Ha, and slowly people started to stroll in and there were 6 of us in that hot farm and 2 brazillian ladies had a cooking lesson for us. Went to Shanghai Breweries at night for burgers and beer. Mmm mm.
Sunday after yoga I went home and outside my door I heard an alarm-like beeping sound. At first I thought it was gas leak coz my landlord had installed a safety alarm or I forgot to turn off the alarm clock, but it was the air condition. I tried to fix it, but it just won't stop beeping so I pulled the plug and called my landlord, who came over and fixed it. So he left and after a while the beeping started again and I can't turn off or on the aircon, so he said might as well buy another one, so i'm left with no air con for the next two days. WHAT. HOW TO SURVIVE AT NIGHT!?! and I only have this small USB fan which I bought, which I don't know if I'm lucky or not.
So I managed to survive the night with my small fan and fully opened windows.
Monday the air con was delivered to my house so I had to get home in the afternoon after they called me. BUT it was raining, hurricane style. I walked to the train station and it was like i took a shower with my clothes on, even when i had my umbrella. The delivery man was already at my door, so she took it in and left. That's when I realised the electricity was cut. Drenched to the last bit, electricity cut, hurricane rain, I couldn't bathe so i dried myself and I couldn't return to the office. I was stuck at home for 2 whole hours without electricity, before the rain stopped and I had to wait for the repair man to switch on my electricity supply again. It was just a switch on my power box -_-
I returned to office, booked haircut appointment at 8pm and went to Monsoon for a haircut after work. Yeah, they have expanded to Shanghai, and I had a package: Cut, Care, Dye for $37sgd. CHEAP! and my stylist was very detailed, and the whole session lasted till 10.15, I was the last customer to leave the shopping center via the employee exit. haha. AND the repairman came to remove the spoilt aircon at 10.45pm in my house and he told me, no landlord will buy a Daikin AC for the tenant, because its too expensive so either he is very rich or very nice.
And so, I survived, yet another night without AC and with my USB fan.
Tuesday I woke up at 6am when the landlord called me and told em the aircon installation people will be here at 7. 5 hours of bad sleep, I pulled myself and prepared for the installation. And again, they told me they have never heard of the landlord buying a Daikin aircon for the tenant, so I guess he felt bad for letting me sleep w/o the aircon in the hot summer. Finally it was done at 8am and I had a completely new aircon in my room! WOOHOO I never felt so shiok in the summer before.
Took my time to clean up the room and I had some time allowance since my manager knows about my AC so I conveniently scrubbed the toilet, mopped the floor and washed the bed sheets before heading to work at 10am. HA. and I told my manager about the Daikin, she and my colleague were shocked too by how generous my landlord is. Well I guess I'm fortunate to have rented the room from him!
Living in Shanghai is so epic.