Moving into my NEW Airbnb

Welcome to my new Airbnb.

Ta-da! So you might be wondering, why do

I have an Airbnb? And that's mainly

because me and my wife have had a few

arguments about me wanting to buy a

certain something. And she said if I

really want to get one, then I have to get

my own place to store it in because she

thinks it's creepy and disgusting and

doesn't want one in our apartment. So I

got myself my own place. It was just kind

of annoying because every time I wanted to

buy something big, I had to ask her

permission, and there were certain things

I couldn't do. Without getting her

permission, and she kept saying that I

can't do this and I can't do that, and it

was just kind of frustrating. I felt like

I was being treated like a child. I'm a

grown adult, and I don't want to have to

ask people's permission if I want to buy

something. So I thought getting my own

place would be a good idea. Then I can do

whatever I wanted to, buy what I want to,

and not have to ask someone's permission

to be able to get it. I felt kind of

frustrated in our apartment because It

didn't feel like it was our apartment. It

felt like it was her apartment, and I only

have this tiny little corner with my desk

where I can put things, and I don't have

anywhere else that I can use for my

things. And I think it'll be pretty nice

to have my own place. It's not, not a bad

place. Okay, it's not massive, it's not

huge, but it's, it's big enough for what I

want to do with it, for what I want to

use. Inside of it. I think it's, it's

okay. I'm thinking of treating it as kind

of like an office, like my own personal

space where I can do what I want to do

without having to ask for her permission,

without getting into trouble. And if we do

have some kind of massive argument where

we don't want to be in the same room as

each other, I can just come, come here

and, you know, relax, chill out, hang out

here in my own space. When we have

arguments you know, like proper full-blown

arguments, it's really, really horrible.

The atmosphere is just so toxic. We're

just stuck in the same room not talking to

each other. I'm on the computer, she's

staring at her phone. When we have these

big arguments, it's really uncomfortable

being stuck in the same apartment. So I

think having my own place like this would

be a really big help when we have another

big argument, which we probably will have

a big argument again at some point. For my

entire life, I've never really had my own

place. I've always either lived with my

parents or ex-girlfriends or my wife. It

was really frustrating living in England

with my mum because if I did something she

didn't like, she would start nagging me,

and I couldn't argue back because she

would just say, it's my house. If you

don't like it, go away, get out, move out.

So I moved out, came back to Japan, moved

back in with my wife, And then I just have

the same problem. If I do something my

wife doesn't like, she'll say, it's my

apartment, and I just feel like I don't

have any control or any power. For once in

my life, I just want my own place that I

can call my own, that I can do whatever I

want to with it without having to get

someone's permission. So that's why I

decided to get this Airbnb, and now I can

do anything I want to.

Okay, now that I've finished explaining,

I guess I could give you a quick room

tour. There's not really much to show you,

so this won't take very long. So over here

we have the entrance. This little square

bit's where you take off your shoes, and

then we enter the kitchen.

This is the kitchen. You just have a

little light. And a sink. And they've

given me a few things. They gave me a hair

dryer, a teapot, some cups,

plates, saucers, cups, washing-up liquid,

a sponge. And then

here we have a fridge. Oh, there's a

bottle of water. That's nice. Bottle of

water, empty fridge.

And in here we have slippers,

toilet paper, a kettle, various papers

and magazines. There's actually

a lot of slippers for some reason. I don't

wear slippers.

And here we have the toilet,

bathroom, shower room, washroom. It's

fairly small, just a tiny cubicle.

Good thing I'm skinny. Imagine if I was

fat, I'd barely fit in here. So we've got

a nice little mirror, nice lighting, um,

bathtub,

shower head, everything you could possibly

want or need from a washroom.

It's not bad.

Okay, so next we have the main room.

Well, it's the only room. There's air

conditioning, heating units, towels,

quite a nice-sized bed.

It's quite a comfortable bed. It's not

hard or anything. It's quite soft and

springy. And there's a television.

It looks really old. Look at this Sharp

television. And there's a light over

there. I won't use the television. I don't

watch TV. And there's pocket Wi-Fi,

remote control, tissue box, air

conditioning remote. More tissue paper.

Oh, shiny.

I think I'll go back to my wife's place

now because I don't really have anything

to do here yet. I just wanted to show

you guys, and I had to meet the owner to

pay, pay him the money for the place.

Hmm, I don't understand what's going

wrong. Okay, so let me try and explain

the situation. My new fish came today.

I got 12 of these little— they're called

medaka in Japanese. I think they're called

Japanese rice fish. I put one in the

goldfish tank And it seems to be okay.

You can see it at the top swimming around.

The goldfish aren't really interested in

it. I was worried the goldfish might eat

it. When I dropped it in, they did chase

it thinking it was food, but then they

realized it wasn't food and they left it

alone. They seem to be getting on together

okay. It just swims at the top and the

goldfish stay at the bottom. And then

I put one of them into my new tank.

Now, as you can see, the new tank isn't

doing very well. It's a bit of a mess. I

got some plants as well. You can't see

them very well. They're just tiny plants,

and I put them into the soil, and I added

more water. And when I added more water,

it kind of messed up the soil, and it's

gone all murky. The seeds— I got little

seeds that are supposed to sprout, but

it's been a day and they haven't sprouted

at all. I don't know if I can zoom in.

Can you see those little,

little yellow-orange things? All seeds,

and they're not sprouting.

Okay, so quick update. I've transferred

all of the fish into the fish tank, and

I've Tried replacing some of the water

because it was so murky. I think the

problem was that I didn't put enough

gravel on top of the soil, so every

time I add water in, it moves the soil

around, and then the soil makes the water

go all muddy again. So what I did was I

added more gravel. I don't know if the

fish are going to be okay. I ordered some

food for them, should be coming tomorrow.

Hopefully they can survive until tomorrow.

They're trying to eat the goldfish food.

I think they can eat it because it softens

up quite a lot when it's been in the

water, so that should be good

enough until tomorrow. Uh, I feel like

I've made a big mess of this. If I could

redo it, I'd put less soil and then more

gravel on top, and I don't think these

seeds are going to sprout.

Hmm, it's been a few hours since my last

update, and the water is still pretty

murky. And I think it might be because I

didn't wash the gravel before I put the

gravel in, and I put more gravel into it,

and now it's even more murky. I also put a

piece of broccoli in there hoping they

would eat it, but they don't seem to be

interested. I completely forgot that when

we set up the fish tank for the goldfish,

my wife washed the gravel, and I didn't

wash the gravel. So I don't know what to

do because I don't know how to get the

water to be clear. I think I might have to

empty everything, take the fish out, and

then empty all the water. Oh, it's such a

hassle. I don't know why it's all green.

It's been like this for hours. I thought

after a few hours the filter would clear

it up, but it's not really any clearer. I

think I have to take out all of the water

and then just throw all this away,

maybe rinse the gravel and then put more

soil in. I don't think I need soil now

because these seeds aren't even sprouting

anyway, so what's the point?

Okay, so final update. Look at this,

look how clear it is! Do you know what I

did? I changed the water about 5 times. I

used this bucket. I just kept taking the

water out and then putting new water back

in, and I did this about 4 times, and

finally I got the water to be clear. I

think the problem was I was putting the

water in too quickly and it was rustling

up the gravel and the soil, making it all

cloudy. The trick was you had to pour the

water in gently so it didn't displace

anything, and after about 4 times

replacing the water, it finally looking

pretty good. You can actually see the

plants now. Hopefully the filter will

filter out more of the murkiness later on

and we'll have a nice-looking fish tank.

I don't have a light for it, but if I put

my phone on top and I use the phone's

flashlight thing, it lights up the inside

of the tank pretty well.