Saturday – Watch out for the Landlady

What a rude awakening (although it was 1030 in the morning) by my very boisterous landlady who had arrived. "Jack, Jack" she was shouting. I had to rise from my very comfortable pit to find out what is occurring. Sally (my landlady) is quite eccentric, and I couldn't help but get included into her shouting and bustling around the house like a Tasmanian Devil.

I don't know if I mentioned it, but she is a Malaysian lady from Penang, who has moved down here, and is a school teacher.

It transpired that Jack hadn't paid his rent yesterday, but had already gone out this morning. Then it was "David, I've brought you some bread." (She does bring bread round two or three times a week), then "David, do you want a cup of coffee?" then "David you washing is finished," then "David, can you wait in to show someone around the house later?"

Not too bad you think, but all this was done while I was in my room, trying to tidy up, and take care of Saturday chores, and she was in the kitchen/back yard/front garden. She's gone now, which if like a mini tornado leaving. She did drop off some pull outs from the newspaper, which are advertising the prices in the local shops. "Look David, Eggs Very Cheap Yes?" "Here David, You should go and get some Tissues, they are on special yes", and the like. I don't think I'll be buying any of the stuff she is pointing out.

I'm going to go to IKEA in a little while this afternoon, to look at some cheap plates, and glasses, because although there are some here, they are really not nice. I do have some standards you know!

Anyway, I've included a picture of me on my front patio area of the house, on the blog http://davedangerous1971.blogspot.com/ which as you can see isn't very big, but fine to relax on, listening to music, or reading books on cricket/first aid/Perth – they are the only three books I've got at the moment, besides a city map book. (People refer to it with three letters, but then lots of things are three letters over here.

IGA – equivalent to Tesco's Express (convenience stores that are everywhere and the only shops open on Sunday)

BBQ- Somewhere to cook dinner - South Africans call it a Braai in Africaans

UBD – Local Map (don't ask me why), I call it the MAP.

Note to self – If you want a lie in on Saturday Morning, make sure you have paid your rent for the fortnight. Mine is due next Saturday. I think I'll put it into an envelope today.