Apartment Pictures

Finally grabbed a camera today. Here are some pictures of my apartment, a one-bedroom loft that costs roughly $380 US a month. Which is actually a raw deal: co-workers of mine rent houses or 3-bedroom apartments for that much. Anyway, please to enjoy:

My view upon entering.


If I tilt my head up I see this.


My "kitchen," which is to the left of the entrance, complete with a small washer-dryer.


Now for the right of the entrance: please to notice the fridge, it's that grey rectangle at the very right edge of the frame.


These stairs are to the immediate right when I enter.


First in the upstairs half of my apartment is my bedroom. It is to the left at the end of the staircase. Please to excuse the mess.


Now going straight when you get up the stairs instead of left will lead you to my office, where I nap, watch movies, read and play video games.


A close-up of my computer. I bought the speakers today along with the camera. They were around $20 and match my monitor and tower quite well. And there's even a subwoofer you can't see. Very, very cheap and the sound quality isn't half bad. Also, video games, durrrrr.


To the right of the computer is a nice little corner that I set up for reading and movie watching. I've also cat napped here a few times during weekend afternoons. The sun shines on me and it's great. The view is also unbelievable (I'm on the ninth floor facing out toward Xinzhu).


Here I am looking from the computer/nap area across to the bedroom. I think it might help to imagine this bedroom on top of the entrance/kitchen.


And now I am looking straight down to the living area.


Looking down and to the left reveals the fridge in full view and the TV turned to Taiwanese news. No, I can't understand a word they are saying.


Oh, I almost forgot the obligatory bathroom picture.


To finish up for this round, here is the best I was able to do looking out of the window of my computer/nap area (i.e., office). Not sure if my camera can do better, but regardless, you can get an idea (I think) of the height I am at and some other stuffs.


Hopefully I made the layout of the apartment clear. If there is confusion, leave a comment and I'll answer it either in another comment or in my next post. Next up, daytime shots of my view and my school (and possibly shots of a 7-11 or the High Speed Train Station if I go out for lunch).

And no, I didn't choose the couch color. The apartment was furnished by my land lord and land lady before I moved in. Both of whom, by the way, are incredible people. For example: today they took me out to lunch, explained some important stuff to me along the way about Zhubei and roads and stuff and then offered to help me find a camera when I mentioned I was going to look for one. The lord (husband) speaks a tiny bit of English, but we were mostly talking Chinese the whole time. It was fantastic.