Battle is lost .......

The battle against the dust is a long and bitter one. We gathered all our gears and resources, from mops, brooms, finally upgraded to vacuum cleaner, to employing part time maid....

every week the whole unit needs to be cleaned a min 3 times to be bearable. The problem is Shanghai is a very dusty city, to make matter worse, my living room balcony faces a coal collection point which is abt 1 km away but full visual range. So when the wind blows,all the fine coal dust will start settling on the balcony and floor.

Since 3 mths since we moved in, finally we surrendered.... we will still do all the cleaning when we had time, but slippers need to be on once u are home, coz if not feet will become black black.. something that takes some getting used to ....

The other solution will be to keep all the doors and window closed. But we like the natural breeze that comes thru once in awhile, especially now when the weather is getting cooler .. rather than couping up in air-con all the time....

So if u are coming remember to put on slippers once in the house ;-)