It's about time I talk about where I'll be living for the year. My employer has placed me in an apartment about a fifteen minute walk to the school (five minutes by bus). It's an older apartment building but still rather nice compared to the apartment I used to have in Winnipeg. I'm on the fifth floor of the building and since there is no elevator I have to take the stairs everyday. From the pictures I've posted you can see what my front door looks like. I have the convenience of an electronic key-pad which removes the need to carry a key with me, definitely a selling factor for me. As you can see there is a kitchen, living room, my roommate Michael, my bedroom, and the laundry area. What I find particularly different though is the bathroom. You may notice that there isn't a separate shower area in the room. This is because the WHOLE ROOM is the shower. A sloped drain located in the center of the floor captures the water, so all I have to do is use the shower wand to wash myself as well as clean the room. I think the Korean's are on to something here. Basically my apartment is where I chill after work from Monday to Friday since there isn't time to go into Seoul and to be honest I'm pretty tired after spending the whole day on my feet. Michael and I usually just watch TV (what few English channels we have), eat, talk, and do our own internet stuff. It's a pretty good set-up I think and it should work for the rest of the year. So that's a little information about my living conditions which I hope you enjoyed.
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Hey Dave, we (Tina, Debbie, Talitha and Lori) were just wondering, that if you have so much time in the evening why you don't e-mail us. Or why you aren't searching the streets for beautiful trinkets for us if you have so much time in the evening. We like earrings by the way. And Korean silk. The real stuff, not the knock-off stuff. Another thought we were having was this: how about those bang rooms? It's a simple question. Just say "yes" and we'll move on. We LOVE LOVE LOVE that you're teaching kindergarten. We laughed actually when we read that. Hard. We can just imagine you jumping around the front of the class with that goofy grin telling your kids to not eat glue. And saying it really loud because you think that will make them understand you better, but really it isn't helping. "NO EAT GLUE!!!". Let that be a lesson to us all. No, but really Dave, we're sure you're doing a great job. Teaching is rough, and especially when English is not the students' first language. Keep truckin'!!!! Oh, third question: what's is it like to be a rockstar?
We miss you.
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