I've got big news to share. We're going to move! It's not very far, just eight floors down, as a matter of fact. We had heard that the apartment next to another one of the KAS teachers was available and it got us thinking. There are things we don't like about our apartment - the hot water heater leaks, under the kitchen sink smells awful, the kitchen is way too small. There are things we like too, the main one being the location.

As teachers started making the decision to leave Kaohsiung we'd look around their apartments to see if it was an improvement over ours. There are always things that are better but the location was never better than where we are now. Then when we heard about this one we figured we'd take a look. The rent is a little higher than what the school covers but not by much and it's a much nicer space.

Lee and I met the landlord and looked around the apartment this evening. We spent about a half hour there but we made our decision in the first five minutes. The landlord is really nice and wants to rent to someone who will appreciate the space. She used to live there and put her own touches into the decorating and such and says she wants to rent to someone who will enjoy it. She got an offer from a company in Taipei that wanted to use it as office space but she likes us better.

It's got two bedrooms, a study room of sorts off the master bedroom, two baths, a big (by Taiwanese standards) kitchen and a nice little living room. There are some disadvantages of course. I'll miss the view from the tenth floor balcony and we'll be closer to the street level noise. Another issue is that we have to be moved in about three weeks. Good thing we don't have too much stuff.