The thing about moving is that:
1. You need boxes. And I've thrown every single one I had. So, I stuffed everything into big bags with medicinal generic names on them. The electric fan and cooler, we had to carry without wrapping them with anything.
2. You need friends...to help you. Because you can't carry a gigantic stroller you can't carry by yourself. And you can't straddle two backpacks on your back at once and both your arms will probably break if you try to carry four big bags on each of them.
3. You need cash. One, because Talamban is 30 minutes away and two, because taxi drivers are not usually nice and they will ask for extra cash whenever there is an opportunity to do so.
4. You need strength. First, to pack all your stuff. Second, to carry them. Third, to unpack them. Fourth, to get them all settled.
5. You have to clean the bathroom. Because the previous occupant of the room apparently wanted to give you a nasty cleaning job as a bequeath-al gift.
6. You can't watch a horror movie during your first night. Because if you do, the marks on the wall will freak you out and you will not be able to sleep at all.
7. You have to buy what it is you want to buy when you find yourself in the city. Because if you don't, you'll have to walk a kilometer to find a store that sells the thing you need.
8. You have to constantly watch for jeeps because Talamban has no side-walks and if you are careless, you will find yourself run over by a 13C and that is a bust because 13Cs are big jeeps and will squish you really bad.
9. You have to have activities in mind because when things get boring, which is probably the case 90 percent of the time, you will find yourself talking to yourself in the bathroom. And when this continues, you might get really insane in no time.
10. You have to have music with you. Because the quiet in your new place will drive you crazy.
11. You can't expect that the guys in your new place are cute. Because even if they are, they are already married...to their computers.
12. You make a blog entry about moving because you have to get over the whole hassling thing. And you have to chill because it's over.
