Infinitely Better
January 05, 2004
Since it’s been confirmed, here I am announcing that I AM MOVING INTO A NEW APARTMENT!!!
You don’t know how kick ass this is. My apartment now, as used to it as I am, sucks major ass. It’s comfortable and all but here are the major problems: the washroom is horrible because it’s always cold because there are uncloseable vents. The tatami mats are old and have attracted dust and all sorts of allergenic shit that killed me in the summer. The neighbor to the right has a really fucked up schedule and makes hacking coughy noises at 2-4am AND now he washes his fucking clothes at 2am too (the machine is on the balcony which totally rattles up the floor that I sleep on). The asshole kids outside who sometimes live in the foyer and leave their ciggie buts and cans everywhere. The lack of elevator. The high rent I’m paying for this garbage.
You gotta love the heartless corporation that I work in – it’s a company apartment so I KNOW they take a cut of my monthly rent and it’s a piece of shit.
So anyway, about the new apartment. It’s in a much more convenient area for Eri. Analogy time: If my apartment now is in Richmond, Eri lives in North Vancouver and it takes her a long time to get home. We both work roughly downtown. My new apartment is now located maybe at Lonsdale Quay. Don’t get the analogy? Well then you’re stupid.
The place is super close to Noda Hanshin station – the closest exit is seriously, 2 minutes away. That means no more freezing morning bike rides through the old folks park. There are so many stores and restaurants around. There’s a 7-11 right downstairs, a KFC around the corner, a JUSCO department store not too far away, McDonalds, a Japanese version of Blockbuster called Tsutaya, scores of coffee shops (much needed), and some more shit I’m sure. The rent is a tad more expensive (6,000 yen more) but the building is 2 years old versus the 16th century whorehouse I live in now. The size is about the same but I will have a proper bathroom and toilet, a smaller kitchen, and 1 big room instead of 2 smaller rooms. There’s also a huge walk in closet that has a motion detector that triggers the light (now that’s classy). There are 2 elevators. There are no tatami mats – it’s all wood flooring. There main entrance is coded so no stupid kids can loiter around. The walls are better sound proofed and there’s a cushion layer under the floor to prevent foot step noises. There’s a clothes washer set up plug thingy so no more laundry runs downstairs.
We were touring it yesterday around 5-6pm and since the place faces west, I saw the sunset from the balcony. Great view. It’s too bad Osaka is filled with nothing but concrete buildings. Had the western side been mountainy instead, I’d have one helluva view.
I think I’ll be moving in a fortnight and from how it looks, I might have to cancel Korea to free up some funds. More news later.
