finding accommodation

I would be in Adelaide on the 14th feb, 9.10 am. yah.. i know.. i would be all alone on valentine's day/Friendship day, ppl you Don't have to remind me.. haha i don't have someone 'special' to spend the day with so it doesn't matter that much.

okie.. now to the matter of accommodation. i wanted to stay in university hall, since it would be more safer, nearer to the the university and meals provided. i thought it would be the best place, at least until i get to know my surroundings well. The application had deadline( which i was not aware of) i applied on the 2nd or 3rd November. the website said that late application would be entertained later.( duh). sop i waited. they sent me a email stating that they received my application and the status of my application would be seen in the status page. the email contained the link to the page. for a week the link worked. after that they page went missing. one week later the page was still missing, so i emailed them telling them about the problem. two weeks later, still nothing.

so.. i changed my mindset and got prepared to life an independent life. i started scouting for possible landlords and rooms. There were a lot of listings, but not many replied. i really don't know why. i might have sent over 15 emails only 3 replied. of the three, one landlord said that she cant wait till i come over as her room was already available. another one said that she cant say anything until see sees me personally. only one sort of accepted my request and started to provide details. i was grateful, but there were drawbacks. the location was quite far from university. it might take more than 30 minutes to reach the uni. and the rent didn't include Internet fee. well anyway, i had no other choice. so .. i sort of reserved the room.

on 24th jan there was a seminar organized by idp, while i was there i met some other fellow Singaporeans whom would be going to flinders too. two of the guys there asked me whether i
like to find accommodation together. it sounded like a good idea so i agreed. one of the guy went off to Adelaide earlier thus he was able to really check out the place.

last Friday, i received email from the university hall saying that i have been accepted into the university hall. haha.. after waiting for so long i was accepted.

the housing found by the my friend seemed like a much better deal than the university hall.. so i am gonna go with that.. hmmm... but the scary part is.. even though its confirmed.. the place is not 100% secured


(woah.. this is such a boring post.. hehe..)