So, some of you may already know about J and my relocation to T-eeny town. Well, I won't exactly call J's a relocation, coz he's been stuck here for more than 2 years now (still wonder how he's managed to survive it for so long), but for me, things are still pretty much demanding adaptation.
To begin with, T-eeny town is sleepy. Everyone moves around sloooooowleeeeeeee... well, to look on the bright side: -
- There are hardly traffic jams, except for the occassional slower moving traffic at some spots during rush hour.
- People here are just generally friendlier. I guess that comes from the less-stressed factor.
- The furthest drive from point A to point B takes about 20 minutes.
- Labour cost here is really low, and I'm glad to have extra hand with house chores.
- Seafood (my number one love among foods) here is great!
Hopefully in time I will discover better things about T-eeny town coz so far, other than the above, for a small town: -
- Things here are certainly not cheap, ie: food, household items etc.
- The place is pretty tattered and dirty.
- Internet here is heaps crappy!
- There are bugs everywhere and where J and I work, iguanas are aplenty!
- Security here ain't champion of towns.
Whatever it is, I've got to learn to live it here. As they say, love knows no bounds. And in my case, I guess it means geographical boundaries, which means no matter what I have to bring my love across the sea into T-eeny town to my dear J.
Anyway, to start things off, J and I had to go furniture shopping, just so that the house would look a little more livable and homely. Just in case I have not mentioned, the house used to be an office downstairs, and J used to sleep upstairs. So when they decided to move the office elsewhere, everything downstairs was taken away.
So since the place is only rented, we had to find a balance between having it furnished to our comfort, but yet not spend excessively as it won't be likely that we bring the furniture with us when we leave. In the end, after countless scouring of furniture malls and shops, we picked certain pieces up and our hall now looks like this:
We spend most of our nights in this area now, as the nights are long (sun starts to set at 5pm) and we have early dinners.
I know the place can be that much cozier, maybe throw in a photo frame or two, or some carpets here and there, but we've decided to just go with the flow and scrimp on that for now. Hopefully, just hopefully, T-eeny town won't be for too long! I miss home and I miss my family.
