I’ve said before that I’m moving to a new apartment this semester. With three other lads, this is our very first own apartment. The place has two rooms, a kitchen and a bathroom. I’ll share a room with my lifetime friend Mo, whose also a cousin of mine.

Last night, we went shopping for furniture at IKEA. Probably some will always consider them as a “semi-disposal Swedish furniture,” but I think many of their pieces are good and come in a perfect prices for college students like us.

I never had the experience of shopping for furniture before, and I’ve got to tell you it is so exhausting. We spent more than three hours at the new huge IKEA store in Riyadh, and we still need to do more shopping. The good thing about the apartment is that, unlike the students dorm at the university, I can customize it the way I want. I will be living here for another three years till I get my degree, and I’ll make sure to make it as good and comfortable as possible.