Hi again.
Well in the last 18-24 hours this apartment has become infinitely more liveable.
We now have a fridge (read: freedom from oppresive ubiquitous Korean restaurants and their terrifying obsession with pickled cabbage), a microwave, air conditioning (read: freedom from having to take ice cold showers three times a day to keep relatively cool), a phone (ability to be connected to the outside world while still in our apartment -- imagine that) and the internet (read: freedom from reliance upon the *interesting* sensory strain/overload that seems to be Korean internet cafes).
So a lot has changed around here, and it's making us feel a million times better. Having the internet set up is a *huge* psychological boost. It's amazing what the knowledge that you're connected to everyone you're not going to see for quite some time can do for your general mood.
Also, for those who are interested, we've got a phone number and an address. The phone number's for our apartment, but the mailing adress is for the school, because our whole building (maybe 6-8 apartments) has only one mailbox, and it's small, and on the outside of the building with no front, let alone lock. So everything that gets sent to us will be safe and secure at the school that we work for. According to our predecessor, it's a beautiful system.
So, without further ado, our phone number (assuming that you're dialing from Canada, and including every button you have to push):
011-82-43-292-2959
(011 is the International Direct Dial prefix for Canada, 82 is Korea's country code and the rest is our area code and phone number).
Our address is:
Ryan and/or Rebecca Paulsen
Jongro M School
360-181, 1594 Yongamdong
Sangdang-gu, Cheongju,
Republic of Korea
So that's that. Oh yeah, and if anyone does want to call, you're absolutely more than welcome, but just to clarify, we're 13 hour ahead of Estern Standard Time. You do the math. We're generally on our way to work between2:30 and 3 in the afternoon, and the latest we get finished is around 10-ish.
So that's what's been goin' on 'round these parts. I've probably got more, but I'll leave that until I'm more awake, cause right now I can't really think of anything else.
Oh yeah, and as for the title of this post, does anyone else think that "Man to Man" is a weird name for a convenience store? I sure do.
peace out.