"Accustomed" : Yes I am.
We are creatures of habit. I'm a creature of habit and once you're accustomed to something, changes affect you whether you realize it or not. Moving house this time I realized for the first time how one could get accustomed to living with 'noise' in centre city. I lived at my condo for a decade, next to the skytrain and a busy main road. Though the walls were thick and not a sound could be heard from neighbours, sound waves travelled up almost 20 stories to my window. Sitting my room, I'd hear sounds of the skytrain rolling by until late at night. Sounds of motorcycles and cars zooming by seem to somehow travel upwards and straight to my window. During New Years, if the office building opposite me had a party, I could hear the karaoke and the announcements. Sounds of construction across the road penetrated my wall of glass. They all became background noise that I didn't care about. At this new place, I'v...