Eric's Beijing Diary

I hate moving. How in the world did I accumulate all this stuff!?

They finally finished the maintenance on the apartments in the main teachers' dormitory. The movers showed up yesterday afternoon to pick up my stuff, and I finished it up this morning. I am back where I used to be. Well, almost. I decided to move to the place next door. It turns out that the bedroom wall is paper thin, and you can hear absolutely everything the person in the other apartment is doing. I didn't know this when I first moved here, because the three apartments on the end were empty. I found out last year when my neighbor knocked on my door. I had been listening to the news or BBN or something, and it was keeping him awake. I was taken completely by surprise, but after that, I listened carefully, and found that I could hear every time he got out of bed and walked across the floor. Well, the apartment I moved to now has the same issue, but it faces the other way, and the apartment next to it is the office, so there is nobody there after 5 in the evening. Problem solved. Only thing is, my new floor plan is the exact reverse of my previous apartment. I feel backwards. Or maybe I was backwards all the time before and didn't know it, so now, when I finally get turned around right, I feel backwards. Who can know the answer to such questions?

Eric Langager
Building 114, Room 1405
Beihang University
37 XueYuan Road
Haidian District
Beijing 100083 CHINA

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