So it has been a couple of weeks since my last post. I really haven't had anything to interesting to write about. That's why I am making this post about my apartment. In a few days I will have a couple of more posts showing some different places around the city, but today it's all about the apartment. So here we go...
The Opian Apartments
This is the wonderful apartment building I'm living in. It's fifteen floors and the first three levels are businesses. Most of the things people need are located right inside the building. We have about four places to eat, a bank, a small grocery store, a twenty-four hour convenient store, a hair place, a pharmacy, and hand full of other businesses. This street has tons of buildings just like this, so it's pretty normal. Now let's go inside...
The 1st floor
This is the main floor. Here you can get your mail, or catch the elevator. The elevator on the right takes you to the even floors, and the elevator on the left will take you to the odd floors. You can also go to the basements levels, but you really only need to go down there to recycle and park a car. To get to my apartment we hop on the right hand elevator, and press the button for floor eight...
The long hallway that leads to my place
We don't need keys
After getting off of the elevator it's just a quick walk down the hallway. It was kind of creepy for the first couple of days, but now it's fine. The coolest thing about the outside of the apartment is the keypad to get inside. After typing in a code the door unlocks and talks to you. There is also a camera on the outside of my door. So if someone rings the door bell they show up on a little screen on the inside of my place. Enough about my front door, let's go inside...
This is it!
Here is the inside of my place. The front door is next to the cupboard with green bag hanging on it. In that cupboard I have a bunch of my junk. Then we have the tiniest washer in the world. After it is done doing it's job it makes a cool little noise. In fact this is the noise it makes... This is the noise! To the right of my sink is the fridge (top) and the freezer (bottom). Next to that is my small ass oven and my laptop. The table with one leg slides in and out of my closet. it actually gets big enough for two people to eat comfortably. What you cannot see in this picture is the heat coming from my floor. That's right my floors are heated. It feels so good knowing that the floor is not going to be cold in the morning.
Another View
This is the view from the other side of my apartment. There isn't that much to see. To the right are my closets. To my left is my big ass windows. They give me a good view of the street, and the building across the street. I know you love the pink blankets. Not even going to defend myself for having pink blankets.
So that's my place. Hope you liked it. I should have another post in a couple of days. I will leave you with a few of the creepy advertisements down the street from my place...
It dances like one of those tiny Christmas Santa things.
The weeks leading up to my departure were filled with all kinds of mixed emotions. One second I would be super excited, and the next I would be really sad. Saying goodbye to everyone was probably the hardest part. As my departure date drew near everything got harder. To be honest I thought about calling the entire deal off a few times. However, I knew that once I got strapped into the plane I would be forced to leave. So, that's what I waited for. After saying goodbye to all of my amazing friends and family, it was time to leave.
Saying goodbye in L.A.
The plane ride was so LOOOONG! About thirteen hours, plus the one hour flight from Fresno to L.A. Luckily the plane didn't have very many passengers, which meant I didn't have anyone next to me. Over the course of my flight I was able to watch four movies, listen to a podcast and take about a million pictures out of my window, and let my mind race.
All of my seats. Yes, I sat in all of them.
Pretty sure this is Alaska.
Just about died when I saw this in the movie choices.
Then I landed in Seoul. Immediately I realized that There was no one I could talk to. That alone is a very odd feeling. However, I tried not to think about it and continued to baggage claim where I met my taxi driver. This dude talked on his phone almost the entire way, and I'm pretty sure we almost died on three separate occasions. After about a fifty minute ride to the apartment I was dropped off on the street where I met a man named Kevin. He showed me around the building and explained the situation, then he went to hang out with some friends. At that point I was having a rush of emotions. Fear, anger, happiness, and excitement were all running through my head. Thankfully I didn't sleep for two days, so I shut my eyes and ended the night.
Just so you all know. The crazy feelings have gone away. I still miss everyone, but I am super happy to be here. My students are awesome, and my co-workers are really nice. I have a few ideas for future posts, but I'm open for ideas on future posts. Just let me know. Also, here is a little video I made with a bunch of my free time on the plane. Its just pictures of the flight route, kind of boring lol.
Hello everyone! I am writing this blog to tell friends, family, and anyone else about my adventures of teaching in South Korea. Hopefully I will be able post updates often, but we will have to see how that goes. So why did I decide to teach all the way across the world? There is a long list of reasons. I wanted to travel, it seemed fun, I had nothing else to do, blah blah blah. To many reasons to list here. I'm sure you can come up with a bazillion reasons yourself. The point is that I am here, and I want to tell everyone back home about my experience. So, welcome to Seoul Long America!
