Blog 1: Lording Landlords

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Observe Fill in as many details from your observation as possible here.	Analyse Note as many interesting patterns or significant details as possible here.	Implications Move to concepts as you consider the deeper significance of these patterns and details.
·       I was about to shower when I found Chinese spinach lying on the drainage cover right under the shower on the drainage cover. There were three or four leaves in total, and no stems. [Sight]   ·       The toilet bowl directly faces the door. Right beside the toilet bowl was a large red pail, the type which people use to wash their cars with. A trail of soil could be seen leading from the mouth of the pail to the bottom of the bucket, further on towards the shower area. The shower hose lay overhead, with a drainage area beneath. On the right of the drainage area is a wash basin and a mirror. Between the shower area and the pail lay a garden hose, which has water with higher pressure for cleaning. It was still dripping with water, hinting that it was recently used, and also because the faulty faucet had not been replaced despite much feedback. [Sight]    ·       The toilet was humid. [Touch]   ·       “Mouth-watering” is usually used to refer to palatable food appealing to the senses, insofar as inducing salivation. The human brain is highly capable of imagination, and I found myself possibly tasting the soggy vegetables I now see, with the grainy soil sticking to its surface, perhaps providing a certain crunch. [Taste, Touch]   ·       I could vaguely hear the swirling of water through the pipes, signalling that an occupant upstairs had finished their business. [Hearing]   ·       I took a few steps back in shock, then turned to see my landlady lying supine on the sofa browsing her handphone. Pointing at the bathroom, I politely asked her to have a look. “What?” She said, brows furrowing in disdain and with her usual look of condescension. “Just look inside”, I urged her, pointing at the vegetables in the shower area. “Just pick it up lah.” She said it irritably and matter-of-factly, when in fact, it was not my duty to pick up after her. I froze for a moment, then mustered my courage to ask, albeit with my voice breaking, “How did it… get there?” She bent down to remove the sodden spinach, not without sighing audibly and flicking her head in my general direction whilst rolling her eyes – all that to make a show of such great service she was providing me. “Oh, must be the father,” she explained, “He bought a lot of vegetables.” [Hearing, Sight]	1.     Someone was using the large red pail to wash a basket of Chinese spinach beside the toilet bowl, while preparing to use the vegetables for a meal. This is definitely a break from the norm of hygiene standards. 2.     Landlords are sometimes unreasonable, e.g., my landlady expecting me to pick up after her.  3.     Getting used to another’s living habits may bring up conflict and irritation at times.	1.     The hygiene and food standards of Singaporean families: This may be further correlated with statistics on hygiene-related illnesses such as food poisoning in Singapore.    2.     Landlords being unreasonable and entitled: As rental prices soar in Singapore, tenants who are on a budget have no choice but to put up with problematic behaviour.     3.     Can the inevitable friction between landlord and tenant ever be mitigated through housing policies and the like?

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