Sunday, February 12, 2012

Our Korean Apartment

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On February 15, 2012 we will move into our new home!  It is a 2nd floor unit with 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, with 2 glassed in balconies, and access to the roof!  Here are some pictures.  I'll have to add pictures of what will be Caleb's room and the Korean style half-bath later!

Master Bathroom

Will probably be Connor's room

Our view from the roof

Second bathroom

Master bedroom

Kitchen (Obviously)

From the outside

The plant room

Art Studio for Caleb/Craft Room for Mom

View of the Public Middle School and their soccer field

Saturday, February 4, 2012

Random Ramblings in Korea

Beautiful gazebo DHL property

View from our room at Dragon Hill


Itaewan

In less than an hour, we had snow

Lost in translation?

It's nice to be trusted

·         The beauty of Korea is difficult to capture in a photograph.  It might be because photos can’t capture depth in a picture and there are many layers to consider when I try to reveal the story of the subject matter. (User error?)
Furniture at the Dragon Hill Lodge Seoul, Korea
·         The Korean language seems to have a rhythm and pattern so that even if I cannot tell what someone is actually saying, I can regularly hear the sing-song similarities of commonly used phrases.
Shopping with Caleb
·         Even at its coldest, it is not horribly uncomfortable here unless the wind happens to be blowing; then it is incomprehensibly vicious!
·         I will probably never get used to the time difference between here and the states.  I will always feel like I’m in the wrong time zone.
·         Our new unit has been without a chaplain for the past 2 years!  At our recent hail/farewell, every time someone cussed, about 5 people’s heads turned straight to see what Corey’s reaction was. 
·         It makes me sad that facebook is so quiet during the evening hours here when I want to interact with people in the states and share about my day.
·         I will never figure out how to keep a hotel room tidy when it has to serve as home until we actually find a home. 
·         Today, the cashier at the commissary asked us if we were Christians.  I have no idea why she asked but it made me smile J