Saturday, August 29, 2009

Korea: Take 2

I am finally "home"!

My apartment is amazing. Great view, spacious, right by the subway station! I am living in Dobong-gu, which is in the North of Seoul. I live in Banghak Dong, which would be like the neighborhood name. If you want to look me up on a map then I think you could find me. I am right off of the Banghak subway station.

The previous tenant was a yucky person, but that's okay... I'm a good cleaner. I suspect it was a man in his 20s. Why? Because I had to clean pee splatters off the wall next to the toilet! He probably didn't even notice it, nor care that it was there. And the fridge and the kitchen were stinky and had stains all over the place. Total man pad...

Anyway, I am on my way to making it feel like home. I have been cleaning like a mad woman! I have attached some pictures so you guys can see what it looks like.

The kitchen, hallway and stairs to my bed.

My loft/bedroom.

My "kitchen" & my kitchen table, the only furniture for now :)

My refrigerator that's in my hallway. Very space-saving...

My bathroom that I scrubbed for 3 hours... Does it look clean? lol.

The view from my window.

Another view from my room.

Well... I am really excited to start my new life in Seoul. My coteachers are really nice and so cool. My school is really cute and its right next to the mountains so its really quiet and lovely. I am really happy with my set-up here...
Now everyone come visit!

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

I just wanted to say thank you so much to everyone who came to my farewell party to see me off in style. I really appreciate all of the cards and generous gifts. I am so lucky to have friends and family like you guys!

Thank you all for supporting me and for making me feel so special. I will miss everyone so much and I will be thinking of you often. I would love for you guys to leave me comments on this blog and email me whenever you can!

I especially want to thank my mom and dad for throwing me such a lovely party in their perfect party house and for always supporting me and encouraging me to reach for the stars. Thank you to Rafa and her mom for making my party stylish ;) and thank you to Stephanie for always making a party interesting... even if it means monopolizing the karaoke machine.

It is easy to take things in life for granted sometimes and I wanted to let everyone know that I really appreciate you all and I am so blessed to have you in my life.

Thank you again. I love you all.