Might have found a flat. All v.exciting. We just put down a 5 thousand dollar deposit on it and have to pay about another 10 thousand each to get the keys (that's 2 months rent, 1 months deposit, and half a months agents fees) but hopefully all will go well and we will move in next weekend! Hurrah! The flat is on Sai Yee Street in Mongkok. It has one bigger bedroom and one wee bedroom so me and Tom (my new flatmate) will have to draw straws or something but both the bedrooms have lovely big windows and lots of light which makes even the wee room less claustrophobic. The entrance to the flat is inside a bizarre shopping mall type street that is entirely full of photocopying and digital printing stalls, which I guess is handy if I ever decide I urgently need a few hundred business cards made up. No furniture at all in the flat though so it's going to be a bit of an effort furnishing it, especially as all the furniture will have to be dragged in through the photocopying mall, up 4 flights in one lift, across a lobby area, up about 15 steps, up 7 flights (I think) in another lift and then into the flat. Should be fun.
Sai Yee Street
Went to visit my school today which was quite exciting. It's a new school that was only opened last year so the building is all shiny and clean and new and they have lots of exciting stuff like projectors and whiteboards in all the classrooms. Because the school's only been open 2 years, they only have two years of students. We met the new first years today and they were all very enthusiastic and had a much higher level of English than the kids we've been working with the rest of the week. Looking forward to starting teaching now, although the 1 hour commute out to school might tire me out quite a bit.
My School!
Off to find some celebratory dinner now!
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Just learnt to use this system! So having to furnish your flat from a handy IKEA is a problem?? I do not remember that going to IKEA was ever a hardship for you.
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