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Published: March 1st 2010
Apartment! 001
My first purchases.And then there was one
So, we all had our presentations (my group struggled, but what can you do?) and then we had a fun little closing ceremony with dancing and traditional stuff. We also had a talent show which was pretty much amazing! Then we were shipped off to our destinations. Oh what a long trip it was. We had to carry all of our luggage around the campus and to the parking lot where the buses are. It was like 7:30 and we had to stay at the bus place to watch our stuff because all of our luggage wouldn't fit on the buses. So no breakfast for us.
Anyway, after the longest day in a long time, I got to meet my co-teacher (A.K.A. my baby-sitter). She is lovely. Her name is Hae-Ju and she is going to have a baby in 2 months. Which is great, except it means she's going to leave me soon. She took me to my apartment and took me out to dinner, and then she went home to her 3 year old daughter. I'm going to meet her at the subway tomorrow at 8:10 so that we can walk to
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The view from the balcony thingy in my apartment. school together.
My apartment is spectacular! Keep in mind, most of my friends have their washer in their bathroom and the shower is just the sink nozzle that they can raise up and put on a hook above the toilet. Also, a lot of them have single beds, no tv's, no microwave or toaster oven, a mini-fridge, or just a hotplate. And some of them live really far from the subway, or on the outskirts of town.
I have: a bathtub, a big bathroom, queen size bed, a big tv, a dvd player, a microwave, a toaster oven, a couch, my cable is already on with a few english channels (I'm watching How I met your Mother), and I'm close to a subway stop, and one stop away from a transfer station. The downsides to my apartment: as of now my gas is turned off, I can't work my heating (it may be off too), and I have to pay an extra 80,000 won a month for it. That's about 70 bucks or so. I can steal internet though, which will save me like 30 or 40 bucks a month. So yeah. There are good things and bad
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My door. I've got a secret code, it's.....yeah, I'm not going to tell you. things. But I still love it, and so do all of my friends!!
Speaking of friends 😊 I have made several. I've met up with people all weekend, and it's been nice. Some people came over and hung out at my apartment today and we met up with some others for dinner. I went out to a moon festival last night, which was fun...except I caught on fire for a second. There was a giant bonfire and it had lots of flying ash. A piece landed on my hair and scorched just a little bit off. It was pretty funny. It was only like a strand!
This post is a little nutty, but I have my first class tomorrow. I have no idea what to prepare. I asked my teacher and she said, "Just think about what you want to teach them."
Not particularly helpful. I don't have powerpoint so I can't do that. I need to get that program. I'm just going to put some pictures on a jumpdrive and take it in with a few emergency activities to do (name-tag making, interview games, question and answer, ect). But I think this week is mostly ceremonies
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My T.V. It's bigger than it looks. We are having a movie night at my house next weekend. Pizza and a movie with my new friends. Good times. or classes led by my co-teacher. I don't have a school book for them yet or know their curriculum yet...so. It's a little freaky. But that's how it works in Korea. Everything is last minute. So, wish me luck!
And enjoy the pictures of my apartment. :D
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Trish
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I'm so glad your apartment is nice and that you have already made lots of friends. I knew you would. Everybody loves our Heather.