my apartment, a work in progress:

This is the view from my kitchen back down the apartment. To the left, just in front of the easy-chair, is my front door. I don't have any small side tables yet, so as you can see, lamps are still on the floor like the one there by the TV. Through the door way on the right, you can see my bedroom. Next to that is the bathroom (straight through that doorway), and around the corner, opposite my bedroom, is my study.


This is my kitchen. It looks sort of like a little deck extension at the front of the building and has sliding glass doors in order to help insulate the apartment during the winter as a lot of cold can come in through the kitchen windows. Here on the left are my gas burners and hood, and on the right is my sink. The counter space in between is lined with windows which overlook the same row of small shops that my study looks down on.

This is the dining room I guess you could call it. It stretches back from my living to the kitchen. On the left is my orange wall and my table... the pictures on the table will eventually go up on that wall. To the right are my fridge and microwave; water cooler; dresser for silverware, cooking utensils, food; coat rack which will eventually go on the wall over the shoe-rack. To the right, just out of sight, is the door to the apartment, sitting between the dining room and living room.

This is my bathroom. It's about the size of a shower stall altogether, which works since I shower right there in between the toilet and sink... on the left you can just see my showerhead up there on the wall. Actually, I think I'm very lucky because I have a family-size water heater just for me. I think the pipes give it a very modern art-deco look!

This is my living room... the couch and chairs are definitely as comfortable as they look! Opposite the couch is a tv and my new DVD player. The curtains in the back of the room can be pulled completely to close off the room (I usually do this at night or to keep the chill out), but cracked as they are now, you can see my windowed catch-all room, with a broken washing machine, a spare desk, some cleaning supplies, and the clothes line.



This is the spare bedroom, now my study. The WaiBan provided me with the PC and printer... as soon as I can get the two machines to communicate, this will be a godsend when it comes to preparing lessons. In the lower left hand corner, out of sight, is a bookshelf and some pictures of bamboo that I hung. The window overlooks a whole row of tiny mom-and-pop restuarants, and beyond the campus wall, a dorm.


The bedroom. The WaiBan kindly bought me new sheets and they're beautiful -- the bed is very comfortable too, unusual here! At the foot of the bed, you can just make out a few paintings leaning against the wall. Once I figure out how to hang them on my cement walls, they will hang on that opposite wall, a triptic of flowers, warm yellow and green and orange. In the lower right corner, out of sight, there is a small wardrobe for my clothes and toiletries.