Our gap year apartment

Many of you know that we are planning to transition into co-housing one day. During this gap year we're getting ready for that.

Our apartment is a small, shotgun style setup with a small kitchen, with a toaster oven and micro, a two burner stove and a frig. We have a nice water cooler/heater that works great. That was a pleasant surprise, because clean drinking water was a big concern. Whenever it runs low, we make a call, and the guy comes with a new 5 gallon bottle. The bathroom is small with a western commode (thank God), and the shower is the bathroom, all there together. The living room has the clothes washer, a small fold-up table for eating and working, and nice large screen TV and a bookcase. We didn't actually get any channels until yesterday. Most of them are in Chinese, and can't find the CC button on the remote. They have a lot of Chinese soap operas and fighting movies. Unfortunately BBC Asia doesn't come in well. We can see the news ticker at the bottom of the screen. So really we only have one English channel that comes in well CCTV, which is mostly news. The bedroom has a king-size bed and a desk with a computer. The AC is quiet and works well. Closet space is tight as long as Paul doesn't hog the hangers, we'll be fine. As you see in the video (Laundry Day) the balcony has a couple of descending clothes lines. That's all we need.