I’ve only managed to find four empty boxes
Over the last few months, Neil’s been talking about going to look at apartments. Our lease on the current flat comes due in this month. I never really thought to do much about it, then someone I know found a new apartment and said the agent she used was quite good.
Ah. Convenience. I asked her to get the agent to call me.
And call me she did. Miss Hong called me the very next day. Over that week, I went and saw a number of apartments. It turns out that I’m far less fussy than Neil, and after a lot of hemming and hawing, we narrowed our list down to four options:
- stay at our current apartment. It needs a bit of work done to it, it’s very basic and not very home-y at all. The landlord was happy for us to do renovations, but was not interested in lowering the rent. We currently live out in the boonies of Xiamen island.
- move to the Old Apartment. This is a building down town, the flat’s on the 24th floor, freshly renovated. It’s basic, though, with no air conditioning, and the fixtures are original. There’s a bathtub!
- move to the Big Apartment. This is in a complex. A family-sized apartment, with air conditioners in all rooms. The balcony overlooks the pool. It’s freakin’ huge.
- move to the Cool Apartment. The layout of the apartment is what makes Neil like it so much. It’s got the best ventilation that I’ve seen so far. Ever. There is no air conditioning anywhere, and the owner is not interested in negotiating for anything.
We’re moving! We’re moving to the Big Apartment! We’ll have so much room we’ll be able to lose each other while at home!
Stay tuned for grumblings about how hard it is to clean and our imminent mouse and roach infestation. I’m of two minds whether to hassle con cajole Neil into letting me get a cat.
where is the new place in relation to all the important xiamen features, like, y’know, the londoner and the house? :o)
i think you should get a kitty. then we can have cuteness competitions/running rivalry between rosie and the kitty!
The new place is a lot closer to The Londoner and The House. Heehee. It’s also a lot closer to the lake, and now the lads are hassling me to start running again.
A lady downstairs just told me that her cat’s given birth to four babies. They’re so cute!