I am such a laid-back person that I sometimes forget that the other person(s) might not feel as comfortable as I am feeling.
Two months have passed since I moved into my Italian colleague's house - in fact it was just about a month that we lived together if we take out the times one of us was away.
I might have forgotten that it was a temporary solution - we were getting along so well together.
We'd just go home together, cook together, have drinks and a good laugh.
Watch my Sex and the City DVDs in our separate computers and our life has become like the Sex and the City (well, in Port-au-Prince).
But now the time came to get out of her house as her sister was coming to visit tomorrow.
It was about time.
I started seriously searching for a house but it is not easy.
First of all I don't want to use the agents any more because they charge such high fees (normally half the monthly rent).
Therefore it limits the options - it has to come from words of month.
In an environment where thousands of UN people work together, why is it so hard to find connections, who is leaving and who is looking for houses???
Why doesn't someone create a website or something where we can post?
Secondly houses here in Port-au-Prince are so freakin' expensive.
A cheaper side would be 1,000 USD per room.
Many pay more.
Quality wise - it is average.
Lucky if you had a good and strong hot shower.
But it might have aweful furniture, which is often the case.
My first house cost USD 3000 and I was sharing with two other people.
The second house was USD 5000 (with a gorgeous swimming pool) and I was sharing with three others.
Now the Italian girl's house was USD 2,000 for two bedrooms.
In one of the poorest countries on the earch, what the heck is this paradox?
Another difficulty is that I might want to live alone.
I haven't lived alone for about 4 years now.
I always favoured to live with others - more fun, and cheapter.
Now - I might prefer to get rid of any hussles.
Maybe I am getting old, less compromising.
Maybe I am tired?
In any case, I came to my another colleague's place today.
Cute.
And she's leaving tomorrow for a week and a bit.
But by now I am sick n' tired and I MUST FIND A PLACE TO SETTLE.
But then I don't want to pay USD 2000 by myself in a house in Port-au-Price, where you might not have electricity sometimes?!?!
Ah what a crazy place I live now...
