trying imitation Potnoodle

Hello, welcome back to lunchtime.

So I'm gonna make these snack noodles

today. They're kind of like a copy of Pot

Noodle and chicken and mushroom.

Yeah, um, I've also got these instant

noodles. And today I went shopping again

and I bought a few things. What did I buy?

Um, that's my bed.

Who's outside? Well, actually, I didn't

buy much. I was gonna get a mop kind of,

um, broom thing with wet tissues on it so

I could clean the floor, but instead I

just got these, uh, dish rags. I could wet

them, make them wet, and then just wipe

the floor with my hand. And then for the

shower room, I put this rod up here

because it was kind of weird having a

shower and not having any clothing on and

you're standing in front of this big

window. I don't think anyone could see me,

but it felt a bit embarrassing, so I put

this here and I put my Egyptian cotton bed

sheet so I can just drag it over and

then you've got a bit of a curtain here.

It's not a very good one though. I need a

bigger sheet and one that doesn't get

rounded at the end. And I got this bath

foam so I can have a nice bubble bath

later. Today's very hot, another hot

day, and I feel like this, this room gets

pretty hot as well even though the sun's

not shining into it. Um, what else I

get? Yeah, I got a lot of food from Aldi,

so I'm gonna start eating eggs more.

Just boil them, easy peasy. And I got some

broccoli, got these hash brown things,

I got chicken strips and fish fingers,

pizza, and some pie. So I think that's

Good for my shopping, should last me a few

days. But for lunch, I think I'll just

have these. They are— how many calories?

Oh, 400 calories. Wow, that's quite a lot

considering it's quite a small pot. Every

time I talk to someone here, they always

ask me if I'm a student. It's happened

like 4 times now. So today when I came

home, I got onto the elevator And there

was a guy and he started talking to me.

He asked me if I'm a student. It's really

weird, why do they keep thinking I'm a

student? And then I didn't know what to

say, so I just said no. And then there was

like a really awkward silence because I

didn't know what else to say after that.

I said no, I think I said no twice

actually. And then there was like this

awkward silence, and then he asked me how

long I've been living here. I, I can't

really think of a good reply to, are you a

student, apart from no? What else could I

say? I could say, no, I just moved here,

but then eventually time's gonna pass

where I've been here, live— living here

for a few months, and I can't say I just

moved here anymore. What do you say?

Could say, no, I'm not a student, are you?

And then he said, uh, it's expensive

living here. Is it really? I don't know

why people keep saying it's expensive to

live here. It's only like £800 a month.

Maybe in Manchester, £800 a month is

considered expensive. Very strange.

I don't know how to, um, give them a good

answer without sounding like I'm being

rude, because if I just say no, it just

sounds a bit blunt, doesn't it? Okay,

what's in here? What's that noise?

Someone watching a learn English video out

on the corridor. Very weird.

Hmm. Anyway, so yeah, they've got soy

sauce in here. See if it smells like pot

noodle. Oh, it does smell like pot noodle.

Why is

it bubbling?

And then we leave it for a few minutes,

and that's my lunch. Plus I'll have an

orange. I also had a sandwich earlier.

What else do I need to do? Um,

I don't know. I don't know what to do now.

Now I've got my place sorted out, still

need to do the bills, switch them over to

my name. Can't do that until next week.

So yeah, what do I do with my life now?

That is the question. There was

some big protests going on in the center.

I saw some of the signboards. They were

carrying something. It said something like

F Boris or Boris F Satan.

I think they're anti-Boris people, but

there was so many people Just marching and

shouting is kind of annoying. I can't

wait for this weather to finish. I just

feel so drained all the time,

and I'm not even wearing a lot of

clothing. I'm just wearing my t-shirt. I

try to have this door open most of the

time to let air in, but I just feel so low

on energy. I kind of feel like the

excitement of getting my own place has

worn off already. You might be thinking,

wow, that was quick, you only just moved

in here. You only had one night. Last

night was okay. The problem is it was

Friday night and it was a bit noisy on the

street because you get these, these car

people who love revving their car engines

and they were revving their car engines.

Sound like sports cars or something at 3

AM in the morning. And it was a bit

annoying, a bit loud. And the other

problem is it's always bright 24/7.

So during the day, it's really bright,

and I don't really have like a dark room

to escape to because

this window is just, you know, always

there, and I don't have any curtains. And

then at night, even at night, it's bright

because the lights are all on all the time

outside. The city lights are on, on all

night. And then, um, even the sky is not

black. It's kind of still dark blue, and

you can still even see the clouds from all

the lights coming out from the city. So it

just feels like 24/7 there's no darkness.

Maybe I can get used to it. I don't really

want to have to get more of these

extension rods and then I have to find

some kind of sheet to turn into a

makeshift curtain.

Maybe it'll get darker later in the year.

I hope it's not going to be this bright

all year round. I just don't like it when

it's too bright. Also, the shower head's

really not good. I don't know why, maybe

because it's not fitted tightly, but when

the water's coming out of the little chute

things, it all comes out the side as well,

and it makes— it doesn't come down in a

focused spray, it just kind of comes

out all over the place. So I had to hold

the shower head to concentrate

the shower direction, the water direction,

onto me. It's a bit annoying. Let me show

you. So it makes a bit of

See, look at that.

Gets all over the place, the water.

So, um, I have to get into the shower,

unhook it, and then turn it on so I can

control where it's splashing everywhere.

Not a great shower head. It's not really a

great shower experience. These noodles

look quite good, actually. Smells good.

Smells just like pot noodle. How can they

copy Pot Noodle almost exactly and not get

into legal problems? I like the

consistency of the noodles too. That looks

Starting to get very hungry.

I think for the next few days I'm just

gonna stay at home. I've been outside a

lot the last few days. I feel kind of

tired, but I've got enough food to last me

for a bit. Ah,

just that one last thing I have to do.

Stupid bills. Still don't really know what

to do. I guess I have to phone up the

electric company.

I guess I'll just get back to what I

usually do. Play Switch, watch YouTube,

eat food.

Bit boring, isn't it?

Oh well, see you next time.