The transfer from my Hotel to the Hostel went pretty smoothly. When checking out, I got some papers I had to hold on to, in case the police would stop me. After going up to my room again to wait for my driver, I noticed there were some errors on them. They said I was 23 instead of 22 and that my entry port was Qatar instead of Dubai. When someone came to bring me downstairs (I was not allowed to use the elevator by myself), I told the reception about my errors. It took them a bit to get the responsible person, just that they would tell me, that it doesn’t matter, as these papers only matter for 24 hrs and they are mostly just to verify that I am negative. Oh yeah, I’ve had a nasal swab the day before, it was very quick and not that unpleasant. The only thing was, that I had the feeling of being at the edge of sneezing for 15 mins, that was a bit weird^^
I also got a red hard-case booklet which I just opened. It’s a certificate that I completed the mandatory quarantine in the hotel, nice little gift 😄 only thing is, that they messed up the number there too, the wrote 10 days instead of 7^^
The ride to the Subang District was great! Finally seeing new stuff and not having the perspective from the 17th floor but at street level felt awesome! 🙂 I saw a nice mosque and many nice streets I can’t wait to wander through. You could already tell when we were close to my uni as there were really big billboards advertising different universities and colleges! Seems like this district is like the central hub for academics.
The first bad thing that happened when I arrived was that I got informed that the rent contract is set for 1 whole year. I had in mind it was only for 6-months… Seems like I should have read the contract better… The payment was 6-months in advance, so I thought you pay every 6-months and either extend or quit the contract. The Management staff told me that I could quit after 6 months but then I won’t get my deposit back. But that still seems like a better choice as that would be way cheaper than paying for another half year. Well, lets see how that goes.
Other than that the check-in procedure went pretty smoothly and they kindly explained to me everything I need to know. I also got a WhatsApp number which I can turn to, if I have any other questions.
For the next 7 days I have to check in the MySejahtera App (Malaysias Covid App, you have to check-in by scanning a QR-Code whenever you enter a building or taxi, etc) and filling out this form regarding my health.
Today also a person wrote me, saying that he was assigned as my guide from hotel management, so I have another person to speak to and maybe later ask a few question about how life is like here in the hostel 🙂
My room itself is pretty nice, I knew it would be very small and for what it is, I can’t complain! Everything is clean, the mattress is hard as I lie it and the colors are grey with green accent which looks very nice!
The Building my room is in:
Having an ultra-wide lense on your phone sure comes in handy when taking pictures in small rooms^^
Sadly I can’t decorate my room yet as I am in a different room for my quarantine than my actual stay. But at least I can get a picture of what my room will look like and how I can decorate it. Can’t wait to finally have my real own room! 😀
After the luxury I had, I think I will need a few days to accustom myself to the new situation^^ Especially with the shared bathrooms. I don’t mind showering “in public” but normally I prefer closed toilet rooms over stalls^^ also I now can’t get around hosing myself down with water after I finished my business as the stalls don’t offer any toilet paper at all 😅 But all that is of course nothing you won’t get used to in a couple of days. At least everything there is clean which is a much more important point for me.
I actually had in mind, that I only have to share a bathroom with one other person instead of five, but that could maybe change when I’m in my proper room, so lets see.
The day I moved was unfortunately also the day of my first lectures. I wrote both my lecturers that I won’t be able to participate in class and both assured me that it would be no problem and they would upload recordings of the classes, so I can just rewatch them. Gonna do that later.
As there is a 10 picture upload limit per post on tumblr 🙄 I’ll talk about ordering food here in another post.
