I woke up at 6.15am. By 7am we were ready to meet Amparo, who was already in the kitchen. Jayne and I just had coffee and juice, but she also had a bowl of fresh fruit.
At 8am Mathieu starts lessons with the children and goes to 10am. He teaches them what they would learn in school. We also heard him given violin lessons to his son – who is 6 years old. It seems like Mathieu is learning from his son’s lessons, as we heard him say, “slower and longer (pulling the bow down).” Later he showed us a picture of Juan-Carlos in the city newspaper. It was a full picture of him with his violin. Matt has the whole page in a frame.
I’m sure he’s proud of that!
During a break in the lessons, Mathieu came down to chat a bit more. We discussed more about what happened last night and how the apartment manager could make it better.
About 8.30am we left to go home by taxi. I asked the driver how much it would cost and he said $8. Why there’s a big difference I don’t know. Most of the time I pay $11-$12. If I do pay $10 I would also have to pay the road toll. This driver didn’t ask for the toll – so, I’m not complaining.
At 10am Gonzales came over.
Jayne and I went to the local internet café, as she had to write an email to her lawyer.
I got an email from Matt saying that the manager called him to say that my water is on but he still has to see if individual meters can be installed.
This is good news.
At home Jayne had to write a letter and make a check out for the final bill she has to pay to the lawyer. Then she asked me to post it.
Later I went to the mall to post the letter. They have no post office there but there is one store (Hallmark Cards) where you can buy stamps and put it in the mail box. They said they didn’t have any stamps and said to come back tomorrow.
I have to go to Quito to get money from my bank, so I’ll go in the morning then go to the mall and hopefully they’ll have stamps.
Friday, December 12, 2008
In the Twilight Zone
Wednesday December 10
Since we were going to Matt’s house and had to be there at 5.30pm, I told Gonzales to work until 3.00pm. We plan to stay overnight at Matt’s house, so I told Gonzales to come to work tomorrow at 10am.
We left about 3.15pm so we would have time to go on the Internet before we went to Matt’s house. Jayne had brought with her a picture she made to give to Amparo and Matt.
At 7.15pm we left the house to go to the meeting. When we got there Matt recognized my neighbor (who lives next door) in the room. There were only about 7 people there. Then we went to the entrance of the complex, which is outside, and talked. There was about 4 or 5 other people there listening to Matt and my neighbor talk.
I asked Matt to say why a contact person, in which to pay, is not put on the notice board? One man responded (who does not live next door). He said, “Because everybody knows everyone.”
Matt repeated his question and he got the same answer. He said “he” meaning me, doesn’t know everyone and this guy repeated “Everyone knows everyone.” At this time I said, “I felt like was in the Twilight Zone!”
Matt said, “Where?” and he had to repeat this couple of times when he got the same stupid answer back.
These people just can’t be taught basic logic, even though they are adults!
I passed the suggestion on to be translated that a person’s name, flat number and phone number should be on there. How can you expect people to pay if they don’t know who to pay?
This guy, who speaks some English said, “Why weren’t you here?” And Matt said, “Why should he have to live here?” He repeated, “Why don’t you live here?” And this went question back and forth a couple of times.
Matt tried to explain to this thick headed person that I lived in Cyprus and you don’t have to live in a place that you own.
To make the situation more strange is that two other woman were agreeing with this guy on:
Everyone knows everyone
I should have been here
I must have said two more times that “This must be the Twilight Zone!” I didn’t want to say how stupid they are where they can understand me so that is why I said “Twilight Zone,” which is like being in the old TV series about the “Twilight Zone.” (For foreign readers this means “unreal, strange, and weird.”
My neighbor, who doesn’t speak English, said that he understood that the person and place to pay should be posted.
Ah, at least someone understood!
We asked about what these $15 charges are. And we were told that that when there is a meeting and someone doesn’t show up they are charged $15.
$15 for not going to a meeting – how crazy!
I said, “I’m not going to pay that. I wasn’t even in the country. And why should I pay that – what do it get for it? I’m not getting any service or repairs.
The suggestion was made by me to put a bill under each door for the water or maintenance for the past month. This they couldn’t comprehend. I said, “How do you expect people to pay unless they are given a notice.
I wasn’t prepared to pay as Jayne suggested that we should get a bill with the breakdown. However, I did bring about $140. When we went to pay, Mathieu suggest let’s pay everything now so I (me) won’t have to go back. I told him I don’t have enough money, so he reached into his pocket and he just had enough money to pay the total.
I was going to keep some money out so I could treat all of us to a restaurant. But now I had only coins left. When I left the table I asked Jayne how much money she had and she said $10. This will be just enough to take a taxi home tomorrow.
The man who actually collects the money was the one I paid my bill to. We talked as he spoke English. He gave me his name phone number and flat number. The other guy who made all the stupid remarks and speaks some English gave me his name and phone number.
Why this couldn’t be done and posted on the bulletin board since ‘day one’ I’ll never know!
Some of the things I said were, “If they are that lazy they could print out a bill and put it on the shelf (where they have the electric bills). People can pick it up and pay. Also, there would be a minimum fee that would be for maintenance. Any emergencies there would be a bill of what would have to be done and everyone would have paid equally.
How they figured up the water cost – since there are no individual meters – was that it’s based on how many people live in each flat and an average is taken for everyone. For me I was told I was figured at 1 person. If there is three people in a flat, the cost would be higher. Of course, this is still not fair as most of the time no one lives in my flat, but it was the only thing they could do with not being able to meter each flat. What would be fair is that everyone has a meter.
This probably started as they don’t have the technology to put separate meters or they just use the cheaper method – and there is no law that says you can’t do it.
Mathieu told us that there is one flat that he manages for an American that there was never a charge for maintenance fee or water for four years! He doesn’t know who to pay and no one is charged. But he will look into this now and he said if a bill comes due the owner will be shocked.
Then we walked back to Matt’s home. We had wine, which I bought over, a banana cake that Amparo made and cheese. Jayne had three pieces of cake and Matt and I had two!
We talked a couple of hours, some of which what happened earlier. Then we went to bed about 11pm.
Since we were going to Matt’s house and had to be there at 5.30pm, I told Gonzales to work until 3.00pm. We plan to stay overnight at Matt’s house, so I told Gonzales to come to work tomorrow at 10am.
We left about 3.15pm so we would have time to go on the Internet before we went to Matt’s house. Jayne had brought with her a picture she made to give to Amparo and Matt.
At 7.15pm we left the house to go to the meeting. When we got there Matt recognized my neighbor (who lives next door) in the room. There were only about 7 people there. Then we went to the entrance of the complex, which is outside, and talked. There was about 4 or 5 other people there listening to Matt and my neighbor talk.
I asked Matt to say why a contact person, in which to pay, is not put on the notice board? One man responded (who does not live next door). He said, “Because everybody knows everyone.”
Matt repeated his question and he got the same answer. He said “he” meaning me, doesn’t know everyone and this guy repeated “Everyone knows everyone.” At this time I said, “I felt like was in the Twilight Zone!”
Matt said, “Where?” and he had to repeat this couple of times when he got the same stupid answer back.
These people just can’t be taught basic logic, even though they are adults!
I passed the suggestion on to be translated that a person’s name, flat number and phone number should be on there. How can you expect people to pay if they don’t know who to pay?
This guy, who speaks some English said, “Why weren’t you here?” And Matt said, “Why should he have to live here?” He repeated, “Why don’t you live here?” And this went question back and forth a couple of times.
Matt tried to explain to this thick headed person that I lived in Cyprus and you don’t have to live in a place that you own.
To make the situation more strange is that two other woman were agreeing with this guy on:
Everyone knows everyone
I should have been here
I must have said two more times that “This must be the Twilight Zone!” I didn’t want to say how stupid they are where they can understand me so that is why I said “Twilight Zone,” which is like being in the old TV series about the “Twilight Zone.” (For foreign readers this means “unreal, strange, and weird.”
My neighbor, who doesn’t speak English, said that he understood that the person and place to pay should be posted.
Ah, at least someone understood!
We asked about what these $15 charges are. And we were told that that when there is a meeting and someone doesn’t show up they are charged $15.
$15 for not going to a meeting – how crazy!
I said, “I’m not going to pay that. I wasn’t even in the country. And why should I pay that – what do it get for it? I’m not getting any service or repairs.
The suggestion was made by me to put a bill under each door for the water or maintenance for the past month. This they couldn’t comprehend. I said, “How do you expect people to pay unless they are given a notice.
I wasn’t prepared to pay as Jayne suggested that we should get a bill with the breakdown. However, I did bring about $140. When we went to pay, Mathieu suggest let’s pay everything now so I (me) won’t have to go back. I told him I don’t have enough money, so he reached into his pocket and he just had enough money to pay the total.
I was going to keep some money out so I could treat all of us to a restaurant. But now I had only coins left. When I left the table I asked Jayne how much money she had and she said $10. This will be just enough to take a taxi home tomorrow.
The man who actually collects the money was the one I paid my bill to. We talked as he spoke English. He gave me his name phone number and flat number. The other guy who made all the stupid remarks and speaks some English gave me his name and phone number.
Why this couldn’t be done and posted on the bulletin board since ‘day one’ I’ll never know!
Some of the things I said were, “If they are that lazy they could print out a bill and put it on the shelf (where they have the electric bills). People can pick it up and pay. Also, there would be a minimum fee that would be for maintenance. Any emergencies there would be a bill of what would have to be done and everyone would have paid equally.
How they figured up the water cost – since there are no individual meters – was that it’s based on how many people live in each flat and an average is taken for everyone. For me I was told I was figured at 1 person. If there is three people in a flat, the cost would be higher. Of course, this is still not fair as most of the time no one lives in my flat, but it was the only thing they could do with not being able to meter each flat. What would be fair is that everyone has a meter.
This probably started as they don’t have the technology to put separate meters or they just use the cheaper method – and there is no law that says you can’t do it.
Mathieu told us that there is one flat that he manages for an American that there was never a charge for maintenance fee or water for four years! He doesn’t know who to pay and no one is charged. But he will look into this now and he said if a bill comes due the owner will be shocked.
Then we walked back to Matt’s home. We had wine, which I bought over, a banana cake that Amparo made and cheese. Jayne had three pieces of cake and Matt and I had two!
We talked a couple of hours, some of which what happened earlier. Then we went to bed about 11pm.
My Water Bill
Tuesday December 9
I went to my flat in the city to see what the water meter said so I know what to pay. When I got there, there were no water meters – just electric meters.
I looked on the bulletin board and I saw all the names of the tenants and what they owe. I notice that they had three sheets of paper – one for each year from 2006 – 2008. I saw my name there and the total that owe is $270.19! I notice that there was $15 for each month. I saw that some people owed in the $300 to $500 range. Of course there were those who owed much less.
I also saw a notice that there is a meeting Wednesday Dec. 10 at 7.30pm. no where did I see who you pay, the flat you go to to pay, a person’s name or phone number.
What IDIOTS!
How in the heck do they expect people to pay when there is no person or address to pay this – only in Ecuador!!
I thought I would have a number that I can use when I go and pay the water, so maybe I just give them my name and address – I don’t know.
I rang the bell to my apartment to make sure that the tenant left. When there was no answer I unlocked the door and saw some of his personal things inside. So I did not go inside.
I left and as I was walking down the alley I saw someone who looked American. I asked him if he rented a flat there, and he said yes. So this was my tenant.
We had a nice chat and I told I was sorry about the problem but this was the first time that this happened. He told me that he just had to move some small things out as he couldn’t take it all last night – as he moved into another flat that Matt has for rent.
I let him finish while I left to go to pay for the water. Irina told me that I could pay this where I pay the electric. When I got there I found out that I couldn’t pay there. Since I don’t have a customer number – if one is needed – I would not be able to pay anyhow.
I then called Matt to tell him the story. I told him what my total is and that it goes back to Jan. 2006. I also said it looked like there is a monthly $15. I said I don’t know if this is the water, just the maintance or both.
I suggest if he could call Juan (Judith brother) and see if he could go to the meeting. (Juan used to work for Matt, so he is someone that can be depended on.)
I then got something to eat. Then I went on the internet. I wrote to Matt to say there are some things I wanted Juan to bring up at the meeting.
Some of the things that should be brought up are:
Sign with contact person’s phone and flat number
Break down of bill
It’s stupid to have one water meter for everyone as it cheats those who don’t use much water and cheats those who have found out the person to pay, but still has their water turned off.
When I got home I called Matt and he first said that he couldn’t make it, then I told him…”I paid you to manage and pay the bills for my properties but the water/monthly maintance was never paid. The bills go back to Jan. 2006 when I was in Cyprus.” (I paid him up to July 2007 when I returned.)
Then, I guess he realized he should have checked into this when the bills were paid when I was gone, so he said he’ll go to the meeting.
I paid him $50 month to look after the property and pay my bills (which came out of my money). He should realize that each house/apartment has a phone, electric and water to pay. Even if no one is staying in the place there is still a minimum.
After my call to him, he called back to suggest that I should go with him to and he said Jayne and I could come over about 5.30pm and if we want we could spend the night. So we’ll go over, but I don’t know if we’ll spend the night.
Matt suggested that everyone vote on if they want to have individual meters.
This would be the only fair way for an owner like me most of the time there is no one in the flat yet I have to pay the same price as everyone else (which is an average price). Naturally, there are those who use more water.
He suggested that I don’t pay anything tomorrow night but we’ll ask for a breakdown for everything. He also thinks that the monthly bill is water and flat fees – we’ll find out tomorrow.
The taxi driver tried to over-charge me when I went home! He showed me a sheet of paper that looked like he wrote it that said $20. I know darn well that the sheet that other taxi drivers have says $12. So I was going to go out the taxi, and actually opened the door, until he went down to $12. He thought he could cheat a foreigner but he was wrong.
I went to my flat in the city to see what the water meter said so I know what to pay. When I got there, there were no water meters – just electric meters.
I looked on the bulletin board and I saw all the names of the tenants and what they owe. I notice that they had three sheets of paper – one for each year from 2006 – 2008. I saw my name there and the total that owe is $270.19! I notice that there was $15 for each month. I saw that some people owed in the $300 to $500 range. Of course there were those who owed much less.
I also saw a notice that there is a meeting Wednesday Dec. 10 at 7.30pm. no where did I see who you pay, the flat you go to to pay, a person’s name or phone number.
What IDIOTS!
How in the heck do they expect people to pay when there is no person or address to pay this – only in Ecuador!!
I thought I would have a number that I can use when I go and pay the water, so maybe I just give them my name and address – I don’t know.
I rang the bell to my apartment to make sure that the tenant left. When there was no answer I unlocked the door and saw some of his personal things inside. So I did not go inside.
I left and as I was walking down the alley I saw someone who looked American. I asked him if he rented a flat there, and he said yes. So this was my tenant.
We had a nice chat and I told I was sorry about the problem but this was the first time that this happened. He told me that he just had to move some small things out as he couldn’t take it all last night – as he moved into another flat that Matt has for rent.
I let him finish while I left to go to pay for the water. Irina told me that I could pay this where I pay the electric. When I got there I found out that I couldn’t pay there. Since I don’t have a customer number – if one is needed – I would not be able to pay anyhow.
I then called Matt to tell him the story. I told him what my total is and that it goes back to Jan. 2006. I also said it looked like there is a monthly $15. I said I don’t know if this is the water, just the maintance or both.
I suggest if he could call Juan (Judith brother) and see if he could go to the meeting. (Juan used to work for Matt, so he is someone that can be depended on.)
I then got something to eat. Then I went on the internet. I wrote to Matt to say there are some things I wanted Juan to bring up at the meeting.
Some of the things that should be brought up are:
Sign with contact person’s phone and flat number
Break down of bill
It’s stupid to have one water meter for everyone as it cheats those who don’t use much water and cheats those who have found out the person to pay, but still has their water turned off.
When I got home I called Matt and he first said that he couldn’t make it, then I told him…”I paid you to manage and pay the bills for my properties but the water/monthly maintance was never paid. The bills go back to Jan. 2006 when I was in Cyprus.” (I paid him up to July 2007 when I returned.)
Then, I guess he realized he should have checked into this when the bills were paid when I was gone, so he said he’ll go to the meeting.
I paid him $50 month to look after the property and pay my bills (which came out of my money). He should realize that each house/apartment has a phone, electric and water to pay. Even if no one is staying in the place there is still a minimum.
After my call to him, he called back to suggest that I should go with him to and he said Jayne and I could come over about 5.30pm and if we want we could spend the night. So we’ll go over, but I don’t know if we’ll spend the night.
Matt suggested that everyone vote on if they want to have individual meters.
This would be the only fair way for an owner like me most of the time there is no one in the flat yet I have to pay the same price as everyone else (which is an average price). Naturally, there are those who use more water.
He suggested that I don’t pay anything tomorrow night but we’ll ask for a breakdown for everything. He also thinks that the monthly bill is water and flat fees – we’ll find out tomorrow.
The taxi driver tried to over-charge me when I went home! He showed me a sheet of paper that looked like he wrote it that said $20. I know darn well that the sheet that other taxi drivers have says $12. So I was going to go out the taxi, and actually opened the door, until he went down to $12. He thought he could cheat a foreigner but he was wrong.
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
More About the Flat
Monday December 8
I went to Quito to pay for my water bill for the flat and to get some money out of my account. When I got to the city I found a big line there, so I went to the internet to see what Matt said about the water.
As soon as I sat down Irina saw me and said ‘hello’. It was good to see her. She was with her baby boy who is 6 months old. I asked her if she remembers when we paid the water bill as I said that I don’t have any receipts and I was never given a number like I have with the electric. She recalled that we had to get the number stamped on the meter, then take a reading and to provide my address. This can be paid where the electric is paid.
It was God-sent that I met as I forgot all about this.
I asked if she could wait a minute so I could check my mail to see what Matt wrote. He wrote that the problem was with me but that other people hadn’t paid and they turned off the water on the whole building.
I wrote a letter to send back but after I did that there was no internet connection on my computer. So I asked Irina if she would like to go for a cup of coffee and she said yes. I said I’d go to another internet café to send the letter.
We had a nice chat and we both talked about what we were doing. Irina was someone that I hired before I moved back to Cyprus. Since then I have Judith working for me when I need her.
After she left I went to another internet café. Mathieu in the meantime sent me another email. He said that my client is moving out (as there is no water). I don’t blame him. Matt will be putting him in another flat that another foreigner owns. He also suggested that I get my lawyer to meet with whomever to take care of the problem.
I wrote back to Matt saying what idiots these people are. They don’t send bills out so there is no reminder that the water has to be paid. They don’t send a warning that the water will be turned off. For those who don’t live in the flats I can see how some people could be late.
One thing that I thought of after I sent the email was how stupid they are by not having the plumbing put in where they can turn off the water in individual flats.
I forgot about paying simply because I don’t pay water where I live (when I bought it the previous owner has it hooked up where they don’t know). But I think that it’s because they can’t read the meter.
This is a long story so I’ll have to add more…
With what I know now in how things work, I should have insisted that she show me the updated water bill before I bought the house. as they could come back and say that I owe water for the past four years (when I bought the house). and they might have me pay since ‘day one’ whenever the last payment was made.
I had been asked by some guy (a neighbor I think) that they can’t read my meter through the whole in the wall, so it should be made so the water guy can read it. However, at no time did someone from the water company come by and ring the bell to come on the property to take a look – like the electric man. And since the technology and thinking is primitive here, they can’t turn off the water without turning off everyone else’s on the street.
So, I hope I don’t have problems when I sell the house. or I hope that they don’t get off their collective butts to simply ask. You see before I bought the house I was told that my meter is not registered with them.
Back to the flat…
With not using common sense, even if they don’t have the technological know-how, they should send out monthly water bills like they do for the electric and they should send out late notices and put it in people’s doors or mailboxes.
In the meantime they lose money!
The bad thing is that people who pay have to go without water! I wonder how many apartment buildings are like this?
I also got an email from Maria, my lawyer, that the government department that is processing Jayne’s visa wants a copy of my latest property tax to show that I paid it.
All of this government red-tape crap. Why this is needed for a visa only and Ecuadorian can tell you?!#
So I have to send a scanned copy to her.
After the internet I went to the bank to get some money out of my euro account (that was changed into dollars).
I told Jayne all about this when I got home. She suggested that I go inside after I read the meter to see that the water is turned off – good idea! However, with the way they put taps in the houses and flats they don’t have the ‘off position’ in the same direction. In other words when you turn the taps all the way to the clockwise position it should be off, but it’s not like this in one bathroom at home here. so, the only thing I can do is turn them all the way to the right and hope that is what it’s supposed to be. Since no one will be living there no one will be able to turn them off. What I will have to do is go there every day to see when the water is turned on and to make sure all my taps are off.
There’s always a problem in Ecuador – even with a simple thing like installing taps.
I went to Quito to pay for my water bill for the flat and to get some money out of my account. When I got to the city I found a big line there, so I went to the internet to see what Matt said about the water.
As soon as I sat down Irina saw me and said ‘hello’. It was good to see her. She was with her baby boy who is 6 months old. I asked her if she remembers when we paid the water bill as I said that I don’t have any receipts and I was never given a number like I have with the electric. She recalled that we had to get the number stamped on the meter, then take a reading and to provide my address. This can be paid where the electric is paid.
It was God-sent that I met as I forgot all about this.
I asked if she could wait a minute so I could check my mail to see what Matt wrote. He wrote that the problem was with me but that other people hadn’t paid and they turned off the water on the whole building.
I wrote a letter to send back but after I did that there was no internet connection on my computer. So I asked Irina if she would like to go for a cup of coffee and she said yes. I said I’d go to another internet café to send the letter.
We had a nice chat and we both talked about what we were doing. Irina was someone that I hired before I moved back to Cyprus. Since then I have Judith working for me when I need her.
After she left I went to another internet café. Mathieu in the meantime sent me another email. He said that my client is moving out (as there is no water). I don’t blame him. Matt will be putting him in another flat that another foreigner owns. He also suggested that I get my lawyer to meet with whomever to take care of the problem.
I wrote back to Matt saying what idiots these people are. They don’t send bills out so there is no reminder that the water has to be paid. They don’t send a warning that the water will be turned off. For those who don’t live in the flats I can see how some people could be late.
One thing that I thought of after I sent the email was how stupid they are by not having the plumbing put in where they can turn off the water in individual flats.
I forgot about paying simply because I don’t pay water where I live (when I bought it the previous owner has it hooked up where they don’t know). But I think that it’s because they can’t read the meter.
This is a long story so I’ll have to add more…
With what I know now in how things work, I should have insisted that she show me the updated water bill before I bought the house. as they could come back and say that I owe water for the past four years (when I bought the house). and they might have me pay since ‘day one’ whenever the last payment was made.
I had been asked by some guy (a neighbor I think) that they can’t read my meter through the whole in the wall, so it should be made so the water guy can read it. However, at no time did someone from the water company come by and ring the bell to come on the property to take a look – like the electric man. And since the technology and thinking is primitive here, they can’t turn off the water without turning off everyone else’s on the street.
So, I hope I don’t have problems when I sell the house. or I hope that they don’t get off their collective butts to simply ask. You see before I bought the house I was told that my meter is not registered with them.
Back to the flat…
With not using common sense, even if they don’t have the technological know-how, they should send out monthly water bills like they do for the electric and they should send out late notices and put it in people’s doors or mailboxes.
In the meantime they lose money!
The bad thing is that people who pay have to go without water! I wonder how many apartment buildings are like this?
I also got an email from Maria, my lawyer, that the government department that is processing Jayne’s visa wants a copy of my latest property tax to show that I paid it.
All of this government red-tape crap. Why this is needed for a visa only and Ecuadorian can tell you?!#
So I have to send a scanned copy to her.
After the internet I went to the bank to get some money out of my euro account (that was changed into dollars).
I told Jayne all about this when I got home. She suggested that I go inside after I read the meter to see that the water is turned off – good idea! However, with the way they put taps in the houses and flats they don’t have the ‘off position’ in the same direction. In other words when you turn the taps all the way to the clockwise position it should be off, but it’s not like this in one bathroom at home here. so, the only thing I can do is turn them all the way to the right and hope that is what it’s supposed to be. Since no one will be living there no one will be able to turn them off. What I will have to do is go there every day to see when the water is turned on and to make sure all my taps are off.
There’s always a problem in Ecuador – even with a simple thing like installing taps.
No Water in the Flat
Friday December 5
Galo said he couldn’t come to day, as he was to see where it still leaks. His work is guaranteed so that is why I called him. He said his car is in the repair shop and asked if it would be ok to stop by Saturday morning. I said ok.
I went to the internet café.
Mathieu called me to say that the building where my flat is, is out of water. I have a tenant staying there. He asked me what he should do and I suggested that he put him in another flat (that he has for rent). After the call I remembered that I hadn’t paid the water there in months. However, it seems the problem is in the whole building. But what I have to do is pay the bill Monday. (They don’t give you a bill, so you have to remember to pay.)
The reason why I haven’t thought about the water bill there is, that the hookup I have here I’m not charged and it’s been like that since I bought the house. But I haven’t thought in months about the water that I have to pay in my flat.
Galo said he couldn’t come to day, as he was to see where it still leaks. His work is guaranteed so that is why I called him. He said his car is in the repair shop and asked if it would be ok to stop by Saturday morning. I said ok.
I went to the internet café.
Mathieu called me to say that the building where my flat is, is out of water. I have a tenant staying there. He asked me what he should do and I suggested that he put him in another flat (that he has for rent). After the call I remembered that I hadn’t paid the water there in months. However, it seems the problem is in the whole building. But what I have to do is pay the bill Monday. (They don’t give you a bill, so you have to remember to pay.)
The reason why I haven’t thought about the water bill there is, that the hookup I have here I’m not charged and it’s been like that since I bought the house. But I haven’t thought in months about the water that I have to pay in my flat.
Hail Today
Wednesday December 3
It rained and hailed hard in the afternoon. It was the most hail I’ve seen since I’ve been here. It looked like snow on the ground in some parts. That’s when we saw rain come though one of the skylights and water down a small section of the dining room wall.
It rained and hailed hard in the afternoon. It was the most hail I’ve seen since I’ve been here. It looked like snow on the ground in some parts. That’s when we saw rain come though one of the skylights and water down a small section of the dining room wall.
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