I haven't really encountered anything really interesting in the few days that have passed. Well, school's began and I'm busy so... maybe it is a good thing; it's about time I got my mind thinking about architecture again...

I might not have encountered anything interesting, but I certainly encountered some weird stuff! To begin, when I was parking my bike at night in front of my block, I saw a large shadow crawling on the floor. My initial thought was: OMG! It's a rodent! Then I observed it and thought it was a big too big to be a rat... On closer inspection, I realized it was a hedgehog! Kewl! Too bad I didn't take out my camera in time before the 30cm ball of spikes scurried into the bushes!

Then I tried to do my laundry. Yes, after much procrastination, I have finally ran out of clothes. The washing machine and dryer are supposed to be pay-per-use, but apparently the paying machine hasn't been installed yet, so as of now it is free. Check out the laundry room photo below:

While I did not encounter any weirdness in the laundry room, I was the object of weirdness to one of my neighbours who I do not know by name (probably lives on other floors). The dryer buttons are labelled in dutch (well, I expected that, which was why I brought my digital camera in the first place; so I can refer to the digital photo and translate it online)... So while I was taking the second shot above... a guy came in! I turned and from his expression I read: what's this Ching boi doing here with a camera at 12 midnight, taking a photo of other people's laundry? Sigh... I couldn't bother to explain myself... I said hi and left... Sorry to all Chinees (Dutch peeps spell 'Chinese' this way) people, I've lost face for u all...

Another weird encounter is actually something that I have to face everyday. My toiletbowl. To cut the long story short, I drew a sectional sketch of the water chamber (I am weird!)... Pls see below:

The funny thing about this toilet bowl is that it has a shallow reservoir that collects what ever you "discharge"... This might not appear to be so much of a problem... But as you are going to discover as I elaborate further, complications might occur. So, when you pee...

...this is what you will see. It is as if the toilet bowl is designed so that you can either inspect / collect what is discharged...! For clinical tests...? Maybe they are all 2nd hand toilet bowls from an old hospital or something... Well if you think this isn't something to make a fuss about... imagine this...