Living in a Goshiwon the Video

As promised here is my video of living in a Goshiwon. Jason tells me I should be more careful with sharing personal info on the web, and I am sure it is nothing to joke about. After this time I think I will be more careful.




And for those who want to see the shower-hose-holder thing more closely here are the pictures of the product and packaging.
When shopping look for it in Emart or Homeplus (I got it at Emart) in the bathroom stuff section. It is usually located near the model shower hoses.

The funny story about Sunday was that JH was worried someone would steal his shoes near the shoe locker. I had gone ahead and so he didn't have the key to put his shoes in the locker. So he put his shoes atop the area near the locker. When he did so he heard a loud plunk sound, which is the kind of sound a shoe makes when falling to the ground. Apparently, he dropped one of his shoes behind the locker cabinet. It fell all the way down and was out of reach.

What made this especially funny was his reaction. He whimpered and wanted his shoe back really badly. And now he had one shoe so he was perplexed at how to get out of the building. We figured it out that I would drive the car up to get him. Then we would drive to his house and get his second pair of shoes. Next we went to a shoe store nearby (ABC Mart) and he found a nice new shiny pair of shoes. I have to say I think it was fate because the shoe he lost was part of a pair, which was kind of old. I had been mentioning to him to buy new shoes for a while. haha..

Now when we pass by the shoe locker he taps the wooden part and says "My shoe is so lonely."

hehe

Harmony

Without further ado, I bring you the interior of Office-tell 628:

What you see when you enter my room:

Turn to the Right and you have a Toilet/Shower (Everything works as it should)

To the left of the entrance is the frig (for now just breakfast items are in it, don't cook dinner....you will see why)

Kitchen Unit (Two gas ranges, one "oven" thing ... the dial next to it has images of fish... I guess it is a fish cooker...since the kitchen is so close to everything else I don't feel like doing heavy cooking...pasta is okay, but stir frying...eh..no) (Otherwise, it functions well.)

Dining Table (colors make you want to crawl and hide)

TV / Dresser (Still organizing, oOo big TV)

The Bed (There is a shelving nook built in above it. Also this is a kind of hideaway bed, where one could lift it up and tuck it in where those shelves are.)

Newly Installed Heater: The owner installed this today and although small it packs a punch! Actually the Ondol system started to kick in...(Mom, that is the floor heating system here.) I figured out that the floor heaters are along the perimeter of the room. With all of these devices I am really cozy and warm.

View from Outside Looking left: It isn't much, but noise is low and I miraculously heard some birds this morning.View looking Right:

There you have it folks, my new diggs and I am enjoying getting cozy. So far I have one plant, and already it makes the room feel like a home. I really need to control myself from going over to Emart and buying all sorts of home decorating things.

Anyways, yesterday after my coteacher and 2 other teachers helped me move my stuff I took them out to dinner and paid for it all. They seemed very impressed that I did that, so I hope that is one thank-you gift out of the way.

Tomorrow I am going to dinner with all the 5th grade teachers to an Outback Steakhouse. I like all this shmoozing because my coteachers are mature and adult like. At the hagwon it felt like I was with too young of a crowd.

Allright well thanks for reading!

See for yourself

A video of my diggs! I moved in today and the company cleaned my place before I got here so that was very nice of them.


So yea I found a wireless connection!!!! I don't know how long I can stay connected but there hasn't been a problem so far :)!

Ah it has been a whirlwind lately. I went for my health check yesterday and kind of got lost and had difficulty getting person to help me but it finally worked out. The experience of feeling lost in a foreign country is certainly not the best feeling but also exhilarating.

I like new place and there are few areas that need improvement (bed) but all in all I bet I have more than most people. One thing though that is missing from all of this...is my Bo Kwan. I now can't wait for his return.

But school will keep me busy. Well I am off for sleep my first night in my new home.

:)