apartment and settling in

here's a tour of my apartment.

it's called a one room for a reason.

mine is small and sweet.

there's some mold hiding between the walls of the bathroom and the main room but i think that is a common problem.

the apartment by contract was furnished with: a bed, a table, a chair (but I have 2), a dresser, a t.v., a washing machine, a microwave, a refrigerator. the woman who lived here before me left some goodies including cookware, utensils, a clothes line, a fan, a hairdryer, a little bookshelf, and 2 little tables. i was also lucky enough to take over her internet and phone service, which otherwise would have left me out of the loop for a month (about the wait time to secure my alien residency status, which you need to set up any account except for a bank account).

there are 9 other units in this apartment buiding, but i rarely see any neighbors. i do hear them though, the guy above me wakes up a 5:30 am. and the woman across the hall blow dries her hair around 8:20.

i've lived here about 2 months and i just figured out the garbage protocol. for the most part people will leave the garbage (non-food waste or recyclables) outside in its designated orange pickup bag any day, but it's technically picked up on mondays. the alley cats are usually pretty happy to help themselves by the opening the bags if they sit out too long so i try to get the day right and spare my landlord the cleanup. also on the topic of garbage, you buy garbage bags that are orange for non-recyclables, blue for recyclables (although i haven't done this because people with carts will come by and pick it up and take it themselves to make cash - so why bother paying for a bag) and the compost bucket you can buy at any 1000W store (a.k.a the dollar store) and purchase a sticker which designates it serviceable.

and yes there are free piles (I think), people leave unwanted goods by the trash and if you find it useful it's open to taking.