Sunday, June 12, 2005

first batch of pics!

Woohoo! I came home after a long day of school and squeezed in some time to play with my new camera (I'm in love with it, by the way). So please, take a little virtual tour of my humble abode - check out My apartment (and around) in my photo albums! The building is a bit discouraging when you first see it. We start out with the dingy exterior, carry on into the gloomy stairwell, then open the door into its surprisingly warm and cozy belly. Once again, I haven't bothered to tidy up, so please ignore the beer bottles, scattered shoes, underwear hanging up and other miscellaneous junk. The living room pic is sparkling clean - but that's an old picture.

I'd also like to take this chance to introduce to you a very non-western phenomenon. The Shoilet*. The shoilet is the toilet/shower combination all rolled up into one compact ball. The floor of the shower is just the floor of the bathroom. Get off the pooper and take one step into the shower. How convenient!

I HATE shoilets. I like to have a bit more of a distinct line between where I wash and where I..........

Also, the shoilet is quite smelly. At least at times, and especially in the summer. The shower water, as well as our laundry water, just flows along to this little drain. Sometimes things seem to be backed up or something and there is a VERY unpleasant smell. Ew. I hardly feel like I'm getting clean when the whole room reeks of sewage. Like I said, EW.

And finally, as if I hadn't already given ample reason to despise it, along with the shoilet comes the joys of sewer bugs. All these little flies come up out of the drain and stick to the walls. They are very slow and stupid (due to breathing shit fumes for all their lives) and easily squished. Still, another hearry EEEW! from crowds.

Here is a look at a shoilet fly.

*The term shoilet is being credited to my sister, who in turn credits it to some girl I don't know.

28 comments:

deadites said...

Shoilet flies! LMAO!!! I had a similar problem in Mexico City where on a really bad day the entire apartment would smell like shit.. good thing it\'s a warm enough climate so that the windows can stay permanently open!!! We had 4 bathrooms too!! I dunno what it is but the richer people are down there, the more bathrooms they seem to have.. a bathroom off every room! But a real pain in the ass to clean!

deadites said...

Just check out the pics.. wow, quite a difference between the exterior and the interior! I love all that wood though! Thanks for sharing!!!

Unknown said...

GREAT pics! I loooved seeing the MAG in the bathroom!Hehe!Also I see you have a SHREK dvd!!!! You sooo ROCK! Sorry to hear about the SHOILET FLIES sweetie ...that sucks ass!*Blech* ! I am dealing with JUNE BUGS and ants right now ... DOUBLE *Blech*! Anyway , good to see that you are enjoying your new camera BUT Im still waiting to see some NAKED poses from THERAN!!!!LOL! Cmon girl we need some EYE CANDY!!!!Tee hee!Have a great day ...err ehhmm ..evening I guess it is for you! =DTake Care!* HUGS*

islandgirl said...

Shoilet.......our situation is a little better...but not much.....soon I move into a place with a bathtub!!! YAY!!!!great seeing the pics.........interesting to see how things vary round the world....esp for those of us who haven\'t travelled much!C U LATER!

Politics said...

Holy crapola! Big design flaw in the shoilet set up! I don\'t think I could live with that. Your appartment looks nice on the inside! The out side needs some work - ehehheehee! Come back to Canada mandersblue!

Marley said...

awesome pics....sorry about the shoilet! almost compares to our craptacular bathroom in the basement. Well, maybe not! *lol* love the word "shoilet"take care

Touly said...

LOLLLL I don\'t know how you do it, I\'d always be stressed and poised to attack! For some reason, there\'s no curtain or door separating the showers in greece, they think there\'s no problem with water spewing out everywhere, I was always afraid i\'d flood the hallway if I stayed in there too long.

Jade said...

Happy Messy desk day-or so

peabody said...

ok..before i read yer post.. what are soggy muffins? i need to know! lol.. time to read..

peabody said...

have i told you lately how awesome it is to experience yer experience on yer blog? the pics just took it to a new level ;) i love yer rice cooker pic ;) i\'ve been there! well, not in china anyway.. but u know what i mean. as for shoilets.. ewwwwwww

peabody said...

btw: send me an email thru my website link under contact, k?

·Ecto·Lady· said...

I\'ve moved around your photo albums, and wow. What a drastic change from outside to inside. I\'m a bit of a neat freak, and germophobe...SO when I see your shoiloet it makes me shudder. All I can think about is the toothbrush.I think i\'d be brushing my teeth in the kitchen.How amazing it is that you are over there. What an adventure.

Manda said...

Wow, interesting pictures. It takes a long time to get used to a shoilet I\'m sure. I was in China for about 3 weeks several years ago and it was definitely an experience. I\'ve thought I\'d like to visit back there again. Hope you enjoy it.

Corrina said...

.... and I was just about to eat lunch *gag*

Isabella said...

Your apartment does look nice and cozy! But for the shoilet flies, he looks pretty mcnasty, ewwwe is right, lol. Your discription of the Shoilet and the shoilet flies cracked me up, lol. You poor gurl. Thanks for the gand tour Manders! Hope that yur having a great day gurl.~Hugs~

monty said...

It reminds me a bit of the Terry Gilliam film "Brazil" . actually only a little bit , but seeing as I\'ve already mentioned it now try to get a copy from your local Chinese pirate .

monty said...

oh , and download Picasa2 ( free ) and use instead of your camera\'s editing and archiving software which is probably pish .

Josie said...

Very ..umm ....Interesting!! ...That\'s hilarious ....but I guess ..not soo much for you huh?? ....may the force be with you ...I\'m not even a star wars fan....

Jen said...

umm I hope I never encounter any of those.. yuck

Unknown said...

my stomach just turned over and left the room.... shoilet.... yuck!got to love communism!

Kat said...

Hey hithanks for dropping byDo you like China ?It always looks nice on those travel programs Seems like lots of hustle and bustle and I thought Sydney was bad

Jade said...

hey, did you know today is "say something nice day"...well, I think you\'re a real kick- you\'ve got to have alot of spunk to live there & do what you are doing and I love to read your space & really like your comments :)

Unknown said...

HAPPY SAY SOMETHING NICE DAY!=DYou are a fun and intelligent lady with a quick -witted , sometimes sick sense of humor and you ROCK!!!!! XOX

Unknown said...

The only remotely similar story I have - the public restrooms in Italy...uh, holes in the concrete. Add a shower in there and you\'d have instant GAG! (Awesome pictures!!)

Christine said...

OMG!!! I thought I would NEVER SEE ONE OF THOSE AGAIN! We lived in Okinawa Japan for 3 years and we had those...shower and toilet all rolled into one and we used to have these flies! Wow....Brings me back! LOLChristine

Unknown said...

Stopped by to see if I could use your shoilet? Please...

Brenda said...

ewwww, shoilets...hate them. that is what the 4 of us girls had to sshare in paris. no fun.

Theresa said...

Man- ter had a shoilet in Holland... but it was way cleaner than my actual shower there... so I preferred it.

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