In Bangkok in the early morning, the sun was already very piercing. Through the floor-to-ceiling windows, you can see the entire Chao Phraya River that flowed slowly and comforted this ancient land. The crowded shuttled in the city, composing their own stories.
After a week of preparation, the Bangkok office has been decorated that contained 2 bedrooms and 1 living room. One of the rooms was relatively small that would be used as Lee's personal office, while the other was larger and used as a meeting room. The first thing you could see when you open the door was the reception desk, and behind the wall was the lobby. There were about 10 desks on the left and the staff rest area on the right, with sofas, stools, coffee machines, microwaves, etc. Dan and Rainbow were sitting directly opposite. It is the beginning of the business. Next week, a few local employees would need to be recruited that Rainbow would be responsible for this.
Today is Saturday, but still Rainbow, Lee, and Dan were having a morning meeting. After the morning meeting, Lee folded the document and said:
"Tomorrow is Sunday. How about we going outside to find suitable rooms to rent. We can't stay in the hotel all the time. By the way, since we are very busy this week and didn't have a good meal. Eating together tomorrow, ok? "
"Okay, I want to move out of that hotel. Every night there are people who check in and check out, dragging suitcases around. It's too noisy and affects my sleeping quality." Dan complained.
"En, that's great, it's too inconvenient to dry clothes in the hotel." Rainbow continued.
The three of them made a happy decision.
On Sunday, the three of them took the subway to wait for the rental agency near the company. Yesterday Rainbow asked uncle Dunnan for help to contact the rental agency. Uncle Dunnan was still so enthusiastic, not only to help contact, but also to come over together, because this agent did not understand English. The rental agent was a young girl named Wee, who looked like a native of Thailand, with dark skin and big smile. They three wanted to rent a three-bedroom and one living room. If there was no three-bedroom and one living room, then three single rooms were also ok but must be next door so that they can help each other if there was something happened.
The three had seen several aparment sets with similar prices. There was a three-bedroom and one-living room in a small alley. The layout was okay with bad surrounding environment ,because there were many motorcycle around, which were not considered for safety reasons ;And there having a three-bedroom and one-living room in an elevator room but very small with expensive rental, backed by the sun and dark everywhere which made them felt very gloomy; The last one was also a three-bedroom and one-living room that looked quite okay, facing the sun and good surrounding environment , but far away from the office building and the subway.
After discussion, they decided to rent three single apartments, so that they can live more comfortably even with high rental. Then the agent soon took them to a nearby community where had a small park , as well as some small sports and entertainment facilities, such as swings, sliding stairs, health trails, and swimming pools that made the three of them satisfied. There were three apartments on each floor of this community. The three bachelor apartments introduced by the agent were one on the 8th floor and two on the 9th floor. The agent said that the three apartments on the 9th floor were still vacant, but the middle apartment on the 9th floor happened to be rented out yesterday. They were a step late, and one person must live alone on the 8th floor.
"What do you think?" Lee asked Dan and Rainbow after seeing the three apartments.
"I think it's good. It is all decorated and we don't need to buy anything. How about you, Rainbow." Dan looked at her.
"I also think it's ok. It looks very bright. Although it is a one room, but the space layout is very reasonable that also separates the bedroom, living room and kitchenette with all furnitures that we want. It's really good. I agree." Said Rainbow.
"That's okay. Why don't you two live together on the 9th floor, and I sleep on the 8th floor alone, what do you think?" Lee asked.
"Yes, I'm ok." Dan replied.
"I'm ok too." Rainbow agreed. She really appreciated Lee's behavior, treating her colleagues as friends, not power politics, but will ask everyone's opinions before making a decision.
"That's all right, you can go to your room again to see what you need to prepare. We will go to the nearby area to buy then clean the room. I assume that it will be late after finishing this. How about we taking the luggage to the company for work tomorrow and move in tomorrow night. What do you guys say?" Lee asked.
"OK, alright". Rainbow and Dan answered together.