Work was done and I was headed to Costco and in a nearby park I see something that I remember from a James Bond movie. It's several tanks, the first is an air tank for divers and the other is a larger tank with a propeller on it, like a mini submarine.
This was on a table next to a truck that was opened to display various North Korean army / spy equipment captured in years past. All of the items were bilingual except for the background information section. There was everything from AK-57s (newer models), to tourniquets, 300mm zoom camera lens, night goggles, and even "counterfeit South Korean Army Fatigues" and North rank patches going up all the way to general.
While I was looking the curator was taking pictures of myself looking at the items. Who knows, maybe I'll end up in some brochure for this mobile infiltration library.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Moved In
My bedroom, the guestroom and kitchen are fully scrubbed down and cleaned.
Internet is hooked up ( 6mbps at the old place, now 54mbps for $38 a month ). In speed tests our home was doing over 2x the Korean national average and more than 10x the national US average ^____^ v
New shiny rice cooker has arrived.
Gave away my kitty to two girls who looked oh-so happy to take her from me.
Got two movers to bring in the big, heavy, and awkward things including the washer which the 57 year old man hauled on his back and by himself climbed two flights of stairs.
Found a fried chicken place that sells for $7 and a rotisserie chicken truck that sells 1 for $7 and 2 for $12. I've got my orange juice, head of lettuce, and honey mustard sauce and a French action film ready to rock.
Found a bus + subway route to work and timed exactly how long it takes.
And lastly spent a few hours cleaning the old place and handed in the key. I still have a few things there including a bike that I need to move, but I have several weeks to do that within.
The old place was nice but this place feels like a home.
Internet is hooked up ( 6mbps at the old place, now 54mbps for $38 a month ). In speed tests our home was doing over 2x the Korean national average and more than 10x the national US average ^____^ v
New shiny rice cooker has arrived.
Gave away my kitty to two girls who looked oh-so happy to take her from me.
Got two movers to bring in the big, heavy, and awkward things including the washer which the 57 year old man hauled on his back and by himself climbed two flights of stairs.
Found a fried chicken place that sells for $7 and a rotisserie chicken truck that sells 1 for $7 and 2 for $12. I've got my orange juice, head of lettuce, and honey mustard sauce and a French action film ready to rock.
Found a bus + subway route to work and timed exactly how long it takes.
And lastly spent a few hours cleaning the old place and handed in the key. I still have a few things there including a bike that I need to move, but I have several weeks to do that within.
The old place was nice but this place feels like a home.
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Job and Housing
Jobs at most last a year here with few exception. The middle of next month is when my contract expires and I start working for someone else. I missed the window for university jobs so I'll try those again next term. Our vice principle, who I have never met, said he wants someone else and hence won't renew my contract.
With a job comes housing, the two are always tied together. Usually after you sign a contract you get an apartment for the same term as you are working. So no job = no home. I'm tired of my employer holding housing about me and I don't want to get pressured into getting a new job quickly, so a good friend and I have gone out and rented a place with our own deposit and in our names. There is about a month of overlap in which I own two apartments (the last one was end of summer and that's bad timing).
I'm going from an 11 pyong (pyeong) apartment (390 squ. feet) to a 26 pyong apartment (925 squ. feet) as a three bedroom (it's either 1 bedroom or 3, we can't seem to find 2 bedrooms here). So my friend Wade will have the masterbedroom, I will get the next one, and the last one is open for friends and family when they visit.
It's next to the foreign district (bummer) but it's also a short bus ride from the heart of the city (yeah~).
With a job comes housing, the two are always tied together. Usually after you sign a contract you get an apartment for the same term as you are working. So no job = no home. I'm tired of my employer holding housing about me and I don't want to get pressured into getting a new job quickly, so a good friend and I have gone out and rented a place with our own deposit and in our names. There is about a month of overlap in which I own two apartments (the last one was end of summer and that's bad timing).
I'm going from an 11 pyong (pyeong) apartment (390 squ. feet) to a 26 pyong apartment (925 squ. feet) as a three bedroom (it's either 1 bedroom or 3, we can't seem to find 2 bedrooms here). So my friend Wade will have the masterbedroom, I will get the next one, and the last one is open for friends and family when they visit.
It's next to the foreign district (bummer) but it's also a short bus ride from the heart of the city (yeah~).
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