Posted at ยป 7:25 AM
Sunday, March 02, 2008
When i went to London...yes there is something i did not blog....i lived with my financially unstable aunt...she is a single jobless mother....which has health problems and supporting her daughter education. Yes how worst can it get. Her daughter is under loan which she needs to pay her ass back when she step out to work. Besides, jobs in London are scarce remember!!
Before she was in this predicament, she lives in a nice big house in the country house with flowers on her window sill and a huge backyard. But when her husband left them with nothing she decided to move to London for her daughters education.
Anyway they live in a very small apartment with controlled heating. When i said controlled i mean heating opens at morning and evening only. So i was practically freezing when i was sleeping in the living room. Ok thats not all..i choose to live there bcuz i want to feel how to live like that, and i know i am pampered. But living there was well torture but a very meaningful experience.
OK ok in winter which temperature can drop till 1 degree Celsius...i can take it. Thank heaven they have a bathroom. Ya right!! Their bathroom is either too cold or too hot..i mean hot lava plus water hot hot...and cold as in ice water in the arctic cold. At first i tried to adjust to the right temperature, but it was totally futile. So i just took my shirt off and wash my head only. Oh did i said it was god freezing in the morning. Fine still ok. Then i the bed was like.....sleeping was worst than sleeping on the floor, bcuz the middle part sinks in. So every morning i have a neck and backache. Oh the tiles can be easily dirtied by their water which has some chemical difference with ours....and to solve this problem is to buy a special liquid and spray on the bathroom tiles. But they cannot afford...so they have to wipe the tiles and sinks everytime they finish using it. And i dont even bother if there is still soap on the floor.
Still ok..but when u rob me from my food...thats it. Cuz they are well unfinancially stable i cant say, can i have more rice or something like that. Pai seh mah. Anyway my point is to experience being poor. So at midnight i will be hungry. And since Londons food is expensive...her mom gave us 2 sandwiches for lunch. God how can i survive with that. But thankfully the sightseeing and talking help me disguise the grunting of my belly every few minutes.
Oh i have a tight budget too...so need to save save and save. Oh they have no money to fully renovate the apartment...so they dont have carpeted floor which is a pain in winter and dont have a fully functional toilet bowl. So i have to our pour water into the bowl....well no biggy right.
Well it was such an experience living there....and my aunts were all such good and humble people. Her daughter were totally cool...cuz she is those gothic style kinda girl....not hard core lar...she just like those stuff...and she watch so many murder show...like "Dexter"...u guys should check it out....great stuff. Ok get back to the living condition. I do this so that i can appreciate what i got...and do my best to help these people.
Just because of financial difficulties....good people like this have to suffer like this. Well god have everything install for us i guess. So appreciate every dime u got. Bcuz u dont want to lose it all. Believe me i seen my friends just go from riches to well unfinancially stable. Its really a heartbreaking thing. Just look around u and imagine losing it all. THE END.
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