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First Day: "For nine days I slept in a cupboard under the stairs"

When German comedian CJ Delling arrived to Australia in a rainy winter day, she went straight to the room she had rented online. But it was not available.

CJ Delling in SBS Sydney, 2016.

CJ Delling in SBS Sydney, 2016. Source: Ashley Mar

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CJ Delling is a German comediant living in Australia. She arrived in a rainy winter day in July and went straight to the student sharehousing she had rented online.

Unfortunately the man She was renting the room from hadn't left so she didn't have a bed. It took him nine days to make the room available.

During all that time, CJ Delling slept in a freezing cupboard under the stairs, which was big enough for a yoga mat.

For nine days, CJ Delling slept in a freezing cupboard under the stairs, which was big enough for a yoga mat.
CJ Delling in SBS Sydney, 2016.
CJ Delling in SBS Sydney, 2016. Source: Ashley Mar
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CJ Delling
CJ Delling Source: Ashley Mar

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By Wolfgang Mueller



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