NO HOT WATER（yap）

Last Saturday evening, when I was going to take a shower, I found there was no hot water in the bathroom. After checking the four bathrooms near my room, I knew there must be something wrong with our water supply, because none of them had hot water. However, we didn’t take the thing seriously. We thought it may be just a small problem and it would not last long. The next day, things didn’t get well. It turned to be that not only first floor, but also the second and third floors on our side of the building didn’t have any hot water. Two plumbers came at noon. They worked on the broken system for a couple of hours. But it didn’t work. We became worried. My friend went to untie to ask her about that. Unfortunately, she told us the hot water would be not available for at least one week. Then, we know it was just a beginning…

Although Singapore is located on tropical area and everyday is very hot, we had got used to use hot water, can not adapt to the cold one so soon. Moreover, we usually took shower at night before we go to beds. At that time, it was much colder than daytime. So we felt very uncomfortable at first. While I was taking shower, I felt the cold water dropped on me like small needles. Another thing disturbed me was that my habit was a little different from others. At morning, after I get up sometimes I also will take a shower. But maybe my immune system was weaker at morning. As a result I began to cough and had a block nose at the first two days. Luckily, I made a little change and recovered soon. Actually, there was still hot water in those bathrooms which were on the other side of Eton Hall. But if we wanted to go that side, we should cross the long corridor. Imaging you were carrying your towel, shampoo etc. and wearing little, walking through the two big halls on the side of the corridor, maybe everybody studying in the hall would look at you. That could be very embarrassing. So my roommates had to go shower late at night when most of the people were in their rooms especially girls. It was really inconvenient.

However, everything will get better soon. The plumbers and electricians are trying their best to solve the problem as soon as possible. I can see in our bathrooms, new devices and pipes have been installed. They look much useful and reliable than the old ones. I believe we will enjoy our shower again in several days.