table, study table, curtains and fix our internet.

We then went out to duplicate our keys and headed to the bank to withdraw cash. Our neighborhood is so convenient! (:

Oh I also went to buy another DVD for RMB4. Guess which?

Ratatouille!!!!!!! :D :D :D :D

We then came home and settled our MONEY issues. We’ve been owing each other money since the second Qi Pu Lu shopping :P

Tomorrow will be the last day where the fridge and washing machine come and we can finally call our place home (:

Replies

Jun Wei: RAT MEAT?! That guy is nuts! Oh well, maybe I've already eaten it but I just don't know it is. When you come will you try eating it?! :D

KC: Eh don't show off! I'm already missing local food! I'm like feeding on fast food and maggie mee these few days when I'm not working! I've also gotten emails from Karen already! That girl is like miles away!