Flat!

Sunday Sep 21
13:26 Sydney

I found a place to stay! It is rather pricey, but I think it’s worth it. $170 per week, so it works out to about $700 a month. I’m sharing the master bedroom of a flat with the person who lives there/owns it. Just a 10-minute walk from Central Station, and less than 5 away from Coles, the supermarket. It’s a nice building, with a pool (which I probably will not use) and a gym, which I intend to use. Free wireless! Yahoo! I will no longer be at the mercy of netcafe trading hours or gross keyboards!

I got a good vibe from the girl--heck, I got a good vibe from the ad alone; seeing the place and the girl just sealed the deal. The other ads that I saw were rather shady, or they would have had me sharing with 3 or 4 other people in the same room.. I may as well be living at a hostel, ya know? And it’s impossible to say how well you’d be able to tolerate a person, nevermind 3 or 4. Some had minimum stays that made me uncomfortable; what if I hated my roomies? And then there were some that had a male contact name, but only wanted females, and Asian at that. I know it may not mean anything, but I just got the creeps reading the ad. Gotta trust instinct. I’m also decently sure that if I’m still here when Cindy comes, we can swing it so one of us gets a cheap night or two on the floor (just until we head off to Melbourne). If available, there’s also a second room for 2 ppl for $320pw.

I’m checking out of the hostel tomorrow, and got a refund for the unused nights, too! Too bad the refund was back onto my credit card, and not in cash. Not that I’m running out, but it’d be nice to have cold hard cash, rather than credit into an account that I’m not going to touch much now that I’m here.

I guess waking up early and wandering around town was rather fortuitous after all. I saw the girl as she was putting up the ad this morning. =D

Now I feel ready to tackle the work issue. Though without a tax number, I’m gonna be taxed a whopping 49%. YIKES! Crossing fingers that I will get that number soon.