Satya's blog - Living in the Third World

I live in a wooden shack that probably can't stand much wind. The slightest storm causes weather warnings in my area. I'm surrounded by snakes, bees, spiders, and cockroaches. It's too cold in winter and too hot in summer. Until recently there were gaps and cracks between door edges, walls, windows, etc. I'm lucky if a neighbour's bathroom doesn't flood mine. The toilet has backed up several times. In the last year, we have been without water for more than 2 hours on at least 3 separate incidents, one of which lasted over 4 hours. We've been without electricity for most of an evening, too. Twice. I'm lucky if my phone rings -- callers usually get diverted to my voicemail without my phone ringing even once. For the last 10 days, there has been water seeping into the bedroom. The management's response was to have the carpet cleaners come by. This morning we found out that a water pipe under the foundation is leaking. On top of all this, my job-taking ability is artificially restricted and my wife is simply not allowed to work anywhere.

Thrff jurer V yvir. Uvag: Vg'f gb gur fbhgu bs Pnanqn.