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Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Chapter One: On the Street Where You Live



Welcome to Daegu.
As most people know, I've decided to stay in Daegu only a few months because of the Korean teaching style. But I'm not going to let that stop me from enjoying everything I can here. I'm going to post a photo blog here to show what's going on in my life and what this place is like. You enter here: on my street, where I work and live. Above you see the gross roadwork that will apparently continue for the entire time I'm here. I'm amazed at how gross and smelly it can be. And the old people... old people everywhere.


The other direction down my street, my school on the left.

The "garden" or "playground" at my school, which, isn't much of either even if it might look like it. It's very small and primarily unused. Sad.

Self-Explanatory.


The Street Market

My building

Now entering...
The apartment:
My "porch" complete with washer and... drying rack.
The view from my porch
Bathroom (better shots of it to come)
Entrance way and my desk, with wall art that, no matter how nice, cannot balance out the smell of a year of smoking in here.
My bed in front of my kitchen

The entertainment center
Since my entire bathroom is my shower, the necessary shower slippers.
I didn't mention that Korea follows the Asian tradition of taking off your shoes when you go indoors. At school, I teach in slippers. It's pretty surreal.

My kitchen

My one burner, and no, there is no oven.
Another reason I could not be here for a year.







A view from up top:






Our little roof paradise