Ndihamba kakhulu. Ngenxa yobume bomsebenzi wam (umbhali ozisebenzelayo), ndandikwilizwe elinesihlanu kumazwekazi amathathu kule nyanga. Kufuneka ndipakishe, ndikhuphe izinto, kwaye ndihambise amagumbi rhoqo ngeentsuku ezimbalwa. Xa ndikwisabelo, ndidla ngokuhlala ehotele. Xa ndingenguye, ndihlala ndihlala neqabane lam elimnandi, elinendawo yokuhlala oye walungisa ngokutsha igumbi lakhe lokulala ukuze andenzele incwadana yokubhala. Kodwa naye uyayazi into endiyilangazelelayo. Ayisiyo ihotele okanye indlu entle enefenitshala yoyilo.
Ikhaya lam lamaphupha lam lalikwisitalato iThemba eWilliamsburg, eBrooklyn, kwigumbi endandihlala kulo nabantu abahlanu endihlala nabo egumbini elinye. Nangona ndaphuma kuphela ixesha lonyaka emva kokuba ndingene (ndafumana umsebenzi owawufuna ukuba ndibuyele kwenye indawo), ndiyayiphosa yonke imihla. Isithandwa sam siza kuhlala sifota ifoto yesakhiwo sam esidala kwaye siyithumele kum xa sidlula; uyayazi ukuba indenza ndincume ngephanyazo. Ngokusisiseko, ukuhlala nabantu abahlanu endandihlala nabo egumbini- uMaddy, uTommy, uAmy, uHarrison, noJulian- kwandenza ndaziva ngathi ndibusebenzisa ubomi bam kwiqela labantu ababezingcali zezinto endandifunda ukuba zilungile kuzo. wonke umahluko. Kwaye nangona isenokuvakala ngathi liphupha elibi kwabanye abantu, yayiyeyona meko intle yokuphila endakhe ndanayo ebomini bam bonke. Nasi isizathu:
1. Ndifumana igumbi elimangalisayo ngexabiso elikhulu
Kwiminyaka engama-24, ndandisandula ukuyeka istudiyo esincinci eParis ukuze ndize eNew York. Ndalifumana ikhaya lam eWilliamsburg, eBrooklyn, ndinethamsanqa. Yayivela kwintengiso ekwi-intanethi yegumbi ngaphandle kokukhankanya abantu abahlala nabo, ifanitshala, okanye umbono. Umhlali endiza kuthi ndincothule kuye wemka ixesha elingenammiselo. Unokuphela ebuyela kwigumbi lakhe iiveki ezimbini okanye iinyanga ezimbini emva kokuba ndingene. Ndixelele imihla yakho, intengiso iyalelwe. Ndacinga ukuba oku kungathandabuzeki kwakulungile kumdlalo wam, ndaye ndaya kuwujonga emva kweentsuku ezimbini.
Mna yazi kukho ngaphezulu kwamabali aneleyo okuloba ikati ethengisa izindlu nomhlaba, ngakumbi kwisiXeko saseNew York. Amaflethi alunge kakhulu-ayinyani ayanyibilikiswa, amagumbi asekhabethe ukuba abekho kwaphela. Kodwa ke ndandinethamsanqa ukufumanisa ukuba le ndlu yayiyiyo yonke into eyayibhengeziwe- nangaphezulu. Igumbi laliyinxalenye yegumbi lokulala elingaphantsi elinamagumbi amathandathu kwigumbi elinophahla olukhulu kunye nendawo yokuzivocavoca. Le duplex yayinamagumbi amabini okuhlala, iwasha, isomisi, isitya sokuhlambela izitya, kunye nabantu abahlanu ababehlala kunye. Igumbi endandihlala kulo lalineefestile ezisemgangathweni, nophahla olongezelelekileyo, kunye nentendelezo enkulu — eneebhedi zeentyatyambo, izitulo zengca, kunye negrill — endandinokungena ngayo ndibuya kwindawo yam yokungena yabucala! Elona candelo lililo? Yayi- $ 1,200 kuphela ngenyanga, endicinga ukuba intle kakhulu kwizinto eziluncedo kunye nendawo ekuyo.
Ndiye ndangena ke, kwangoko ndathandana nendawo. Ntsasa nganye, ukusampula imozulu, bendithatha inyathelo ngaphandle ngeepijama zam kwaye ndijonge elangeni. Ibiyi ulonwabo .
2. Kwakukho inkxaso rhoqo macala onke xa ndiyifuna.
Ndiyathemba ukuba iNew York iya kukuphosa ngezibhakela ezilukhuni kwangoko. Kwimizuzu yeenyanga, ndandiza kuqhekeka, umsebenzi endandikhe ndawugqiba wagqiba ukuba abasidingi isikhundla ngaphambi kokuba ndiqale, kwaye umhlobo othandekayo usweleke ngokungalindelekanga.
Kodwa endaweni yokuba ndihambe ndedwa, bendinabantu abakufutshane nam abakulungeleyo ukundinika inkxaso xa ndiyifuna. Ngokubanzi, ndicinga ukuba abantu abakhethe indlela yokuphila yoluntu ngokubanzi bayaphuma kwaye banovelwano kunabo bakhetha iimeko zokuphila eziqhelekileyo. Ke endaweni yokundishiya egumbini lam ndiye kubhala imiyalezo yakudala, iifoto kunye nezinto ezishiywe ngumhlobo wam, abantu endandihlala nabo babehlala bendibuza ukuba ndifuna ukwenza into nabo. Bandibuze ukuba ndifuna ukuthatha ukutya, ukwenza iseshoni yeyoga eluphahleni, okanye ukubaleka nenja yendlu, uBlanquita. Abantu endandihlala kunye nabo babona umvandedwa wam kwaye babezulazula kuwo. Kwaye xa babengekho, kwakusoloko kukho uBlanquita owayehlala enothando lokupha!
Ndandinombulelo kakhulu ngemeko yam yokuphila yonke imihla, kwi Isicwangciso sepanda phantsi kwebhokisi lasekunene lezinto endinombulelo ngazo, bendihlala ndibhala abantu endihlala nabo<3
3. Ndatya ngcono
Ndiyiloluhlobo lwam intombazana. Ukutya kwam akukho xabiso, kuyakhawuleza, kwaye kulula ukucoceka. Kodwa ukuhlala nabanye abantu abane — abathathu ababesebenza kwindawo yokutya — bandifundisa lukhulu ngokutya. Ndandihlala noAmy, ingcali yezondlo evela eCalifornia; UJulian, umpheki waseJamani; noHarrison, umlindi we-vegan owayesandula ukubuya emva kweminyaka esibhozo kwiCaribbean. Yiyo loo nto ukutya kwethu sasinandipha. Kodwa ngokwabelana ngexesha kunye nezixhobo, bendinokuba nale ntwana yokutya okumnandi ekhayeni lam, nokuba andiyazi indlela yokupheka kakuhle mna. UJulian wayeza kupheka ityuwa emangazayo etyiweyo yengulube okanye i-gourmet herbed sauerkraut, kwaye wayedla ngokusibalisela amabali malunga nokuba iinkolo ezahlukeneyo zazisika njani iihagu zazo ngokwahlukileyo njengoko sasisitya. Bendingasoze ndikwazi ukuhlawula iziyolo ezinjalo, okanye nokuba bendihlala nomnye umntu endandihlala naye.
4. Ndadibana nabantu ngokulula
Abantu endandihlala nabo babehlala bekhona abantu kwaye ndamkelekile ukuba ndihlale nabo, ke ndaye ndenza abahlobo abatsha kwikhaya lam. Umntu ngamnye endandihlala naye waba nesangqa sakhe ekuhlaleni kunye nabahlobo, ke ngenye imini siyakuba nomcebisi ngaphezulu, ngosuku olulandelayo, imvumi ye-rock kwaye ngosuku olulandelayo, iyoga evela kwa-Israyeli, obesikhokele kwiseshoni yeyoga uphahla lwethu. Kwakusoloko kumnandi ukubona ukuba ngubani oza kuhlala ekhitshini lam xa ndifika ekhaya, kwaye andizange ndizive ndililolo nangona isixeko sasintsha kum.
