We had a big day today. We moved into the houses that we will be living in for the rest of the semester. Considering that the dorms we were living in were nothing special at all, I was not expecting much. However, 2-4 Roughmoor Rd is a blessing of a house. It is located in a suburb called Mowbray, which I have to say is definitely a little shady. Anyway, our house has an electric gate at the entrance into the front yard (it actually doesn't quite work at the moment, so we have been pulling the gate open and closed for the past 3 days....SAFE :) ). Our front yard smells like a Hawaiin flowers. The property consists of two bungalows that are connected by a courtyard. Each bungalow has 5 massive singles with king sized beds, equipped with two bathrooms (I have been taking cold showers for the past 5 days- I'm used to it now though), a mini stereo system, a small television that gets satellite (but no remote), a nice kitchen with a stove, oven, and 2 refrigerators, a washer and dryer (the washer actually broke and flooded our kitchen with soapy water this morning…so that’s a little bit of a problem).
My room is BIG. I have a large king sized bed that is bigger than my legs and arms wingspan, it has two massive glass windows that lets in a lot of light, a clothing drawer, and an armoire. Unfortunately I have no lights in my bedroom, so at night I have had to use my stone-aged cell phone as a flashlight. Also, ive already killed and spotted about 4-5 cockroaches under my bed... Lucky me.Speaking of my cell phone by the way, I purchased it on the first day I got to Cape Town. A cell phone company was at our orientation to sell phones and plans to students. I didn’t really understand the cell contract, but I was jetlagged and just wanted a phone so I trusted it would be okay. What they didn’t mention to us was that these cell phones were probably the first cell phones to ever be produced. The phone is from the pre-vibration days. And the sound on my phone is so low that I never know if someone is calling or texting me. I don’t even have snake on my phone to play with during lets say a boring lecture at UCT (kidding mom).
The people living in our house are a cast of characters: Dexter, Brian, Geoff, Leor, Nathan, Brandt, Thomas, Cameron, and Kyle. All from different schools and walks of life, and I'm really excited to get to know them. Especially Brandt, because he has already expressed how much he loves America. God bless him! More to come on this cast of character in later posts.
Btw...I bought myself an old old skate board that has really cool stickers on it. The board must have been made from old drift wood, but i can definitely get around on it. I've only fallen 7 or 8 times so far, and from those times, only 6 were in front of some pretty South African girls. So that's definitely a major success. I bought the board from a store called Replay Sports. Rodrigo and I had originally gone in there looking to buy a long surf board, so I could learn how to surf. However, when we saw that there were no long boards there we asked the owner where we could find boards for beginners...the owner immediately crushed my dreams of becoming a surfer bru when he just began to shake his head and say that there are none in Cape Town to find a board, and that we would never learn how to surf here. Ouch! The guy was a huge wanker.
dope wheels.
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