The place came complete with two single beds (we're going to see if we can get a double since I'm pretty sure that I'm going to fall right out of these tiny beds and break my baby toes! Okay, probably I'm just being a baby, because they're definitely completely normal sized single beds...I guess I'm just not used to it), a lovely pink plaid comforter set (pink...) for me and a lovely brown plaid set for Bryan, a box of frosted flakes featuring Tony's Korean cousin Lyon the lion, some extremely thick milk (with bonus yogurt beverage attachment tapped to the side), two dishes and a bowl! Not bad considering we got here three minutes ago! We are fully equipped to sleep and eat here people! It's all good!
There are a couple of "best parts" of our place that I feel you MUST know about...there are also a couple of hilarious and awkward parts, but I'll go with the good parts first! First off, we don't even have keys! At the entry way downstairs and on our door above the door knob there are small electronic key pads, and instead of a key we just use a code to get in! The one on our door is a "disco lock" because it sings a little song and flashes colourful lights every time you unlock it. We think it likes us. We also lucked out and got Ondol (heated) flooring. Because Koreans traditionally sleep and eat on cushions on the floor (and therefore spend a lot of time down there since those are the two activities that make up the bulk of human life), Ondol flooring is heated by hot water and makes them super cozy comfy on the tootsies! (Mom, I think you'll really like this since your feet are always cold!) We also have these sweet things on the window that make curtains unnecessary. They're like sliding blinds that are completely opaque but let in lots of light. It's kind of the best since one window faces the street and the other faces directly into someone else's! The one problem is that we don't have them on the living room windows and I may have accidentally flashed a group of construction workers working on another building across the street the other morning...ooops!(I think I just mooned a bunch of people...)
Now for the "weird" stuff (which arguably could include disco lock...but whatever). The one thing that I think I'll never ever ever get used to is the fact that we don't have a shower. NO SHOWER PEOPLE. Just a hose attached to the sink which hangs on the wall above it and which you are meant to spray yourself with just standing there over by the toilet! My friend Aubrey asked a very valid question: If our toilets are technically "in" our showers, does that mean we've all peed in the shower?" Not just that, Aubrey, we haven't just done that. Basically the whole bathroom gets soaking wet and you can't really walk in there with anything on your feet for at least three hours. Luckily our cabinet is kinda water-proof, but we have to take out the bag I've got in there for garbage and the toilet paper every single day! It's all well and good if your main modus operandi is to engage in a water fight at least once a day, but, as I've recently become quite the fan of baths, it's something I don't think I'll really ever come to love. The other thing that I'm super weirded out by is the stove situation. We've got a gas stove, which is kind of par for the course in most of the places I've lived...the thing here is that every time we want to cook, we need to turn on the gas with a little switch next to the stove (and then turn it off when we're done so that we don't die!) I'm pretty much only worried about this for Bryan since he tends to be a bit forgetful about appliances. I think I'm just going to have to spend a bit more time being even more OCD-esque than usual and checking things out before I leave the house...and while I'm in the house...
Overall it's a super great place and I'm besides, I can't really complain about anything since we get to live in it completely rent free for the entire time we teach for the school! Whoot whoot best part of our contract! Now to decorate...
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