Here I am, sitting on a plastic chair in a corridor of a shop lot, enjoying the breeze from the front to the back. It is hot! As most coastal folks know, the temperature could be higher than the concrete jungle of mega cities. Yet there are little mercies of the land and the sea breeze.
There are many things to be thankful for. Firstly there is hardly any mosquitoes here. Yet in this town there were seven deaths of young men in the month of July, 2019 of Dengue Fever, mostly those living in the Dengue hot spots.
This residence is the perfect location. It is within comfortable walking distance from two supermarkets, McDonalds, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Pizza Hut, Domino, Starbucks and the main road where there are many mini buses plying the route to every corner of the town.
It is a relatively safe area. I have been walking around early in the morning until my soup noodle waitress gently reminded me not to walk about before 7am.
Yet it is hard to live here long term. There is only one tap where the water could be yellow. There is no kitchen sink. Plumbing in the area is shocking. For a most expensive and desirable residence area comparable to Bangsar in Kuala Lumpur, waste water often could not go out. Those who deal with this area suspect the waste water and the sewerage fight to go out the same channel. We somehow manage to live with keeping waste water in buckets and pouring it manually out of the window into the gutter drain on the ledge.
Anyway, we are not complaining about the low rental. I suppose it is good training ground for later life in the interior area where there would be no pipe water nor grid electricity.
Thank God for cafes where I could order a drink and sit here the whole afternoon to blog.
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