i went to the laundrette in my hall of residence just now, you wont believe how horrendously expensive it is to wash clothes here! its 2 pounds to wash and 1 pound to dry. that equates to roughly 19 ringgit!!! in the past, i could send 5kg of clothes to the dobi and that only cost me 5 ringgit. here, one load of clothes is barely 3kg coz the washing mashine is small and i even have to operate my machines myself, as compared to handing in dirty clothes at the dobi and collecting clean and folded clothes the next day. haih... can die wei. i guess that means i'll have to handwash more clothes then... :(
oh ya, dont be fooled by the term "hall" of residence. each "hall" is actually comprised of a set of buildings. one "hall" may have up to 20 blocks of residential buildings. so i guess the term "student village"might be more appropriate :)
the laundrette is located in a separate building and is thankfully quite near my block. and although i whined about the price, i must admit that i absolutely adore the dryer! the clothes become so WARM! so nice and toasty to the touch. an unexpected bliss in the cold weather. i hugged my clothes hamper to my body as i walked back to my room. hehe~
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last night, at about 3am, the fire alarm went off. it very very rudely woke me up. at first, my very groggy mind thought that it was my phone emitting that awful siren. then i realised it wasnt. then i thought it might be the fire alarm. but by the time that thought occurred, the alarm went silent. so i thought, oh wells, whatever. then went to toilet. when i came out, the alarm went off again. and its not just any old alarm, its an extremely piercing alarm! so i was feeling quite pissed off and opened my room door. my other flatmates had also opened their doors. everyone was feeling sleepy and irritated. we all thought it might be the fire alarm, but we also were too sleepy to care. so when the alarm stopped, we went right to bed.
haih, i tell you, if that were a real alarm and not a drill or someone smoking in their room, we would all have fried to death in our sleep. LOL!
then this afternoon, the alarm for my block went off AGAIN! apparently, some girl downstairs was cooking and when someone opened the kitchen door, the smoke reached the smoke detectors. i have no idea how she cooked until soo much smoke was produced. i even smelt it as i was walking past that floor. it smelt slightly hangus.
luckily the smoke detectors were not connected to sprinklers!!! i swear i would have KILLED the girl! imagine being soaked by sprinklers and rushing out of the building, only to be met by chilly british weather. can die wan lor! not to mention all the electronic stuff in my room such as my laptop and camera. but on second thought, all my possessions are insured. so if they get ruined, i can get new ones! =p
ok la, thats all for now. my posts have been very wordy without a single picture. dun wanna make your brains work too hard =p
haih, i tell you, if that were a real alarm and not a drill or someone smoking in their room, we would all have fried to death in our sleep. LOL!
then this afternoon, the alarm for my block went off AGAIN! apparently, some girl downstairs was cooking and when someone opened the kitchen door, the smoke reached the smoke detectors. i have no idea how she cooked until soo much smoke was produced. i even smelt it as i was walking past that floor. it smelt slightly hangus.
luckily the smoke detectors were not connected to sprinklers!!! i swear i would have KILLED the girl! imagine being soaked by sprinklers and rushing out of the building, only to be met by chilly british weather. can die wan lor! not to mention all the electronic stuff in my room such as my laptop and camera. but on second thought, all my possessions are insured. so if they get ruined, i can get new ones! =p
ok la, thats all for now. my posts have been very wordy without a single picture. dun wanna make your brains work too hard =p
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