So the promised blog about basketball will be coming soon, but I had to post this today. People have been wanting to see some pictures of my room, but I hadn't gotten around to taking pictures of it. Today was cleaning day though, so I figured it was the perfect chance to capture my room in its "clean state", which is unfortunately a bit of a rarity. And yes, you read that right- cleaning day. Once a week we have housekeepers come in and clean our room. They also come three times a week to empty our trash bins. It's a bit ridiculous actually, I'm used to cleaning up after myself. But I'm not complaining. They even scrub and clean our bathroom. Yes, you read that right too, I have my own bathroom. I am one of the lucky few in the "en suite" building, which comes with it's own toilet and shower. Very nice after shared bathrooms for two years in Santa Cruz.
I was going to take some pictures of my room, but I thought a video made more sense and would be more fun. The quality isn't great, as I did on my regular camera, but it's fine. Check it out:
(UPDATE- video tips: if your internet is as slow as mine, you may have a bit of trouble watching this. If it keeps stopping to buffer, I'd recommend starting it, then stopping it and letting it load for about 5 minutes before watching it. Let me know either in the comments or via email or facebook if you're able to get it working. If not I'll post it on youtube or something, thanks)
So there you have it. I really can't complain- my own room, lake view, en-suite bathroom, a heater. I really was lucky to be put in this building (broken elevator and all). The domestic students had to request it, but for internationals it's kind of random. Some of the other UC students here were put into regular, kinda junky dorms.
As you had to request the en-suite bathroom, and presumably pay a bit more, the composition of my floor is interesting. I'm the only boy on a floor of about 16. I guess girls find the en-suite bathrooms more useful. It's an interesting dynamic- but again, I'm certainly not complaining.
Thanks for reading, and I'll try to keep the steady flow of posts coming. Check back soon.
-Gabe
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haha very nice room. just as lucky as i was with the whole single bedroom and bathroom with shower business. though cambridge was much more strict on cleanliness and i was forced to come home to a clean room and empty trash can every day. i didn't complain much either. im glad youre liking it.
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