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it's June already?!

Time flies, it's been almost 2 months since we'd arrived on the island. which means that i have but 10 months left on my countdown clock. stressed. tick tick tick, as if i'm on death roll waiting for the final knell to sound.

We just got our keys to our apartment. the appliances are new but the general feeling of the place is a bit dark. prob due to the dark wood and mostly brown furnishing. looks a tad bit drab. hopefully we can jazz it up with our little touches.

our shipment has not arrived yet. despite being at sea for almost 3 months now. i think our things would have turned moldy by now. or maybe they've dropped into the ocean during the storm, and no one has bothered to find out and inform us about the loss. i'm getting desperate. we are supposed to move out the current place by sunday. and if the shipment is not here, and i dun suppose they will be coming this week, so i'm going to be left hanging without pots and pans, cutlery, dishes and cups. i think our last resort would be to purchase these things first, then try to sell them off later on when the shipment arrives.

our car insurance is still hanging. we are supposed to get some savings off our car insurance because hao-e had bought some with allstate in california. but stupid allstate hasn't faxed over the proof of that yet, so we can't get insurance, and hence cannot drive the car.

btw, our car needs a name. its a dark green hatchback daihatsu charade. very normal looking. but i insist it should have a proper name. any bright ideas pls put it in the little black/grey boxes on the left.

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