Homeless (30th June 2005)

This day was the last day of my current accomodation contract. By 12pm, we had to move out and give back the keys to the apartment. No worries about shifting bags and boxes as we rented the apartment next door for a whole month. For those who wonder why we didn't then rented back the same apartment, it's because all contracts in Portland Towers is a 12-month contract and the new tenants in our apartment are moving in straight away. By contrast, the next door tenants are enjoying the summer away from Sheffield so we can 'tumpang' temporarily.

Actually, this arrangements is quite good. All my housemates previously wanted to rent this apartment but got beaten to it by another group. So, at least they have the chance to live in it for a month. And after seeing the new apartment, I can see clearly the difference. It's soooo much more better! The place seem cozier, the furniture are bigger and the living room and kitchen together are nearly double the size of their counterpart back in the old apartment.

Though there's no internet, it's not a problem since we are nearby the IT centre in Mappin (the Engineering department).

The only problem was that the new contract starts on the 1st of July. That means, I would have to spend the night somewhere. My original plan was to pull an all-nighter in the IT centre. At least that would help me get some internet things settled such as Graduation issues, blogging posts and mostly, catching up on news on the internet. It does mean I would be homeless for almost a day.

However, the night before the big move, the 3 of us who were planning the all-nighter got a bit of good news. Our friends at Victoria Hall had 2 rooms free due to friends being on holiday. They wouldn't be back either since the Vic Hall contract ends on the 1st of July anyways. So, we got 2 beds to share for the night! In fact, it was 3 since another friend stayed over at her new place that night.

In the end, we brought over a duvet/sleeping bag/bedsheet for each of us and spend the night there. Well, actually we only slept at nearly 5 till about 11 since we stayed quite long in the IT centre anyways.