The weekend is here!!! Slacking off a bit tonight because tomorrow is Saturday. But that doesn’t mean that there’s no work to be done. Slacking off tonight means got to do the work tomorrow.
Went apartment viewing yesterday and today. The expectation that I had of a studio apartment and what Taipei has to offer is totally different. When one mentions a studio apartment, a nice and luxurious place comes to mind. But what they have here is more like a single university hostel room with fridge, attached toilet, bed, wardrobe, table, Internet access, TV with cable channels and air-conditioning. Needless to say, I felt a bit disappointed when I saw what they had to offer. Definitely not hotel-level comfort. And definitely not as homely as my own room back in Singapore. I guess I would be experiencing what it would be like if I just rented a room back in Singapore. Definitely going to miss the hotel rooms and my room back in Singapore.
So the result of our apartment “hunt”. Settled on a place today. Near work, but it’s a few bus stops away. There are amenities around, including food, a Watson’s and a couple of video rental places. A short walk in from the main road. I’ll put up pictures after I move in to the place. Going shopping tomorrow for bedsheets, pillows, bolsters and other necessities that can be charged to the company. Since boss is still here, might as well charge everything under him.
Am I looking forward to shifting there? Yes and no. The reasons are as above. But I guess it’s something that my colleague and I would need to get used to. Plus, free exercise every morning and evening because my room is on the 5th floor and no lifts. So staircase climb every day.
Since it’s the weekend, hope can go do some hardware shopping. Thinking of getting a new mouse although I don’t really need it. And I might want to get a wireless access point for the new place. We’ll see how it goes. Basically, just want to do as much relaxing as I can this weekend.
So I’m off to bed. Got to wake up early for a breakfast appointment. So until the next time, good night and sweet dreams. Cheers… :Þ