Sunday, November 18, 2007
Mystery of the tenants - Part 2
weird, thick-skinned tenants that drive me crazy. not to mention that i've been figuring out what that huge yellow talisman stuck on their door was meant for.
anyway, a few days ago i caught the female tenant in a conversation with my mum. and i heard words like "weekends, holidays, family, Malaysia, stay".. and if you linked the words properly, it's not hard figuring what she was talking about.
i got into the room and asked my mum what was it all about. she replied that the couple wanted their family over at our place for a week or so.
being the usual anti-tenant me, i looked at her in a jaw-dropped expression. and the stereotype of malaysian families came : they all have a herd of children. my house is going to be a freaking playground for those kids.
well my stereotype was proven right. just yesterday evening their family came : 2 teenager boys, 1 little girl. well at least the guys were semi-adult - my house would not be a playground, phew.
yesterday in the wee-hours of the morning, when i was still surfing the internet, they all slept in the same room. 5 people sleeping in a room that is like half the size of my bedroom - amazing, isn't it. oh and did i mention that their room is not air-conditioned? they could still sleep with doors shut and window flaps half closed. i'm amazed, really.
and i noticed something too, they all like to slam the door. so if my estimations are right there should be cracks in the wall soon enough. they have the cheek to do that even though my mum didn't charge extra rent for their family bonding activities. i just hope that nothing too appalling would happen. and even if it did my mum, being the usual nice aunty, wouldn't do anything.
that is why i am so worried. i'll be off to camp for 4 days and 3 nights in school and no one would be there to serve as a warning signal to those people. hmmm, maybe i should install phone enabled speakers, then i can be like those announcers you hear in the public trains:
"For your own safety, please do not slam the doors. If you see any suspicious cracks, please inform your landlady, or call 999 to arrest yourselves."
left himself a note;
12:19 PM
