Why a small dorm room is good for me.

¥6.90    Emergency Groceries
¥25.00  Breakfast at Panini (Coffee + Panini)
¥2.00    Lunch (Curry Potato Beef Bun) 
¥22.20  Groceries - (Tea + A4 Folder)
¥4.00    Transport (Bus + Train)
¥26.00  Dinner (Beef Noodle Soup)
¥5.00    Taxi

Total: ¥91.00 ($17.35)

Weekly Total: ¥2890.50 

Total Spend: ¥2890.50 ($550.60 AUD)

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Anyone who knows me well knows that I consume space. It just happens. I take over any empty horizontal plane with stuff. 

In Sydney, I have two rooms of stuff.

So arriving in my new little 7m² dorm is like going into rehab.

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This is the view when you walk in. I'm glad that it's quite bright, and some wonderful soul before me has stuck opaque contact onto all the windows so people can't see in. (The other dorms aren't so lucky)

What hit me first was how empty it looked. We aren't allowed to stick things onto the walls, so I've been brainstorming things I can do to this room to make it more homey.

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(Photo below) I was sitting at the top of the bed for this photo. My wide angle camera stretches the room out a bit so it might look bigger than it actually is.

I am glad that we get our own bathroom though. Sharing a bathroom with two other girls last time on exchange was an eye-opener.. cleaning a bathroom used by three girls is a nightmare.

Quite basic, but it's got everything I need.

So that's my dorm. It's starting to feel better now that I've unpacked and bought some new sheets and covers for my bed. My next project is to find some coloured contact to stick on the windows so I can bring some colour into my room and stop it feeling so sterile. I really want to put things up on the walls, but I can't leave a mark... so I'm taking all suggestions at the moment!