Imreadyforchange’s Weblog

So, my husband and I arrived 2 days ago to Korea and already I feel like I’ve learned SO much and have met SO many amazing people.

I’ve already made some pretty dumb mistakes like mixing up shampoo and conditioner, which made my hair look really grossly greasy. I’ve also learned not to flush paper towel down the toilet unless you want to flood your bathroom. I’ve also learned that to heat hot water in the place we’re living, you need to turn on the heat for the floors and then turn on the water for a bit and then turn off the water and wait for a few minutes before it heats up. I don’t understand why.

Things here don’t seem too different. I’ve eaten more western food than Korean food, which I find so ironic since I’m living in Korea. Their burgers, fries, pizza and ice cream taste equally wonderful. We tried “potato pizza” today which is basically pizza with wedges of potato – surprisingly delicious.

The church here has some pretty cool ministries. They have their own cafe with wireless internet, a clothing store where shops donate fashionable clothing to it so people who don’t have a lot of money can shop there and still look trendy, they have a cafeteria that serves food at reasonable prices and because we work for the church, breakfast and dinner are free woot woot…I don’t have to do dishes or cook

Public transportation is fantastic. The bus and metro system are wonderful and pretty cheap, about 90 cents each trip. Taxis are pretty reasonable too.

Finding housing has proved to be more expensive and smaller than we had expected and some places have been a little sketchy. One place we went into had poo on their couch. HA…we decided not to live there! We’re confident that we’ll find a perfect place that meets what we’re looking for and where we can get to know our neighbours.

More details to come as we get more settled in. I’ll also include pictures as I remember to take them instead of just admire with my eyes.