Two months ago I stepped foot in Indonesia for the first time. The first few weeks upon arrival were all about getting settled. After much delay, I am finally posting some pictures of my living accommodations! Unfortunately, I have discovered that one doesn't magically become a different person when they move half way across the world. Thus, my apartment is just as much undecorated as my apartments in America. Maybe someday when I have the time I will decorate...
I live in a two bedroom apartment on the 37th floor, but yet not the 37th floor...there are no floors containing the number 4 in the building. Yep, that's right, no 4th floor, 14th floor, 24th floor, or 34th floor. Even better, when I decide to visit friends on the 50th floor it's only 3 floors up! Apparently in Chinese the word for the number four also sounds like the word for death. So really due to superstition, I guess you could say I live on 33rd floor.
I love the view I have from my living room windows. At night I see the city below, alive. The traffic crawling through the darkness, the lights twinkling on the horizon, its beautiful. Sometimes I just find myself staring out my window.
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| My cozy living room |
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| My telephone that I have never used. |
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My table has a glass top to show case something but I don't know what to put inside of it...?
I am very thankful that I have an indoor kitchen here. There are teachers at other campuses who are not so fortunate. Yes my cabinets are sagging from the ceiling and my blue propane tank is unsightly, but at least I get to stay inside to cook! The kitchen does not have any hot water so doing my dishes is a bit different than in America. I fill up a tub with hot water from the bathroom and just rinse with cold.
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| The knob broke off my oven so they replaced it with a white one. Oh I love Indonesia. |
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My dishwasher :)
Behind my kitchen is the "helper" room. This room is a living space for those that keep live-in helpers. I cannot imagine someone living in such a small space! Helpers cost about $100 a month. I could split a helper with some other teachers that live in my building but I just haven't gotten around to determining whether I want to or not. I use my helper room as my laundry room. Here in Indonesia there are no dryers, instead of I have a huge drying rack that takes up almost the entire room.
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| My washer sings a little song when its done |
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| Soft lighting in the bedroom, love it. |
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| Same ol' yellow toilet seat |
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| New towel rack! |
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| New shelving and storage since there are no cupboards! |
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Water heater below the sink, no long hot showers :)
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