Moooooving...

I had been really really struggling to find a new place to live, and FINALLY found it 2 days before the expiration of the term of the contract with my current landlords!! I somehow ended up living on north campus taking the classes on central campus...
Every house owner hated making 4-month contracts, so there was no place for me to go... Needless to say, no property satisfied both of two conditions important for me: the price and the distance from the school. So, I decided to choose the cheapness and give up the distance :( Well, maybe this is a good chance to know the north campus area, I think...

Oh yea, I will go school by bus every morning at 8:30!!!! I will be trained as a morning person :P Good, ha?

I get an Indian roommate, who works at the university hospital. She is my, at least, 12th roommate, and would be my last roommate in the U.S. She is kind enough to hold my stuffs by the time I can move into there: So I rented a car and moved all my stuffs today. This was the first time for me to rent a car. I was charged extra fee because
I was 21 years old (under 25) :(

(↑the car I rented)

My room is now empty... I reminded the time I first moved into here. I was too tired to unpack and slept being buried in my stuffs. Today, I leave the keys on the desk and probably never come back to this room... omg, how time flies!?

Thank you!

&

... Good bye :)

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My APT

I mentioned on the "how to read" page that I lived in one of the many historic districts in Ann Arbor. This is the picture of my apartment. Looks nice, ha? I love this apartment although there is no access to kitchen and we have to share 2 bathrooms with 9 people...

 

Why do I love this APT? Because the building is quaint, the room is not too big (I love small spaces), the landlords (they are brothers) are very nice, and the rent is cheap! (Whenever I answer my friends' question "How much is your rent?" their eyes pop out with astonishment ;) )

 

Well... when I was trying to find a place to live, I was only focusing on the price and the distance from the place to the school: I am spending my parents' money, so I need to save money as much as I can. I, in a fashion, wondered if I could live without kitchen, but decided to go for it because this APT was perfect in terms of the price and the distance. Now, I think my decision was right. Indeed it is hard to cook and do the dish with the tiny small sink in the bathroom, but I can still cook with my slow cooker and microwave. Most importantly, I have enjoyed the life in this historic district! Unlike a condo in a big city, this old building let me feel like time crawls along. I could have a quiet neighborhood, lovely nature around the building, and the hearty landlords, who are easy to approach (and do maintenance well). What else do I want?

 

Sadly, I need to move out from here soon because I am graduating in this Dec. and they only accept 1-year contract beginning from Sep... I am, however, glad that I have lived this APT :)

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Hatcher Graduate Library

I know I am an undergrad and it may be kinda weird to write about the graduate library, but I do because I love it!　

Umich has a lot of libraries (see the link if you want to count - I gave up to do so), but Hatcher Graduate Library would be the most prominent library among them. It is located in the center of the umich central campus.

（Hatcher Graduate Library →）

One of the reasons why I love this library is that there are a lot of private closed study carrels on the 3rd-6th floors of the South Building.
(← A private study carrel）

That’s a great place to study! There are a big desk, a chair, and electric outlets in each carrel, so you can use your laptop. If you get tired, you may want to enjoy the view from the window; this picture is from the 6th floor. Although each carrel is like a compartment, it is not a completely closed chamber: Don’t mumble to yourself or sing loudly, or serious graduate students will get mad...

(The view from the carrel ↑)

Another lovely thing in the carrel is graffiti on the heater. The heater in every carrel, especially the ones on the 3rd floor, is covered with graffiti done by students: Someone left a wonderful adage, someone was morning about her stats exam, and someone made me laugh with his lambent humor (I should definitely post some of them on this blog!! :P ).

One weakness of the graduate library would be their short hours of operation. While the undergraduate library(UGL) is open until 5am, the graduate library close at 2am on weekdays (6pm on weekends!). That’s not really convenient for a night person like me :(

Also, since I am an undergraduate student, most of the books I need are held by the undergraduate library. That’s why I spend most of time at the undergraduate library, not at the graduate library.




Note: Generally, the reason why people love Hatcher Graduate Library would be because they have millions of items from various fields written in more than 300 languages (cf. University of Michigan Library, from Wikipedia). Yes, I love and honor their collections, too! But I felt like referring to their study carrels here ;)

↑　（Peeking through the tiny window of the carrel...　The floor is overflowing with the books.）

Link: Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library (Official)
University of Michigan Library (Wikipedia)

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