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b"Room 409 in Block 4 of the new dormitory complex at United International College is a cozy room sleeping two; the building is so new that it is not even finished yet. nbsp;It is substantially finished, meaning it will not fall over, and the fundamental pieces of its construction are complete. nbsp;The windows shut, the doors lock, and all the furniture is installed. nbsp;The walls are scuffed, however, because a paiting crew has not been around to paint them, and the tile floor in the hallway needs to be finished. nbsp;The floor in room 409 is finished, but appears as if the college finished construction the moment before moving in the students. nbsp; nbsp;The furniture is assembled, but the drawers in the desk, armoire, and under the bed still have woodchips and other construction related debris lying on the bottom. nbsp;The floor in the room needs a good sweeping as construction worker footprints can still be seen on the tile, and large piles of concrete dust and tile grout sit on either side of the armoire. nbsp;In short, the building may not look sharp, but it is livable.\\n\\nThe room is small and crowded, and with three beds and desks. nbsp;The other new buildings are still under construction so 409 has an excess of furniture because some of the rooms need to house three instead of the customary two. nbsp;Two of the beds are bunked and sit opposite the window and balcony door. nbsp;The two desks perpendicular to the bunked beds are separated only by a water cooler, the kind that might be found in an office, which serves up the only drinkable water in the room. nbsp;Against the window is another desk and bed that looks into the adjoining room, 411. nbsp;The concept of adjoining rooms doesn't work very well as the excessive furniture blocks any and all movement between the two rooms. nbsp;There is no open flow of traffic betweent the two rooms.411 is a mirrored image of room 409 and all of the furniture is made from the same maple-looking particle board, except the bed, which is really not much more than a sheet of plywood made up with blankets and a mattress pad bolted atop a cabinet like fixture with three drawers and two magnetic doors. nbsp;Another desk sits outside on the balcony, apparently 411 decided to put their extra desk out there, and it will make for a great place to do homework or talk on skype while the rest of the room is asleep.\\n\\nThe bathroom is the first thing seen when entering the room. nbsp;A frosted glass door separates the bathroom from the rest of the room, and a metallic latch on the inside keeps it closed. nbsp;Contents of the bathroom include a lockerroom-style shower stall, but with a better showerhead, separated from the toilet and sink by a sheet of the same frosted glass as the door. nbsp;No curtain, no door, only a sheet of glass just long enough to keep the shower water from spraying all over the sink and toilet. nbsp;The sink is a plain looking stainless steel basin with a simple faucet. nbsp;It seems pretty standard and reasonable for a dormitory, but when turned on it yields only a slow trickle of water, if anything at all. nbsp;The floor in the bathroom is even dirtier than that of the actual room. nbsp;Made from blue tile, there is a think layer of sandy soot: a mixture of grout, concrete and a myriad of other mystery dusts, covering the entire surface.\\n\\nA large basin sits attached to the wall above the showerhead with highly insulated hoses jutting out from the wall into it. nbsp;On the front face of the basin there is an oblong shaped object that looks something like a gas gague and a dial on the side with one end marked with a snowflake and the other marked 75deg;. nbsp;It is turned all the way to the 75deg; mark. nbsp;Apparently this is where hot water comes from. nbsp;Part of the things still apparently on the list to complete in the building process is getting the water supply working properly. nbsp;Until Saturday the shower barely squeezed out any water at all, and on Frida..."