Thursday, January 26, 2012

My home!..and cats :)

The next few entries are to catch everyone up on the hap in my life!! They are somewhat brief and broken up, but I did not want to be cut off and I wanted to get everything in! Smoother reading blogs to come but enjoy the ones below! Thanks for reading!!

Ill begin with my humble aboad in the Mannyeon dong. My apartment is nice. It has a bathroom, laundry room with solely a washer( which I found out today is broken..awesome), a kitchen ( with only a stove to cook anything on), a bedroom and a small room with my “wardrobe” in it. It is in a skinny building next to a Dvd and Books store that sells everything but dvds and books and kiddy corner from a bar called “Mr. Seven” of which I have yet to visit. It’s a good area with places to eat up and down every block. I love being able to walk everywhere I need to go! The building seems old and has hallways that have motion detecting lights that turn on when you get to a floor; this is how my entry way is as well. I have doorbell that is quite charming and thin walls which makes it easy for the dog next door to yip its little face off so loudly it seems as if it is right next to me. I cannot complain though, its decent, close to work and does the job. The other night while I was sleeping my thin walls woke me up. I heard a rustling in the hall way and thought at first someone was just taking something upstairs at the wee hours of the night, but when it did not move from in front of my door I got a little concerned. So, light as a feather I climbed out of bed and tip toed my way gracefully to the door to peek out the eye hole. I know most are probably laughing at my description of how I got to the door because “light as a feather” or “graceful” were never words to describe me, but at any rate you weren’t there and in my sleepy stooper this is how I remember it J. I get to the door and nervously peek out the eye hole and there they were.. cats. Three stray neighborhood cats have somehow managed their way into my building and were hanging out on my floor. One was pawing something around while the others just sat next to each other watching it. I sort of giggled to myself and pictured that the two cats watching the one were some sort of club leaders and the other cat was trying out to get in their club. The two spectator cats were judging the cat on his grace and pawing skills to see if it was fit for the club. With this thought, I smiled and went back to sleep.

I will be sure to get pictures up of my apartment and the places I walk in the city. I have a few pictures so far but kept forgetting to bring my camera every time I went out! I am sorry blog followers as I am sure you are tired of my ADD seeming rants and moment by moment description of my days. These last few entries were mainly to catch up with the blog and give brief synopses of my life. I will try and touch back on more things, but if there is anything you want to me to get into more let me know! Lovin all of you!

2 comments:

  1. Hey, *I* can imagine you light as a feather and graceful! :) I am curious - how can a DVD and book store not sell DVDs and books? Is the name of the store "This Dong's DVDs and Books?" Are the signs written in English at all, or just Korean characters? Are you able to discern any characters at all yet?

    Lovin' the blog - thanks - and you!

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  2. Thank you for believing my description of how I approached the door. haha! I should take back the not having ANY dvds or books, I have seen a few books. They are on a lazy susan type shelf by the check out. Other than that I have not seen anything but cleaning supplies, some food, candy, drinks and other gas station like items. Maybe I have not looked hard enough! I dont know exactly what the store says in korean but what I do know is that there is a larde "DVD and Books" sign on the building with korean characters underneath. Some signs have english and some do not it really depends on what the shop or resturaunt has. Most street signs have korean characters and the pronunciation below it. I am not able to really tell characters yet. I mean I practice but its hard! It takes me a while to try and sound it out and I have not yet been spot on, but ill hopefully get there!!

    Love you!

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