House Hunting

I have been given 7 days to stay in the Hotel, and in that seven days, I need to find a house, flat, room or whatever accomodation I can find. So on the first day, we (my colleague Albert) and I were already out looking for a place for me to stay after my brief stay in the Hotel. Buti na lang hindi pa masiyadong mainit at humid sa Alkhobar kaya kinaya pa ng powers ko na maglakad lakad sa labas while looking for a house.

Sa unang attempt namin ng Tuesday night, sawi kami to find something. Naglakad kami everywhere trying to check out the postings of Filipinos who were looking to share a flat with them. Wala. We checked with Albert’s friends and unfortunately, wala pa rin. Uwi ako sa hotel ng luhaan.

Second attempt Wednesday night, we had lunch at AlRahmaniya, this is jampacked with Filipinos during the weekend, I plan to avoid it like the plague during weekends, ayaw kong maging familiar face sa Rahmaniya hahahaha, gusto ko kung makita nila ako eh walang makakakilala sa akin dun, at feeling ko taga Riyadh pa rin ako – well if that’s possible lang naman. Nag lunch nga kami and we saw a colleague that Albert knew and asked if he knew of a vacancy. Parang sagot siya sa aming mga panalangin, meron daw, the room was going to be vacated by another colleague who was going home on Medical Termination, kinabahan naman ako dun hahahahaha. Magpakatotoo kayo? If the room you were going to move in to was occupied by a Stroke Victim who is Half Comatosed, pauwi siya with a Nurse Aid, I’m sure you would have second thoughts too. But we decided to consider it, and decided that I should see it first tonight.

After office, I went back to the hotel and rested a bit, afterwards had dinner with Albert and we proceeded to the prospective flat. But it seems that there was no one in the house, so punta na lang kami sa kapitbahay, who coincidentally was Albert’s friends. Ang payo nila eto, I’m sure ikababaliw ninyo.

Sabi nila, kung tatanungin ko daw sila, kung may makikita pa daw ako ng iba, sa iba na lang. Sabi ko why naman? Nung una hindi pa masabi pero they spilled their guts too in the end. Jinxed daw ang room. Dalawa na daw na Pilipino who occupied the same room ang na stroke, magkasunod pa! Kaya knock on wood huwag naman daw pero baka ako daw ang sumunod sa mga yapak nila? AFRAID ME !!!!!! Kulang na lang eh tumakbo ako palabas ng building na yon!

Pero eto pa, another friend of theirs was also looking to move somewhere else, kaya ayun sabay kaming naghanap. And as of presstime, we might get a semi furnished two bedroom flat near the Corniche. Contract signing mamaya.

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