my second day in canberra today and it wasn’t too bad after all.

my potential landlord woke me up with a call confirming the viewing session today and she drove from her house to the motel i’m staying at to pick me up, back to her house and after the viewing session, drove me to the neighbourhood mall (neighbourhood relative to australian land size, not singapore’s) after that. and she made green bean barley soup too. nice of her, eh?

the room’s huge and airy and has lots of natural lights too, which is what i like. and there’s a regular-sized fridge, microwave oven and tv in the room for the tenant’s own use. the other tenant has her own! amazing hor?

there’s a 80% chance i’ll rent this place, cos the landlord seems ok, she speaks chinese (haha, what a reason!), nice big room and bills are covered. even though the shared bathroom is on the other level. but me no brat, me can adapt and share! the rent’s steep though, i’ll have to live on a shoestring budget if i rent this place.

went to set up a bank account and explored a little too. took my first bus ride, which wasn’t so bad, if only i had figured out how things work earlier. but there’s always a first time!

and i found where all the humans were. they were spotted in the shopping malls, the bus interchanges, and main city area and on the way home after work taking buses. finally. humans.

for the record, i hate any accent that is not singaporean. the australians i met on the first plane, the motel, etc didn’t have such a strong accent probably they’re used to speaking clearly to passengers and guests from everywhere. on the domestic flight and at the bank, i nearly died trying to concentrate on what the hell they were trying to say. i’d better retune my ears fast or i’m gonna die here.

an update on the injuries i’ve inflicted on myself over the past two days: a bruise on my knee turning a beautiful shade of dark purple, a bump on my head from hitting the bunk bed really hard when i stood up, peeling cuticles and skin coming off my lips, both of which caused by the dry weather and started bleeding.

my lunch for today, which was a lot better than the microwaved food i bought from the motel’s vending machine yesterday.

people have been complaining my blog has too many words, these lazy people demand more pictures instead of words.

therefore, i present to you my final picture of the day:

xiao xiong at work!