the flat.

1/24/10
Okay so here’s the DL on my flat. It’s weird. There’s 4 bedrooms, a kitchen/cooking area (no table or common room) and a bathroom BUT each room is totally different. Every room is a different size, has different furniture, and one of them even has a huge balcony. My room has no electrical outlets so anything that I want to charge I have to plug-in in our kitchen which is really strange. Also, we have no shower, only a bathtub with a hose attachment (which only works with cold water!) Apparently it’s common in south Africa for homes/dorms to only have a bathtub because most students come from areas where they bathe instead of showering (especially if their home is very rural). Regardless, I have a single bedroom, and it’s huge AND it has a beautiful view of table mountain so I’m pretty happy. I just have to get used to cold showers.

Oh and I have 3 roommates, one of whom is a friend from AU. The other two are both UTC students from South Africa and they seem pretty nice. Bane bragged about being a great cook so I"m excited for him to make an authentic dinner and Jabu plays really awesome music (well blasts actually) from his room every night and has promised to make a tape for us to spread some South African music to America. I think it's going to be a fun semester with these guys.

After moving in we went to the opening of the world cup stadium in cape town, which was marked with a match between two local cape town teams. The game went into overtime and penalty kicks and saphos, the team I was rooting for WON! So it was really awesome! It made me even more excited for the world cup, which I’ve decided I’m definitely staying for. I’ve met plenty of students who have said that they’re extending their rent for the summer so I’m welcome to sleep on the floor if I want to (which I’ll do!) I just want to see one game and experience the excitement once the games start!