Connected again
Sorry for the lack of updates but now Im finally back on track! Yesterday we celebrated 1 week (!) in our new flat, and we did that by having China Mobile guys over, installing the Internet. So now I can blog and read my emails again together with my morning coffee. Heaven!
I am so happy about our move of house. For the last week or so Ive slept better than Ive had for the last 6 months. Its amazing. Its like getting my old life back: I feel energetic, I feel happy, I feel healthy and I feel like myself. Its like winning the lottery and the price is my own health.
Another great thing about finally have moved is that we no longer need to spend the wknds looking at apartments. Maybe its us being picky (and yes, I know it is), but since the beginning of May I believe we have spent every single wknd flat hunting. So darn boring, frustrating an uninspiring. Now we ended up in an area that we first would have never accepted, but I feel happy here. I can walk to my office (although its a bit hot to do so at the moment) and walk home after the gym. For someone that has been dependent on the metro for the last 1,5 year, thats a nice and welcomed change.
Moving out of our old flat went surprisingly well, however, not without some compulsory weird comments. Shanghainese landlords are known for being tough cookies and trying their outmost to keep your deposit, regardless of how rosy and good youre relationship has been. Our landlord, however, took a different approach. We told him that we had loved living in the flat and the only reason we wanted to move was the nightclub noise from the street below, resulting in me not getting any sleep. He nodded thoughtfully, walked into the flat, looked around, smiled, then looked at me and said:
-Gosh Jonna, getting no sleep must have been hard for you, but it also must have made you eat less because you have really lost some weight.
Then he smiled and handed over the deposit (every single little kuai!), and thanked us for being such great t! enant.
We were so stoked about getting our money back that we didnt even care to comment on the unnecessary weight remark. Besides, for once someone didnt call me fat, so it actually didnt hurt that badly.
Our new landlord seems cool and quite easy going so far. Hes already been over once to look at our heater, that seems to be leaking gas:
-Its the heavy wind that has been blowing for the last few days, he finally told us.
-The wind? But its leaking gas?! When we shower!
-Yeah, and its because of the wind!
-Ehright.
Yeah, not sure if Im buying that story, especially since it hasnt been a storm out there or so to say. But in a few days we are going on a holiday so we thought wed leave it there and deal with it when we come back again.
All in all life is good. I can sleep. I like our new place. A holiday is around the corner. And hopefully, some exciting things are going to happen in the near future.
I am so happy about our move of house. For the last week or so Ive slept better than Ive had for the last 6 months. Its amazing. Its like getting my old life back: I feel energetic, I feel happy, I feel healthy and I feel like myself. Its like winning the lottery and the price is my own health.
Another great thing about finally have moved is that we no longer need to spend the wknds looking at apartments. Maybe its us being picky (and yes, I know it is), but since the beginning of May I believe we have spent every single wknd flat hunting. So darn boring, frustrating an uninspiring. Now we ended up in an area that we first would have never accepted, but I feel happy here. I can walk to my office (although its a bit hot to do so at the moment) and walk home after the gym. For someone that has been dependent on the metro for the last 1,5 year, thats a nice and welcomed change.
Moving out of our old flat went surprisingly well, however, not without some compulsory weird comments. Shanghainese landlords are known for being tough cookies and trying their outmost to keep your deposit, regardless of how rosy and good youre relationship has been. Our landlord, however, took a different approach. We told him that we had loved living in the flat and the only reason we wanted to move was the nightclub noise from the street below, resulting in me not getting any sleep. He nodded thoughtfully, walked into the flat, looked around, smiled, then looked at me and said:
-Gosh Jonna, getting no sleep must have been hard for you, but it also must have made you eat less because you have really lost some weight.
Then he smiled and handed over the deposit (every single little kuai!), and thanked us for being such great t! enant.
We were so stoked about getting our money back that we didnt even care to comment on the unnecessary weight remark. Besides, for once someone didnt call me fat, so it actually didnt hurt that badly.
Our new landlord seems cool and quite easy going so far. Hes already been over once to look at our heater, that seems to be leaking gas:
-Its the heavy wind that has been blowing for the last few days, he finally told us.
-The wind? But its leaking gas?! When we shower!
-Yeah, and its because of the wind!
-Ehright.
Yeah, not sure if Im buying that story, especially since it hasnt been a storm out there or so to say. But in a few days we are going on a holiday so we thought wed leave it there and deal with it when we come back again.
All in all life is good. I can sleep. I like our new place. A holiday is around the corner. And hopefully, some exciting things are going to happen in the near future.
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