Day 3

Night 3 at Iman’s newly rented flat.
... and I dreamed of arwah Mak for 3 consecutive nights.
May she and all other Mukminin souls be placed in Allah’s blessings...
Allahumma aamiiiiiin.

I have 4 more nights here before I fly back to KL. Things have settled here, more or less. Only a few more :

1. Obtaining Ridacard (tomorrow). £48 as monthly cost is cheaper compared to £4 daily Lothian bus ticket price. All this while, she/we has/have to either buy single-journey (£1.70) or daily (£4) tickets, or take Uber. It is actually £48 for 4 weeks and starts when you activate the card. 

2. Need to email student-related documents to the City Council so that she (as a student) does not have to pay the local tax
3. Her bank card (about 2 weeks’ time before it arrives by post)
4. Registering at any nearby GP

(You are here : to the right is one of the University of Edinburgh buildings in renovation, to the left is Pure Gym Fitness Centre where residents/tenants can apply to join). Iman is staying somewhere within the green-coloured buildings. The letting agent (Umega) has its office within the complex. This whole area is called Quartermile

The 6-storey 46-unit flat Iman is staying at is one of a few blocks of residential units on Simpson Loan. They all share one concierge, located at flat 9 on the ground floor. Enquiries about the flat can be made there. The first night we were here, we didn’t know how to control the heating panels, the staff came to assist. 

This controls the heater in the bathroom including its floor. Each toilet has one of this located just outside of it.

This one controls the heaters in the living room, the corridor and the bedrooms.

While this one tells us about our electricity usage. In the control room, there is another panel that tells us, amongst others, the balance of our account. If there is negative balance, heating will be cut off and we risk the pipes getting iced which may lead to subsequent damage etc. We are advised to keep the temperature to a minimum of 5’ Celsius to avoid this. So, during the long semester break, if she decides to continue staying here, she has to ensure that there is enough balance in her account with the heating provider.

Things appeared so complicated in the beginning, but the letting agent (Umega) company responds to our enquiries promptly through emails and they provide us with all the necessary online links.  

Slowly, slowly.
Making progress, making progress.

The good news is : she does not have any class on Friday for this semester (insert excitement mode). That means, for my next trip, I can reach here on Friday and fly back on Sunday. Or; I reach here on Saturday and fly home on Monday. Whichever choice, I have to take 3-day leave; Friday, Saturday, Monday vs Saturday, Monday, Tuesday. It is just like the many trips I had been doing when she was at KYS or later on when she was at Putrajaya HWU.