Long Weekend

After being in Korea for over a week now, I have good and bad things to report.
Good:
1. We had a long weekend so I only had to work two days last week and this week is midterms so I only have to teach two days and chill for the rest.
2. I have a great little apartment in the center of downtown Ulsan (shopping here I come).
3. My students are loud, but have so much personality they could be on T.V. Plus they make me laugh, a lot.

Bad:
1. There seems to be a gnat problem in my area. I have bites all over my face and body. It was so bad at 2:30am that I got up and started killing them. I can’t figure out how they are getting in or what they like about me, but I got bug spray.
2. I can’t find the light switch for my kitchen. Cooking in the dark is not that easy. The other light that is in there is a motion light and I can’t figure out how to keep it on. haha.
3. I still don’t have internet in my house. (Fingers crossed for soon though)


I spent this long weekend keeping the swelling of my gnat bites down (maybe they are vampire gnats), organizing my apartment, grocery shopping, and watching Korean T.V.

As I was organizing everything I realized that most of my things are in boxes at home. I have the address for the school, but it’s in Korean. I will try to get it translated into English so people can mail me letters, etc.

Friday was my out and about day. I went to the Hyundai Department Store (like Sogo) to check out what they have. I lucked out and found an Aveda store (for my hair products) and an Apple store. I found a nice purse, but it was too small. I did a lot of window shopping. There is another big shopping store, Lotte, but I didn’t venture there. I then headed to Starbucks for an ice tea and chill time before grocery shopping. I now remember why I never grocery shopped in Taiwan. I have no idea what things are. I was able to get jam, bread, butter, cheese, pasta, carrots, tomatoes, and bananas. That’s it. I am going to keep trying though. I will just buy everything in a small size so if it turns out to be horrible, I can throw it away.

I know this is bad, but Saturday and Sunday I didn’t leave my apartment. I read, watched T.V., cleaned, etc. Now that I am going on the grand adventure of cooking, I can just eat at home. I don’t have to wander about. Plus Korean T.V. is fab. I watched a concert (no, I don’t know what they were singing), a show where a man thinks his brother committed a crime so he decides to save him and say that he did it, but the twist is that his brother didn’t do it (I think this is what is going on), and lots of House and Lost in Austen (Caroline you should download this). Why leave?

Well that is about all I did this weekend. Oh, I also did laundry and it was wild. The washer is big (good), but when it releases the water the water goes everywhere in the laundry room (not so good). At first I panicked, but then I realized that is the way it works, plus the water stays in the laundry room and never makes it into the house (very good).