When you are supplied with EVERYTHING…..

Yeah, Right.

Tell you a really funny story. When negotiating with PMU we were told that we will be supplied with everything that we need in order to start us off. Do not bring anything they said.

 

That everything consisted of the following:

Set of pots and pans with only one very large pot and one humungous pot enough to cook a medium size camel in.

Set of paper thin cutlery that one finds in fast food establishments of questionable heritage. The tensile strength of steel used in the manufacture is perhaps a bit better than that of tin foil.

 

Dinner set… Lovely floral pattern but one small problem. Just that. Small. The main plates are the size of bread plates. A heaped up plate is only a handful of food. But hey, now I can have 6 plates of food for dinner without feeling either guilty or full.

Two very thin pillows. When lying flat could very easily be confused for pillowcases. They have been put to immediate use as foot cushions on top of our coffee table. Jill made me cart around two of our pillows which was rather cumbersome and I thought highly undignified for a person of my stature in the world, not to mention attracting some serious sniffing attention from customs dogs. But a wise decision nonetheless as it turned out.

One unfitted bed sheet and one blanket (which is admittedly very nice but unused as yet)

Really nice kettle and a vacuum cleaner although all floors are tiling. There is not a scrap of carpeting in the place.

Six bottles of water.

So on day we arrived we had to immediatly go and get the following in order of importance: Toilet papier, towels, dishcloths, detergents,power adaptors coat hangers, more bedding, kitchen utensils, knives, an iron, food, drinks etc etc 

Jill’s comment was that she felt as if she was 18 again and starting out with nothing. I guess the situation does make you feel young and desperate.

By the same token it sounds as if we have done extremely well. We spoke this morning to a newly arrived lady from UK and she did not even have water provided.

So next time someone offers you EVERYTHING just smile and think Yeah Right.