I moved into my apartment yesterday after living out of my suitcase for a week. I was glad to be able to unpack things knowing I will not have to pack them up again any time soon. My apartment is pretty nice compared to others around here. It has a seperate room for the kitchen, bathroom and bedroom/living, which is rare in Korea I am told. The downside to my apartment is that it does not have air conditioning right now. It is ordered, but will take a few days before it will be delivered and installed. Without air, it is almost uninhabitable as I had one of the worst sleeps of my life last night. But it will be here any day now so I will survive. I have my Korean phone number hooked up. It is 63-273-0515 but I think you need to dial 011 and the country code before that number if you are trying to call from Canada. Also, please keep in mind that I am 13 hours ahead of Canada, so no 3pm phone calls please!
I have cable in my apartment right now. That has been keeping me busy when I am in there. There are some pretty good Western movies they play. There are only a handful of English channels, but something good always seems to be on (except on their vision of the Fox channel, it seems to be repeats of World's Worst Drivers Caught on tape and When Animals attack all the time). I do not have internet yet in my apartment so I have been relying on going to the school for updating my blog or going to an internet cafe which is where I am right now. This place is huge and full of people. They have taken the whole computer experience to a whole new level with really comfy chairs. It looks like you can order whatever you want without having to get off your chair.. a complete meal, pizza delivered, drinks (alcohol and non-alcohol), cigarettes. And the list goes on. I opted for only a coffee.
Last night I went to a "Western bar" with some of the other teachers from work. They call it a Western bar because they serve typical Western drinks and the bar has a Western decor (Simpsons posters on the wall, etc). It was good to sit back, drink a Budweiser (for a decent price in a bar!) and overhear conversations in English. It was also a good time to meet other foreigners in the city. There were quite a few out last night, which surprised me at first because I haven't really seen any in my day to day travels to this point. That is about it for now. I will take pictures of my apartment and post them as soon as I get unpacked and get the place cleaned up a little.
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Sounds like you are finally getting settled. All you need now is few calls from home. For calls from Canada the phone number is
011-82-63-273-0515. K
pick up the phone were are you.p
uncle peter said pick up the phone
Sorry uncle peter. I am at an internet cafe when I am using the internet for right now, so I am not at home. I have not been spending much time at my apartment right now. Let me know a time and I will make sure I am home for your next call.
trevor, it sounds like you lucked out with this apartment. how hot is it? it was pretty damn hot in welland/ottawa this weekend. if you're in hotter heat, than im going to quit complaining!
im anxious to see pics of the place. it's so cool that they hook you up with your own apartment.
Fox really needs to re-think a lot of its programming.
i love the frequent updates of the blog, btw. keep it up!
sorry for complaing your just never home any more,love the blog love the pics.will love the pics of the girls when you post them.i,m going to try and call you 9 or 10 korean time.i heard it was a 14 hr time differance you say 13 do you know whats right.how are you handling the culture and language thing.talk to you soon
its 11 am welly time, i was going to call but realized it is 2 am korean time and didnt want to wake you or keep you up with school in the morning... i will rise early one day this week and put in the phone call
Hey trev, Glad you finally have your own place.You're lucky you're so far away,cause I think it would be your turn to have X-Mas!!!(you know the whole Bingo thing)!!! I look forward to the pictures of your apartment!! Ashley& Alex say Hi!!! And please go out and find an old age home and take some pictures for uncle Peter,he won't stop bugging you until you do it!I love this "Blog" thing, take care, "Auntie" V
Hey Trevs.
Well I just arrived home from a lil vaca myself, up north mind you....no Korea. Good to hear that everything is A ok right now.Apparently I have somereading to do...
Anyhow, I'll keep checking this "blogging business" and stay up to date with all your awesome happenings.
It's bedtime here, soI'm off for now. Take care over there and I'll talk to ya soon :o)
Love mars.
Oh wow, if that kind of apartment is really rare, then you're at best luck. How's the rental rate? I take it that it's really quite hot in there, but air conditioning and all that stuff ain't hard to come by.
LOL at the handful of English channels. And, at least, a "Western" bar and the oh-so-cozy internet cafe are just around the corner. Home away from home, you can say.
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