So on Friday I moved into my flat. My bedroom is really simple. There is a table and 1 chair, a bed, and a wardrobe. Since my kitchen doesn't have any shelves or anywhere to put my food, I use half of my wardrobe for my food and cooking stuff.
The kitchen is small too. There's a sink, a fridge and a hot plate. A hot plate is just the top part of a stove and many people use a hot plate in place of a stove and oven. My kitchen is also the happening spot for all the local bugs. At nights they are everywhere. It's usually cock roaches (they're not nearly as big as the ones in the states) and some really small bugs. But I avoid them none the less.
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| My bathroom |
My bathroom is split into two parts. The toilet (missing a seat) is in one room and the bath tub and sink is in the other. Since my bathtub has neither a shower head or hot water I take bucket baths. What that entails is turning on the faucet scooping up the water with my hands and pouring it down my body. I have a bucket that I could fill up and dump on me that way, but I don't have a shower curtain so I don't use it in order to control the water. Once my body is all wet I wash my hair first and run it under the faucet to rinse it out. Then I wash the rest of me. All of this is done standing up with my hair in a bun (after it was washed) to prevent it from dripping on me. I usually use cold water because it takes a while for me to heat up water and it's usually pretty hot so the cold water is refreshing.
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| My bedroom |
The kids here are all very curious about me and my flat. If I leave my door unlocked they will knock. If I don't answer they will walk in. I have been making them go back outside, knock and then wait for me to answer in order to help them understand how I want my space to be treated. But once in they are mainly just interested in how it is set up. They'll watch whatever I am doing and then leave. I had many people come and greet me while here.
It is loud by my flat. My flat is in the middle of the 8th grade girls' blocks so they usually hang out around my windows. I'm a really light sleeper so I'm going to have to get used to all of the noise.
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| The kitchen |
I am very excited to be living on my own. It means that I have to cook (or rather learn to cook), but I like being in charge of what I do, where and when. I am close enough to the school that I can usually get some wifi during the day to check my mail and talk to people. However, the wifi isn't strong enough for my ipod to pick it up so I can't use apps like facetime or viber. But once at school I can use those. I was given permission to paint my flat so the next time I am in Gobabis I am going to pick up some chalk board paint and maybe another color as well.
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| my picture wall |
I have been very bored during school. We're not suppose to teach during this time which limits the things that can fill up my time. I have explored my school quite well and spent a decent time in the library. I really like my school library. It has a lot of technical books ( even a discreet math book!) but is lacking in the fiction department. So I'm going to try to get some more fiction books.
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| Another picture of my kitchen |
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