Becoming a Crystallographer

This is the blog of a future crystallographer, not that crystallography is the main area of discussion. I'll maybe mention it once in a while, while writing about my life and other things.

Friday, December 12, 2008

More lunch and dampness

The week has gone by quite fast in the end even though it seems like ages since some things happened. That's the way it is when in a new place (even though this is not a new new place). I managed to have lunch today - pizza and a coke. All was going dandy until I saw my new boss in the same restaurant (I like staying incognito and really don't want people to know I have lunch alone) sitting on the other side of the restaurant but facing me. So I got over that and decided I don't mind if he sees me talking to myself and then this man asked me whether the other chair around my table was taken (the restaurant was full) and I was like "no". I though he'd move it to the table with no chairs right next to my table but he didn't. Then I was like "ok, this is normal - people sit at the same table also at university diners" but then he asked me something and I mumbled something like "ich weiss nicht" and then was like "ja, ahem" when he said something else. I don't know weather he just thought I was rude or figured out I didn't really understand him and really didn't want to put much effort into it either. He ended up moving to another table once people left so that took care of that. I kept a positive attitude and got through lunch quite well. Then as I was walking back to the factory area the sun made an appearance for the second time in my time here. That got me in a good mood.

My apartment is terribly damp. I really don't know what to do about it. And I spotted like mold on top of the balcony door. So there is stuff growing in here. Having done my laundry yesterday has made the situation no better and in fact worse. I now have the window open but I don't know whether that will make it better or worse. I think part of the problem is that the hallway is also really damp and I suspect there is no air moving in there. There is a sort of fan in the toilet but I'm not sure that helps at all. I'm just a bit worried about like living in these kind of conditions. and when I go away for two weeks I'm not sure whether I should put the blinds (German blinds covering the whole window and balcony door from outside) down or keep them up since I don't want to come back to a rotten apartment (rotten clothes and stuff). Oh why can only Finns build proper houses? It seems everywhere else there is always some problems.

1 Comments:

  • At 16/12/08 21:45, Blogger elina said…

    Lunch alone is a big problem for me too... But I guess in the end it's better to eat than go hungry. I'm glad to hear they still make your favorite food at that restaurant. It was yummy! I should bring u some books, but I fear I already have too many in my luggage for mom. Maybe the postal service could carry them after Jaakko reads them as well.
    Take care!

     

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