Tuesday, July 14, 2009

My New Place

I moved. I MOVED!! When I got to Bucheon, I couldn't believe what an officetel (Korean word for studio) that they put me in. It was dirty, there was only one bed for furniture and extremely bare. Outside people were bbq-ing every night (Koreans LOVE their BBQ), as there were restaraunts right outside my window. It was smoky, loud and the loud chatter would die down at 6 in the morning, only to be replaced by construction workers banging away. I asked to be put in my coworker's place when he left, to which my boss initially agreed and then took back. I asked once again and finally it has happened!I am in a new place and girlfriend, I love it!

Its clean, its chic and its everything that I have been waiting for. Never having lived this far high up, where I see a much different view of the city, such as the far off mountains (I didn't even know Bucheon had mountains), the millions of other buildings and other things, I feel like I'm living in the sky. This is my pie in the sky that I've been waiting one grueling month for.Allow me to give you a tour of my place. I walk to the door and push in the key-code. This is nice because I don't have to remember to bring my key. I walk in and enjoy the abscence of cigarette smoke. The floors are a bit wooden, there is a stove and washing machine to my left and on my right is the bathroom. There is no seperator for the toilet and shower, but that's okay, because I've almost become used to it. The bathroom is clean and the floors are nice! The water goes down the drain pretty quickly so the floor dries up quickly as well.There is a living space, which consists of a table, that's right a TABLE and, oh wait, what's that I see? CHAIRS!! Not just one, but TWO! That's where I set my lap top. There is a nice closet that's rather spacious. So I don't have to just throw my clothes everywhere, its so fucking organized, I could just die!It's hard to explain, but there is a stairs to where my bed is. It's on a loft, balcony, ledge type thing. Sometimes its too hot, so I put my bedding in the kitchen and just sleep on the floor there, Korean style. I feel like a housecat because I climb up in a high place to go to bed. But like I housecat, I change my mind and sleep on the floor, or some other random place. The place is mine to explore. On this weekend, I went into Itaewon to meet Susie and her friend, who was cool as hell. We had drinks at a cafe and then went to Yongsan Station to get our shop on. First, we went to an electronics store where I got screen cleaner and an adaptor, which I will have to take back. Then we went to a bookstore, which is always a favorite and afterwards we went to an Office Depot type place where we all looked for stuff for our classroom. I actually was more looking for home stuff, since my school is pretty good about supplying us with stuff. We then went to Emart, where I got some pillows, some cleaning supplies and soaps. Her friend went somewhere else, and Susie and I went to dinner. Afterwards we went to a Salsa class. I had no idea what I was doing, but at the end I did get a bit of a hang of it.Then I went home. I did invite Eun Ju and them to see my place, since I told them my old place was too dirty for them to see. They didn't come. Instead, Eun Ju told me to come to her place. So, who knows when they will just show up at my place. The non-teaching staff are probably my favorite people there. Unfortunately, the majority of them are quitting. Damn it. Oh well, at least I have the MN people to see on weekends :-)