If you have been an ardent reader of my blog the past few years, you will know that I have the random-est titles for my blog posts. I am trying to keep things out of the ordinary and type in whatever catches my eye at that moment.
For the past week, I have been extremely preoccupied with our move from the suburbs into the city. I was dropping by the apartment a few hours each day, carrying boxes of stuff over and cleaning the place. It is a semi-furnished unit, with only kitchen cabinets, a fridge, stove and oven (yes!!), pretty complete bathroom with a tub and vanity, a washing machine and a dryer. Nevertheless, some of the electrical appliances in the unit are so dirty, I can not decide which is more disgusting - trying to clean a fridge with moss, the washing machine with brown stuff (looks like insect eggs, bleargh!), or the brown toilet bowl with traces of feces in it.
I remember reading an article/note some where, that cleaning does not feel like a chore if done an hour or two daily, or at least 10 minutes daily. Which is true, as I gave myself two hours to clean non-stop, then am done for that day. Besides that, I had to go shop for stuff for the unit too. Ahh.. so much to do. Luckily Chris does not work on weekends. I need another brain to help me shop. At the moment, we are almost settled in, just lacking storage compartments for my clothes, and a few shelves and a dresser for our room.
My best discovery today - the post office is less than a five minute walk from our new place!!! I love it! It looks like a well-stocked post office too, with a good variety of post card selections, even better than those tourist shops in the city. Postage is pretty expensive though. To send an international post card, it costs me $1.70. An international letter/card costs $2.60.
I strolled down another five minutes from the post office and came to the neighborhood library. And you know what's the best thing about it? It is part of the Yarra Libraries, and I just upgraded to a full-membership. Yes!!! That entitles me to borrow up to 30 items from any Yarra Libraries. I usually go to the Fitzroy branch, but since this is a stone's throw away, I guess I found my new hangout place. In addition to that, we have no internet at our new place too and I need to work 'from home' few days a week. The internet is pretty slow at times, I am talking about agonisingly slow! Makes me feel like walking to each computer user and check who's downloading huge files with the library connection. That's really inconsiderate as there are people here who need to work (I had to keep refreshing a page because it won't load).
This is a brief update for today. I have so much to share, though I will save it for next time. Gotta head back and get ready for ballet!! I haven't gone to class for .... two/three weeks.
It is a wet day in Melbourne today. Hope the weather improves tomorrow.
Ta!!
ps: There is also a yoga centre near the post office. Ace!
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