Location, Location, Location

I've never been much of a commuter. When I lived in Melody Ranch for a couple of years, that extra 20 minutes every day just about killed me. My house on Nimmenhamen isn't that far from town (maybe 15 minutes) but I commonly have to go back and forth 3 times a day: Drop Pui off at work, go home, drive to Thai class, go home, go climbing at the gym, go home. So basically, everyday, I'm spending up to 2 hours in some pretty nasty traffic. Here is a map of said commute.


So when a friend sent me an ad for a house in the old city I jumped at the chance for a move. My old place was basically a small studio with an attached bathroom (video of old place). The neigborhood was very urban- I could throw a baseball from my room and hit 4 high end sushi restraunts - and I've got a pretty weak arm. The new place is the antithesis of that. It's in a really quiet Thai neighborhood. I can walk just about everywhere. I've now got 2 guest bedrooms, an office, a kitchen, and a sweet ping pong table. I'm dealing with problems like spiders and chickens at 4am instead of traffic jams and car exhaust.
Here is the video of the new place. And the video of the giant spider that jumped on me while trying to get him to move.