Got up a little after nine this morning, and left a little after ten. Jongsoo and I went to Seoul to see his mom and 2 aunts. His aunts live in Seoul and his mom was in the country for her high school's 40th year reunion.
Definitely a bit nervous. But all was fine. His mom and aunts were very nice and kind. We walked around... Bukchon hanok village in Seoul and ate delicious things like donkaseu (tonkatsu) and ramen and green tea flavored shaved ice topped with red bean paste, almonds and whipped cream. Omo. (have i mentioned my deep love of red bean paste?)
We walked quite a distance today. My feet hurt a bit. lol. We walked past the American embassy, and saw lots of old structures. I forget the names. Sorry.
The internet's been slow the last few days, so I will try for pictures tomorrow. I'm going to sleep now. lol.
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Friday, April 5, 2013
A Beautiful Day
I woke up this morning and despite my second cold, it was a beautiful day. Yes, I'm tired and I was worn from Wednesday's disaster of classes, but one thing was different. Yes - the sun was out and it was 45 degrees outside at ten til 8. The birds were chirping. I quickly realized I would not need my huge winter coat and scarf.
I've felt like I live in my coat since coming to Korea. The hallways at school are not heated, actually no hallway anywhere seems to be heated (except maybe in large mall type places). I guess you save on energy and electric bills this way. But I digress.
The high for today was 73. Marvelous. I found this out via smartphone as I walked to my carpool pickup spot. I didn't find it out at home because it seems my building is in a wifi and 3G dead zone. I guess technology is conspiring to keep me outside of my house.
I finished 3 or 4 lesson plans this morning while waiting for the one class I teach on Friday. I teach 4th grade in their classroom about an hour after lunch time. Lovely, rowdy 4th grade. To be honest, I was dreading it after Wednesday's whirlwind of chaos. Sure, I prayed about it, but you know it's hard to get rid of those nagging doubts and anxieties associated with failure. I know the kids' behavior is not in my control, and that does not make me a bad teacher, but I really do want these kids to be able to speak English and do okay with it. I'd like for them to go on to middle school and be joys to their middle school English teachers, and maybe someday they'll get a decent job because they speak a little better than average English. (a linguist can dream, can't she?)
Anyway. It turns out one of the teachers I carpool with - the one I always think of as the "next in line head teacher" (as the principal is the head teacher, the vice principal is just under her, and then there's this lady who i think of as 'next in line') - the one who told me to write their names on the board - turns out she teaches 4th grade or does so often. She showed up at the beginning of the class period and told them to behave and if they misbehaved I would write their names on the board and she'd know about it.
It worked. They sat at their desks pretty much the whole time. A few raised their hands to speak. They all got their books out and had them open on the desks. No one fought. And in fact, they asked me a bunch of questions because the topic this chapter is on is "My Family". I had a short powerpoint of pictures of my family, and after reviewing the book's vocabulary, I showed them my family. They think my sister is beautiful, and were surprised she's married and has 2 kids. They were also surprised my brother is married, and it seems they like his mustache. I successfully explained to them I have a niece and nephew because I now know the Korean word for it. It's one word for both males and females. Strange but true. It turns out Koreans have a ton of family terms.
Then the boys went into some crazy/funny tangent about guns. They were asking if my grandfather had a gun. I told them my brother has a gun (i had totally forgot that dad has a hunting rifle. lol!). I need to learn more Korean to explain to them that not every place in America is full of gun shooting crazy murderers. Where I'm from, we use guns to hunt deer. I can't name every person I know who hunts - for sport and for food. But I'm sure most of you reading know this because chances are you're from my town. lol.
But yes - they wanted to know if we had like bazookas and AK17s. I tell you - these boys know so much English associated with guns, it's funny. Oh, they asked if I had a gun, and I said no. Then they asked if I have a knife. "Um, actually, yes I do." So they wondered if women didn't have guns, just knives. I told them my brother's wife has a gun. I'm pretty sure she does. They were impressed.
Anyway. It was a much much better class. I did have to give out warnings to the boys - who got so excited about the gun talk they were all talking over each other, getting up and down and acting out shooting different kinds of things. (i'm pretty sure guns and knives and things are illegal for civilians in korea? so i guess their curiosity is piqued.) At one point I made the boys raise both their arms and counted down from 10 as a very pathetic punishment for being so disruptive. I didn't completely blame them. I was trying to get them all to line up for a game. Making a line is still difficult. I gave up on the line and they played the game half crowded around the desk. But they played and read and it was good.
But I'm blabbering on without actually getting to what I wanted to post.
My snack I picked up at C n U on the way home. It's a jumbo ham and tuna salad sandwich. It was the only sandwich they had that had both meat and veggies. It had cucumber, lettuce, corn, and carrots. Pretty strange, but the taste is not bad with the ham, mayo and tuna saladness. Actually, it was surprising how non-fishy the tuna was. Definitely not bad for 1,800won. The coffee was a caramel macchiato. It was a very watery facsimile. But that's okay because I can't drink lattes (lactose is evil) so I'm hoping that its being watery errs in my favor for digestion's sake. I must mention - why yes that big blue box is Post cereal. It is Oreo O's in fact. I eat them for breakfast pretty much every morning.
This is a video of my bathroom.
It starts out showing the floor and drain in the floor. Then the far wall, toilet, cabinet, mirror and finally shower head and sink. The shower is right over the sink. It's turned on by turning a knob over the faucet. If you turn it on (or forget you left the knob turned and go to wash your hands...) the whole bathroom gets wet. That's why my trash bag is plastic and hangs from the toilet paper holder. Here. A picture of the faucet and knob.
I've felt like I live in my coat since coming to Korea. The hallways at school are not heated, actually no hallway anywhere seems to be heated (except maybe in large mall type places). I guess you save on energy and electric bills this way. But I digress.
The high for today was 73. Marvelous. I found this out via smartphone as I walked to my carpool pickup spot. I didn't find it out at home because it seems my building is in a wifi and 3G dead zone. I guess technology is conspiring to keep me outside of my house.
I finished 3 or 4 lesson plans this morning while waiting for the one class I teach on Friday. I teach 4th grade in their classroom about an hour after lunch time. Lovely, rowdy 4th grade. To be honest, I was dreading it after Wednesday's whirlwind of chaos. Sure, I prayed about it, but you know it's hard to get rid of those nagging doubts and anxieties associated with failure. I know the kids' behavior is not in my control, and that does not make me a bad teacher, but I really do want these kids to be able to speak English and do okay with it. I'd like for them to go on to middle school and be joys to their middle school English teachers, and maybe someday they'll get a decent job because they speak a little better than average English. (a linguist can dream, can't she?)
Anyway. It turns out one of the teachers I carpool with - the one I always think of as the "next in line head teacher" (as the principal is the head teacher, the vice principal is just under her, and then there's this lady who i think of as 'next in line') - the one who told me to write their names on the board - turns out she teaches 4th grade or does so often. She showed up at the beginning of the class period and told them to behave and if they misbehaved I would write their names on the board and she'd know about it.
It worked. They sat at their desks pretty much the whole time. A few raised their hands to speak. They all got their books out and had them open on the desks. No one fought. And in fact, they asked me a bunch of questions because the topic this chapter is on is "My Family". I had a short powerpoint of pictures of my family, and after reviewing the book's vocabulary, I showed them my family. They think my sister is beautiful, and were surprised she's married and has 2 kids. They were also surprised my brother is married, and it seems they like his mustache. I successfully explained to them I have a niece and nephew because I now know the Korean word for it. It's one word for both males and females. Strange but true. It turns out Koreans have a ton of family terms.
Then the boys went into some crazy/funny tangent about guns. They were asking if my grandfather had a gun. I told them my brother has a gun (i had totally forgot that dad has a hunting rifle. lol!). I need to learn more Korean to explain to them that not every place in America is full of gun shooting crazy murderers. Where I'm from, we use guns to hunt deer. I can't name every person I know who hunts - for sport and for food. But I'm sure most of you reading know this because chances are you're from my town. lol.
But yes - they wanted to know if we had like bazookas and AK17s. I tell you - these boys know so much English associated with guns, it's funny. Oh, they asked if I had a gun, and I said no. Then they asked if I have a knife. "Um, actually, yes I do." So they wondered if women didn't have guns, just knives. I told them my brother's wife has a gun. I'm pretty sure she does. They were impressed.
Anyway. It was a much much better class. I did have to give out warnings to the boys - who got so excited about the gun talk they were all talking over each other, getting up and down and acting out shooting different kinds of things. (i'm pretty sure guns and knives and things are illegal for civilians in korea? so i guess their curiosity is piqued.) At one point I made the boys raise both their arms and counted down from 10 as a very pathetic punishment for being so disruptive. I didn't completely blame them. I was trying to get them all to line up for a game. Making a line is still difficult. I gave up on the line and they played the game half crowded around the desk. But they played and read and it was good.
But I'm blabbering on without actually getting to what I wanted to post.
Embedding isn't working for videos, so here's the link. video of my bathroom
It starts out showing the floor and drain in the floor. Then the far wall, toilet, cabinet, mirror and finally shower head and sink. The shower is right over the sink. It's turned on by turning a knob over the faucet. If you turn it on (or forget you left the knob turned and go to wash your hands...) the whole bathroom gets wet. That's why my trash bag is plastic and hangs from the toilet paper holder. Here. A picture of the faucet and knob.
Thursday, April 4, 2013
JP
The pictures are done. Here you go.
random street in JeungPyeong. aka JP.
Some of the first blossoms I've seen this spring!!! So pretty! Not sure what the name of this flower is.
Jongsoo's mocha smoothie and my brownie.
Jongsoo
My dinner tonight. :D
There'll be days like this
I decided today that the students' behavior has very little to do with me and very much to do with whatever is going on in their lives. Sadly, I cannot communicate very well with them to find out specifics.
Last week when they listened to me - something must have happened that caused them to behave. This week so far they've been fighting with each other, acting like they're high on sugar, and not interested in listening to me for very long at all. I try to tailor their tangents into the lesson - or provide the English for what it is they're doing. That's the best I can do right now.
I should (and shouldn't) say that the classes I am talking about - where the kids are bad - are the classes that I teach alone. It's just me, the foreigner, and them the Korean students. Would you blame them for tuning out that crazy white girl who makes very little sense? (and yeah, i use small words, simple present tense verbs and a handful of Korean with them) I do have classes with a co-teacher 2 days a week. Those days are my sanity savers so far. The students behave well for him.
(when i say i shouldn't say - i mean... i'm not sure how much i should talk about the things that happen that fall outside of what my contract says. here's the reality - we have contracts and schools should stick to them. however, quite often they add to or somehow change your duties or fudge here and there to get what they want or need (and suit the school's situation). the school and its schedule &etc are more important than you and yours, basically. you just have to live with it, and not complain. and please don't think i'm complaining. out of all the possible things that could be imposed on me - so far - things have been fine. my co workers seem to like me, and the principal and vice principal seem to be fair and generous. this is a wondrous thing. i've heard of people with mean or scheming or corrupt superiors, so i'll take kindness over ill usage.
also, don't get me wrong. the contract isn't useless. it protects me from being worked overtime without receiving overtime pay, and a few other things. if i can't accept something that's outside of the contract, i can contest it and make people hate me, but not get as ripped off as i could have been. follow?)
But I'm home, and I just cooked myself some garlic, onion, basil chicken with potatoes and carrots. I wasn't sure how fried carrot slices would be, but they're very good. At least I like them. I used some of the spices my mom mailed to me. I was so happy getting them (and an easter present!) in the mail. The mailman leaves packages outside the door if you're not home. This is nice - because the post office is downtown and that's a 15 minute walk minimum. Did I mention Korea has extra virgin olive oil? Yes. :D I can continue to eat the Italianesque food I'm accustomed to eating. <3
The pictures I'm uploading are taking forever even though I'm only uploading a few. Annoying.
Let's see... yesterday I went out to dinner with Jongsoo. We got jjajjangmyeon and fried pork. Lol. Yummy. And then we got coffee at this little cafe. So good.
Today I went to Gateau Juni with Tian (my girl friend who is also an English teacher). We drank coffee and lesson planned. Well, I kind of just chatted. I half finished my lesson plan at school today. I need to make a powerpoint, but I'm procrastinating.
I caught another cold I think. My nose started dripping this afternoon. So annoying.
As for the situation with our neighbors to the north - I honestly have no real idea what is going on. No one I know is talking about it. My coworkers have not mentioned it to me. I have no idea really. But it does not appear as if people are worrying.
The internet is being a pain, so I'll end here and not put up the images.
Last week when they listened to me - something must have happened that caused them to behave. This week so far they've been fighting with each other, acting like they're high on sugar, and not interested in listening to me for very long at all. I try to tailor their tangents into the lesson - or provide the English for what it is they're doing. That's the best I can do right now.
I should (and shouldn't) say that the classes I am talking about - where the kids are bad - are the classes that I teach alone. It's just me, the foreigner, and them the Korean students. Would you blame them for tuning out that crazy white girl who makes very little sense? (and yeah, i use small words, simple present tense verbs and a handful of Korean with them) I do have classes with a co-teacher 2 days a week. Those days are my sanity savers so far. The students behave well for him.
(when i say i shouldn't say - i mean... i'm not sure how much i should talk about the things that happen that fall outside of what my contract says. here's the reality - we have contracts and schools should stick to them. however, quite often they add to or somehow change your duties or fudge here and there to get what they want or need (and suit the school's situation). the school and its schedule &etc are more important than you and yours, basically. you just have to live with it, and not complain. and please don't think i'm complaining. out of all the possible things that could be imposed on me - so far - things have been fine. my co workers seem to like me, and the principal and vice principal seem to be fair and generous. this is a wondrous thing. i've heard of people with mean or scheming or corrupt superiors, so i'll take kindness over ill usage.
also, don't get me wrong. the contract isn't useless. it protects me from being worked overtime without receiving overtime pay, and a few other things. if i can't accept something that's outside of the contract, i can contest it and make people hate me, but not get as ripped off as i could have been. follow?)
But I'm home, and I just cooked myself some garlic, onion, basil chicken with potatoes and carrots. I wasn't sure how fried carrot slices would be, but they're very good. At least I like them. I used some of the spices my mom mailed to me. I was so happy getting them (and an easter present!) in the mail. The mailman leaves packages outside the door if you're not home. This is nice - because the post office is downtown and that's a 15 minute walk minimum. Did I mention Korea has extra virgin olive oil? Yes. :D I can continue to eat the Italianesque food I'm accustomed to eating. <3
The pictures I'm uploading are taking forever even though I'm only uploading a few. Annoying.
Let's see... yesterday I went out to dinner with Jongsoo. We got jjajjangmyeon and fried pork. Lol. Yummy. And then we got coffee at this little cafe. So good.
Today I went to Gateau Juni with Tian (my girl friend who is also an English teacher). We drank coffee and lesson planned. Well, I kind of just chatted. I half finished my lesson plan at school today. I need to make a powerpoint, but I'm procrastinating.
I caught another cold I think. My nose started dripping this afternoon. So annoying.
As for the situation with our neighbors to the north - I honestly have no real idea what is going on. No one I know is talking about it. My coworkers have not mentioned it to me. I have no idea really. But it does not appear as if people are worrying.
The internet is being a pain, so I'll end here and not put up the images.
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Weekend of the 30th
A pictorial review of my weekend. Well, half of it.
The view from the "front" of my building. I took this from Jongsoo's window. He got the nice view.
Down the street (just to the right of the above). I was waiting for my friend Tian to call to say she was ready to go to Cheongju.
The mountains just across the way. So pretty. I can stand and look at them for minutes.
Jongsoo playing video games while I look at the mountain.
I'm such a nice girlfriend. :P
From the bus.
Me and Tian riding the bus to Cheongju. It's too easy to fall asleep on a bus ride. It's like 40 minutes to Cheongju from Jeungpyeong.
I took some random pictures in Cheongju's downtown. Enjoy. Oh yes, the above picture has an orange moose on a sign. It's above the girl in pink/white. (Women of the Moose, heck yes! (inside joke))
Waiting to cross the street.
My shoulder there on the right.
Street vendors
I bought a cute short skirt on this outing. It was Easter Sunday, by the bye.
Sugar glazed strawberries from a cart. They look like they're glassy or something. It's super thick, sweet syrupy sugar coating them. They were cold, but very delicious.
They had a ton of Sanrio ish stuff. *_*
Funny looking bridge.
Everyone - this is Ttong bbang - poop bread. YES. That is a poop shaped bread. It's like a waffle with a creamy filling. This one had a caramel peanut filling. It's a bit like a pudding. Mmm. Very yummy. It also comes in chocolate, strawberry, vanilla, vanilla corn and red bean paste.
Another moose sign.
Angel in us Coffee. The "World's Best Coffee". I got an Americano. I guess Koreans pronounce it more like "Angelina's Coffee" - this is a bit of a running joke amidst my friends, other English teachers.
That was our Easter outing. A little makeup, lots of yummy food, one or two things on sale, and lots of walking. Can't go wrong if it ends with some coffee. The bus ride back was tiring though. It's always packed with people, and you have to get up/give up your seat for the older people. But we made it home.
Thursday, March 28, 2013
A snack
On my way home from school today I had to stop and buy more stickers for my elementary students. They have a sticker board on which to place stickers which are like points. When the board is full, they get a prize. So complete an assignment and you get a sticker. I ran out of stickers today, so it was a near crisis. Not to worry - Daiso was only so many blocks out of my way home.
On the way back I stopped at my C'n'U convenience store for a coffee and some kind of snack. I have a farewell dinner to attend tonight (for someone i've not met yet) so I have to tide myself over until 8:30. So hungry! Anyway. It occurred to me I have not acquainted you all with the Korean coffee situation.
I don't know about most households, but it seems not everyone owns a coffee maker. It seems whole roasted coffee beans are not sold in most grocery stores. Instead they have instant. Instant like glass jar spoon it in your cup kind, and instant like in a tube that you rip open and pour into your cup kind. Both kinds require boiling hot water.
It's just not the same as a good drip brew coffee.
They do have copious amounts of coffee shops and cafes. They're trendy. However, a standard small Americano will run you about 3,500 won on average. (1000won is a little less than a dollar (90 cents to be exact)) I don't know about you, but $3.16 for a cup of coffee is a bit much. I'm not a cheap person when it comes to coffee, but I can't afford $3 a day per cup... since I love my coffee. Besides, the coffee shops are all in shinae (downtown) and I live like 10 blocks from downtown. It's too far.
That's where canned coffee comes in. This little beauty cost me exactly 1,000 won. It's pretty good, but not the best. And it's cold, but hey, it's coffee and it cost a dollar!
I don't know if it's Georgia the state or Georgia that country in the mountains of Eastern Europe.
Along with my coffee I wanted something snacky. Usually I get a pre-made sandwich, but this thing caught my eye.
No, your eyes do not deceive you. It says "Strawberry Cream Sand" and below that "New Ttalgi (strawberry, i assume) Sandeu (sand - sandwich)." The 900 you see down in the corner is the price. 900 won. I only paid 900 won for two crustless strawberry cream sandwiches!
What is it you may ask. It is exactly what you'd think - a little kid's dream sandwich. It is crustless white bread with a strawberry cream icing in the middle. Icing! YES! I'm sure it's completely unhealthy.
That's okay though because today one of my coworkers (the kindergarten teacher) gave me this orange (or is it a tangelo? it has a lumpy stem spot.. i'm not good at citrus identification, however, it smells divinely orangey).
Oh yes. My boyfriend left his Angry Birds gum here. Kids here LOVE angry birds. Everyday I see my 4th graders, they say "Teacher, it's Angry Birds" to me and show me their Angry Birds swag. (yes i said swag, deal). Sometimes you'll hear "I'm angry birds." I'm sure they understand they're not the game, but they mean more like "I'm an angry bird" - but finer grammar points like "a/an/the" (they're called articles, did you know that?) and plurals/depluralizing are things they can't do just yet.
So there you have it. I have a strawberry cream sandwich and a cold canned coffee - for all of 1,900 won, a free tangelo, and some funny kids.
On the way back I stopped at my C'n'U convenience store for a coffee and some kind of snack. I have a farewell dinner to attend tonight (for someone i've not met yet) so I have to tide myself over until 8:30. So hungry! Anyway. It occurred to me I have not acquainted you all with the Korean coffee situation.
I don't know about most households, but it seems not everyone owns a coffee maker. It seems whole roasted coffee beans are not sold in most grocery stores. Instead they have instant. Instant like glass jar spoon it in your cup kind, and instant like in a tube that you rip open and pour into your cup kind. Both kinds require boiling hot water.
It's just not the same as a good drip brew coffee.
They do have copious amounts of coffee shops and cafes. They're trendy. However, a standard small Americano will run you about 3,500 won on average. (1000won is a little less than a dollar (90 cents to be exact)) I don't know about you, but $3.16 for a cup of coffee is a bit much. I'm not a cheap person when it comes to coffee, but I can't afford $3 a day per cup... since I love my coffee. Besides, the coffee shops are all in shinae (downtown) and I live like 10 blocks from downtown. It's too far.
I don't know if it's Georgia the state or Georgia that country in the mountains of Eastern Europe.
Along with my coffee I wanted something snacky. Usually I get a pre-made sandwich, but this thing caught my eye.
What is it you may ask. It is exactly what you'd think - a little kid's dream sandwich. It is crustless white bread with a strawberry cream icing in the middle. Icing! YES! I'm sure it's completely unhealthy.
That's okay though because today one of my coworkers (the kindergarten teacher) gave me this orange (or is it a tangelo? it has a lumpy stem spot.. i'm not good at citrus identification, however, it smells divinely orangey).
Monday, March 25, 2013
Hello Kitty Cafe
Here's our first story of misadventures in Seoul.
Jongsoo and I went to Hongdae last Saturday to find Coffee Prince. Coffee Prince is this cafe that a popular Korean drama was centered around. I really love the drama, so I really wanted to go to Coffee Prince and sit inside and revel in fangirlish glee.
Only when we finally found it (it's up this random street with a whole bunch of other cafes and it doesn't stand out), it was closed. There was a sign on the gate that said in English that it was closed for repairs. Not sure what that is supposed to mean. I hope it does reopen sometime so I can go back!
So for now all I can say is I stood outside and saw it.
We had spent the better part of an hour in our quest, but we weren't going to let a set back stop us from enjoying some kind of cafe. We decided next to try to locate the Hello Kitty Cafe. It is also up a random alley. I kid you not. You have to walk down a really popular road, and turn left after a random Ho Bar (it's a name. no it does not have hoes as far as i'm aware) and that's pretty much how you find it... We had directions from the internet and asked at least 3 people. It was harder to find than Coffee Prince, I daresay.
But we made it and got a seat. The whole place glows pink. And I'm proud to say there were even male customers here. That's right.
We got coffees and snacks.
I got the Hello Kitty waffle. Mmm. It was good. Sadly maple syrup is rather lacking in Korea, so this had caramel syrup on it. Good, but nothing can quite replace maple to me.
He didn't want to ruin the kitty, but drank it anyway...
Here I am taking a selca. (self-captured photo) Selcas are a popular thing in Korea. Lol.
I should mention it was about a 20 minute wait for our coffee. Sounds crazy, but after all the running around we did to find the place, just sitting down and unwinding was lovely.
Seoul outside the bus window on the ride home. It's very pretty at night with all the lights. The last leg of our misadventure was the bus. We made it to the terminal in time before the last bus to Jeungpyeong. But wouldn't you know it? The bus was sold out! What are the odds? Who goes to Jeungpyeong?! Our town is tiny... So we had to get a bus to Eumsong, about 30minutes past our town and hope we'd be able to catch a bus to Jeungpyeong from there. We did. It just made the ride almost an hour longer, and made us all the more tired. Next weekend we're staying nearby. No more of this crazy bus-missing!
Saturday, March 23, 2013
My house
Hello everyone!
Yesterday was an adventure to Hello Kitty Cafe in Hongdae, but today I'd rather put up some pictures of my house. ^^;'
I live in this building. That building bottom left is a shabu shabu restaurant (very delicious food).
This is the view from the front door. Why yes that is a random field of tall dead grass over there.
The stairs. Everywhere in Korea, it seems, stairs or halls are this granite-like material. It's kind of like they like the look of affluence.
This is just inside my front door. It's the kitchen area. I keep my computer here. (lol random singing in the hallway just now!)
This is the other half of the above picture. This is the kitchenette. Sink, range with 2 burners. That's it really. To the right you can kind of see into the bathroom.
If you step up into the house, and turn directly around this is where you'd have been standing - the hyunkwan. That cabinet is for shoes. :D
The functional hall like space.
My bedroom. At the right hand side, but not in view, is a tv. And that white door with a towel over it is my wardrobe. The sliding glass door is the door to my.... laundry closet.
Since it's wintery here, I haven't seen many bugs yet. This moth was hanging out on my screen.
That's a view out of my kitchen window.
This is outside of my kitchen window. It's a field? Then the back of a restaurant. I guess it's a neng myeon (cold noodle) shop. Way across where that yellow pillar is is the convenience store I go to most. It's a block or 2 from my house.
Kitchen window again. The interesting thing is - it's not altered in any way. Through the glass the sky looks clear and blue, but out the open side of the window you can see it's actually a hazy gray. It rained shortly after this. I have no clue why the window makes the sky look blue, but it does.
I've got lessons to plan and a nap and dishes and cleaning to do. So see you all later!
Yesterday was an adventure to Hello Kitty Cafe in Hongdae, but today I'd rather put up some pictures of my house. ^^;'
The washing machine. It's... interesting. You can pick the amount of water and a few other things. I don't understand it very well since it's all in Korean. But I can wash clothes and that's what matters.
This is the laundry/closet/storage whatever you want to call it. It has this great rack hanging from the ceiling and it can go up or down. Behind the towels is a big window. Technically I keep the towels up as a "curtain" of sorts. The glass door has that "no see through" stuff on it, but it's still not all that private feeling. So I keep my towels up unless the sun is shining and beautiful. :D This picture is opposite the washing machine picture above.
That's a view out of my kitchen window.
I've got lessons to plan and a nap and dishes and cleaning to do. So see you all later!
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