The Ramblings of Loren Christopher

Moving into a nicer apartment, although tedious and stressful, has really made me enjoy my life in Korea even more.  When I lived in Prague I rented a room from an old flat, the location was incredible (just a block from the Vltava River), I lived with one of my best friends and an sweet older Czech woman who was full of life.  But the place was old and I put little to no effort into making it my own.

When I came to Korea, one of my priorities in getting settled in was to decorate my place and make it feel like “me”.  I did a decent job of that in my last apartment, but my new place really does feel like my home.  It’s important to invest in some decor I think, even for those people who come to Korea only for a year…..because your home should be your haven, right?

Ok anyway, the house-warming party was lots of fun.  I made Mexican food, tacos complete with guacamole, sour cream, cheese, pico de gallo and Mexican rice (thanks Molly for bringing that!).  It was sooo delicious I couldn’t believe it, haha.  So we just hung out and laughed, listened to music, etc. until evening came and then we went to the busy area Cheonho and had a couple beers.  It was perfect.

My building was made in 2003 I believe….so it’s fairly new.  I think I’ve said before that my location is a bit farther away from work, but there are so many more things to do and see here in Gangdong.  I’m anxious for it to warm up a bit so I can go exploring more.  All in all, I’m very pleased with the new place and will be staying here again if I decide to renew my contract after another year (wow, that’s a long ways down the rode though), one thing at a time.

If you’d prefer to watch a video tour of me showing the apartment, you can click here.  Be warned I had just woken up and am in my PJs, haha.  Also here are a few thumbnail pics below:

One of the things about living and teaching abroad is that you get so many people who contact you asking questions about your life and work, because they are considering doing the same thing.  Since I moved here, I’ve had so many questions….and a few people asked me if I would make a video talking about some of the good and bad points of living and teaching English here in Korea.

I waited a while to make the video because I wanted to have a bit of experience under my belt first.  I hope you find it interesting, and more importantly, I hope it doesn’t come across that I’m bragging.  Life here really is easy and enjoyable, and I wanted to stress here that you can have an amazing time if you really are critical of which school you choose.

Oops, I messed up the comment function again, haha. It’s fixed now, hopefully for good!