Walking down the street, there lies a beautiful apartment; it looks like one of those houses from a movie scene in Hollywood. I thought to myself "This is perfect".
David and I have been house hunting for a while now, looking for about 2 months, and we never saw a perfect house. I picked up my phone and called David "I have seen the perfect apartment", I told David. I was expecting a response of excitement from David, but rather I got a cold response: "There is no perfect apartment". This made me think, "How can this beautiful three-story building not be perfect? Well, I will wait for David to come and see the apartment, and I know he will surely be happy.
Well, I am just a graduate of Political Science and David is a graduate of Statistics, so there is not much difference between the two of us when it comes to understanding building. I just thought, "Maybe he does not like the area.
I waited for David for about an hour at a Cafe close to the apartment. To me, it was the ideal apartment; it had a mall, a sports center, a garden, and a restaurant close by. I could do everything I wanted without leaving the area.
David arrived, and from the look on his face, I could see he was not impressed by the house or its surrounding area. I asked, "David, what is the problem with this area?" He looked at me and smiled. "This area will be flooded during the rainy season," he replied. "You must be joking. When did you start knowing about buildings and the topography of a place?" I said with anger in my voice.
We have been looking for an apartment for two months, and when we see the perfect apartment, he is talking about flooding. I was so pissed that I said to David "Maybe you have found a house somewhere and you don't want to inform me about it". He looked at me and smiled; the smile became annoying to me because I felt he was just trying to be difficult.
David looked at me and said "I will call a construction engineer to come and assess this area and see what his advice would be". "What are you even saying? I don't have time for all that," I replied.
David called a Construction engineer, and with 30 minutes, the man arrived, and he just looked left and right. He shook his head and said "This area will be flooded during the rainy season". I asked him, "Why?"He said the buildings were constructed along the water channel, and if it rained, it would be a nightmare. He showed me some marks on the various buildings around the area and said they were the marks left by the floods.
I was surprised at how correct David was. I asked him "How did you know the area would be flooded" David smiled and said "Have you forgotten my father works in a construction company and I assist him anytime I am less busy". Oh, how could I forget such a detail?" I said, smiling. The difference between me and David was that he had a little knowledge about buildings, while I was just after the beauty of the building and its surroundings.
I am just happy I exercised a little patience for the construction engineer to come and explain to me why the location was not the best.
We kept looking for an apartment until we found one in the perfect area. Though it did not come with all the facilities, during the rainy season it was always dry, like it never rained, because the whole area was well designed.
