This particular adventure has happened within my last 10 years working in developer relations for King, Game Insight, Unity Technologies. I will post more, as I understand how Medium works.

Once I had to spend two weeks in #Moscow 💅🏽 to meet clients and then was a key event we were sponsoring. So I got myself an apartment 🛋 via AirBnB.

Nothing special, I needed a base to recharge my devices, myself 🚿 and maybe for a cup of occasional tea ☕️ . Now it is funny to think how none of these humble requirements ended up in place.

It was in early May. So one morning they just turned off the hot water 🚿, probably for maintenance 👷🏽‍♀️. I enjoyed the ice-cold 🐧 shower once and contacted the apartment owner who suggested it was a feature.

My schedules were crazy back then. First client meetings could happen at 8–9AM and the last partner events 🎉 could easily sink deep into the night 🌃. Yeah, that days poor me had to party for work…

Then the apartment location was critical for me, because of the event next week. Meaning I could not just move.

But the next day the cold water 🚿 was also gone… Probably for the same reason as the hot water before. I still could not relocate.

I hanged out at the poshest places 💅🏽 in #Moscow, the invite-only spots 🎆 on the rooftop bar in Moscow City yet could not take a shower. Oh the irony!

The cold water 🚿 was back the next morning. The apartment owner installed a creepy device onto the shower pipe for a real-time water heating. Life 😎 was getting better.

But apparently the water heater was stressing out the electro-installation 👷🏽‍♀️ of the house. The electricity in the apartment was gone. Then it was back again. But no lights, no power for the laptop or the kettle. Yet the wifi access point worked. I appreciated the priority in my life drama.

The core loop ♻️ for the rest of the week was the following. I’d make myself a tea ☕️ , charge the devices 🔋, then go shower 🚿, break the electricity 👷🏽‍♀️, finish showering in the dark with a romantic light 💡 of the mobile flash.

Then I’d be gone till the night 🌌, while the landlord would resurrect the electricity.

It worked. And I could not relocate really.