That's in theory. In real life, I go downstairs to the water dispenser for water and to the roof to dry my laundry. Other than that, yeah, I pretty much can huddle in my room in comfort.
Let me show you how my room looks like!
First, when I open my door I'm greeted with this sight:
That's a really cool travel clothesline that I bought from Loft in Kyoto. I've always wanted a travel clothesline. :X Why is it cool? Please look carefully at the blue thing on the right - it's an INFLATABLE hanger!!! And this clothesline comes with cute pegs! Ok let's move on. That's my trash at the bottom right ... I'm not required to sort my trash (thought I would be) so everything goes in here. I empty my trash every 2 days or so, depending on the amount of food waste I generate.
The moment I step in, I take off my shoes and change into comfy bedroom slippers:
I got this pair from the hotel in Shin-Osaka. Hey, they explicitly said the slippers are for me to bring home (I have another pair in my luggage)!
Ok, and to my immediate left is the toilet & shower:
As you can see, I'm running out of toilet paper but I keep forgetting to get more. Those are my shower gel, shampoo and ... dishwashing liquid on the floor.
And next to the toilet is my favourite part of my room:
A WASHING MACHINE. Haha. And above it, my wardrobe which contains all my unmentionables. Next to it, a super-mini pantry. That's a hot plate and I believe you can also see the handle of a pot that I acquired from Daiso yesterday at 5000 won (SG$5.50). I figure a 5000 won-pot can last me 10 weeks here. Above the hot plate is where I store my food and tea, and below it, a fridge. Hiding in the gap between the washing machine and the fridge is the detergent provided by my landlord, but it's running out really soon so I'm gonna get some tomorrow ... if I remember.
TO GET:
1. toilet paper
2. detergent
Ok let's continue. Let me show you my bed ...
That's the window, and I took this picture at about 7.50 p.m. It's 8 p.m. now but there's still light - it kinda looks like our 6.30 p.m. in Singapore. I guess in summer the days are longer. When I look out of my window (which I do often), I see school kids on weekdays coz my home is next to a middle school, and right smack in between 2 universities.
And oh, do you spot my handphone charger on my bed next to the window? That spot is what I call the "Wifi sweet spot" - for those of you who do not know, I don't have Wifi in my room, so in order to use the applications on my phone, I have to resort to stealing street Wifi which is weak and unstable. But hey, beggars can't be choosers, eh? This street Wifi saved my sanity when I first arrived and couldn't get any internet at all.
Now, for the study part of my room:
This is probably where I store most of my stuff. The 3 cabinets above me are full of stuff (mostly books and stationery) and below it is where I put my laptop and all the messy cables. Not sure if you can see it, but I have the origami Totoro and a nanoblock koala to the left of my laptop. I made the nanoblock koala on my 2nd day when I was super lonely. :( The table where you see my Nalgene (containing matcha) and my books is actually collapsible, but I only collapse it when I need to clean the room or when I jump rope (oh yes people, I actually exercise here). Can you see my polka dot luggage under the table? When I collapse the table it covers the space occupied by the luggage so ... I don't actually clean that area. :X
So that's it! My room is really small, comparable to my hostel in NUS, but I'm very comfortable here. Next time I shall post pictures of my neighbourhood and the roof where I sometimes try to catch the sunset while I hang my laundry.
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