20th December 2005 - Day 78

I went to ask for an extension for my room here in the hostel as one of my modules here will be ending in March. My rental period is only up till the end of February.

Initially, I thought that would be an easy procedure. Somehow, it seems that I would have to go to more than one person to get it done.

The second person I'll have to approach (after the lady at the Akademisches Auslandsamt) is the Hausmeister, who has an incredibly short Sprechstunde of 15 minutes from Mondays to Fridays.

15 minutes! I wonder what they are busy with for the rest of the 23 hours and 45 minutes.

I have to get it done by tomorrow as the lady from AAA said that the deadline is this week. I don't want to face the possibilty of having no place to sleep come March.

Why tomorrow? Because I'm going to Dresden and would only be back at around 0100 on Saturday.

Seems like I've been making lots of mistakes here and there ever since I arrived. This problem could have been easily avoided when I signed the rental contract. All I had to do was to tell them there and then to extend my rental period.

I had to choose the more challenging method, the one which will expose me to more dealings with the bureaucracy.

Why? Why?!

Not very bright, don't you think? The background's a bit unclear. Besides the camera battery, my camera's acting funny these days too.

So, more blood to be shed, and feelings of exasperation to be endured.