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不好意思，拖這麼久才更新我的近況，實在是因為最近真的太忙了，忙得有點懶，很多事得去處理~~但現在一切都步上軌道，可以和大家分享啦！  

I’m so sorry to have delayed this newest update for such a long time. It is because I’ve been extremely busy working on a number of personal affairs, and thus formed a lazy habit. Well, thanks to that everything is back on track, I am now able to write things to share with you guys.  

**. busy後通常加Ving表忙於…(因為省略了in/on)如：Mary is busy doing her homework.  

 

今天要向大家分享的是我的新家，其實今年一月底就從原來的黃金海岸搬到目前三房兩廳的新家了，但請見諒現在才向諸位報告我的新住處，一個位於香港「東涌」小鎮內的社區。  

Today, I’m gonna write about my new home in Hong Kong . I had actually moved out from Gold Coast, the place I stayed previously, to my new pad (three rooms with one living room and one kitchen) by the end of Jan. this year. Please forgive my postponing making known to you my new home, a community located in a small town named “Tung Chung” in Hong Kong .  

 

我們公司有規定新進人員住在黃金海岸兩年就可以搬出來了，而最多可以待到第三年，但之後就得「被迫」另覓它處。不過租金依然公司出，超棒！我和麻吉同事Alan決定一起合租，為了省事，早點搬出來得好。  

It is a regulation of my company that all the out-port crew based in Hong Kong may move out of Gold Coast residential area, but may also choose to maximally extend the leasing contract one year more before we are finally “forced” to make a move. Even though we have to find other new places to live, the rent is still on the company, which is awesome. I was determined to rent a flat together with my best colleague, Alan, and we thought I’d be better to move out as earlier as possible in order to avoid any last minute troubles.  

**. …the rent is still on the company這司的on是指由公司付的意思，是個很口語的用法，如：The beer is on the houseà這瓶啤酒是本店請客；The dinner will be on meà晚餐將由我出。  

 

我們一開始想到的就是東涌了，它是香港第九個新市鎮，離公司及機場很近，而且交通方便，有地鐵、巴士和公車到任何我們想去的地方，再加上東涌有「東薈城」這個很大的購物商場，以及「富東商場」這有傳統菜市場和小吃店的商場，生活機能超方便。從住處搭免費接駁車到東薈城只要五分鐘，搭公車到公司只要五分鐘，機場只要十分鐘，方便吧！  

“Tung Chung”, the ninth newly developed town in Hong Kong, was the first place coming across our mind when we thought about our future home, for it’s very near to the airport with great transportation system, encompassing MTR (Mass Transit Railway), buses, and minibuses, making it easier for us to wherever we want to head for. Moreover, there is a big shopping mall called Citygate and the Fu Tung Plaza where you can find traditional grocery markets and local food restaurants here in Tung Chung. To sum up, life here is super easy. It only takes me 5 minutes to the Citygate by free shuttle bus from my community, 5 minutes to Company by bus, and 10 minutes to the airport by bus. Convenient, isn’t it?

 

從決定班家到一切就緒真的搞得我和Alan一個頭兩個大。但還好我們分工，一切都滿順利的。Alan負責聯絡搬家公司（天哪~搬時才發現我們兩個男人的東西真的超多的）、我責負責接洽房仲和辦理一些租屋合約事項、我們一同看房子、最後很快就和房東簽約、整理住處、買需要的家庭用品…等，前後大概一個多月才大功告成，真的是累翻了~但還好碰到好房仲、好房東、好住宅區、好價格（公司給我們的租屋津貼全cover，不用另外掏腰包，棒呆了），且傢電都有，所以再累都值得。  

Alan and I were bustling about our moving plans from the day we decided to move out. We shared the responsibilities and thus things went smoothly. Alan was in charge of contacting the removal service company (Gosh, it wasn’t until the day of our removal did we realized that we had tons of stuff to carry along), I was responsible for finding out a good real estate agent to deal with things about contracts. Alan and I check different flats for rent together and in the end signed the contract with our landlord in a short time. We then cleaned our new home, bought household necessities, etc. It took us more than a month to settle down everything. How tiring it was. It’s so lucky that we found a good agent, nice landlord, wonderful community, great fully furnished flat with satisfactory rent (the rent was all covered in the housing allowance offered by my company and we needn’t have to use our own pocket money). Though tired during the whole moving process, we felt it quite worthwhile due to all the benefits I just mentioned.

我和室友Alan  My flatmate-Alan and I


整理前  Before Cleaning


整理後  After Cleaning 
 

我們選的這個住宅區很大，很多組員都住這裡，很完善的各項設施，而且還有自己的小型購物商場，還買東西和吃東西都超方便的，而且背山面海，一整個View都不錯，很喜歡目前的住處，重要的是和好室友兼同事一起Share，讚啦！  

The community we chose was a huge one, and a lot of crew are living here. There are complete facilities and there is even a compact shopping mall here in which we can conveniently buy and eat things. The community is in face of the mountain in one side and the ocean in the other, totally exposing it’s great-view location. I love this community and my flat; most importantly, it’s amazing to have a good flatmate and colleague to live with.