Countdown

Only about a week or so left in this rat hole.

I can think of 10 good reasons why I can't wait to get out of here.

10. Its THREE floors up. Without a lift. Thats 5 flights of stairs. Piece of cake? Well I'd really appreciate your help moving OUT.

9. The intercom breaks down intermittently. That means running down those 5 flights of stairs to let your friend in. And climbing up again, whilst listening to your friend moan about how far up it is. Again.

8. The ceiling is leaking, cracking and peeling. Nuff said.

7. There's effectively, no central heating. When its turned on, only the living room gets heated. The rest of us get left out. Grrr...

6. My room has a wonderful view of the circle and district line tube, accompanied by the regular sound of trains entering and leaving the station every 5mins.
POI: the last train is at 0030 and the first is at 0530.

5. Because of the train, the TV signal in the room is dreadful.The antenna has to be adjusted every 10min just to get rid of the sound of interference and static.

4. The shower has two settings. SUPER hot... or FREEEZING cold. And some days, if you're lucky, it randomly locks itself out, when the warm shower suddenly turns freakishly cold in 1 sec. Your housemates soon learn your characteristic howl, and save you by resetting the boiler.

3. The modem always breaks down just when you're having an important online conversation, and it goes nocturnal, and refuses to turn itself on in the morning. No it doesn't imitate its residents.

2. Those irritating discourteous selfish Malaysians downstairs always START making noise the minute I climb into bed to try to get a night's sleep. Can't those idiots just KEEP THEIR VOICES DOWN!!!

1. And the NUMBER ONE reason. The minute I do actually get to bed, I'm awakened at 4am in the morning. THIS time, by my inconsiderate neighbour who's holding a rave next door in his very own flat. And every single bass beat is transmitted through the paper thin walls.

I'm glad to be getting out of here soon. And I'm not just being whiny.

Welcome to London housing.
Teaches one alot about contentment.