I have finally taken the time to clean up my apartment so that I could take people on a virtual tour of my house. There are many more photos up if you look on facebook, but I feel that these are enough for a blog tour. If, however, you are a friend of mine on facebook, check out my Cheongju photo album and the pics are all in there.
I live in apartment 201, The White House. Please notice the awesome keypad that has replaced my lock.
This is the view walking into my apartment. On the left is what constitutes my kitchen, straight ahead is the door to the bathroom and on the right is my door leading into my bedroom.
Before you walk in, please take off your shoes and stow them in the shoe cupboard - Koreans disapprove of shoes being worn indoors, even in one's own home. At any non-Western restaurant you will have to do this as well.
Now, a closer look at the kitchen (ignoring the dishes in the sink, if you don't mind.) My sink, gas range and my three cupboards. Exciting is it not?
Now, we get to the bathroom. Please put on the plastic slippers - you are not supposed to walk around your bathroom barefoot either - and mind the drain on the floor - the water from my shower this morning might not have dried completely yet.
Bow and exalt before the showerhead of doom that, together with the drain on the floor, constitutes my shower. I still need to get used to this.
Okay, now that you have seen the kitchen and the bathroom, it is time to backtrack to the main entrance and turn right into my bedroom. Here you might notice my gorgeous grey, pink and white duvet and the school's laptop (which has been my saviour) lying on my bed. The sliding door at the back of the room leads through to the laundry room, which I will show you a bit later.
This is my room from another angle. Here you can see one of the two closets that I was given (the other, which is in the laundry room, wasn't feeling particularly photogenic, but is very similar to this one. Just a little shinier. You can also see my TV (adorned with some relics from home) and my bookcase, which was given to me by a South African family who were returning back to Cape Town and were generous enough to give me some essential items of furniture and some useful crockery.
From this angle, you can see back into the kitchen (on the left hand side of the photo) and you can see my coat rack (another essential item from the South Africans), my dining room table and pair of chairs (a luxury in Korea - most people prefer to sit on cushions on the floor and, once again, in many restaurants this is what you are expected to do) and my fridge and microwave. The last two cannot fit into my minimalist kitchen, and therefore must reside in my room with me much to my dismay (the fridge has a bit of a multiple personality disorder, and is sometimes compeltely silent while at other times being ridiculously loud.)
Finally, this is my laundry room. As you can see, I had just done laundry when this picture was taken. My suitcase also lives in this room, out of the way. This is also the only room to have any windows, but the view is of the apartment block next door.
And this concludes the virtual tour of my home. I hope that you have enjoyed your visit.
I live in apartment 201, The White House. Please notice the awesome keypad that has replaced my lock.
This is the view walking into my apartment. On the left is what constitutes my kitchen, straight ahead is the door to the bathroom and on the right is my door leading into my bedroom.
Before you walk in, please take off your shoes and stow them in the shoe cupboard - Koreans disapprove of shoes being worn indoors, even in one's own home. At any non-Western restaurant you will have to do this as well.
Now, a closer look at the kitchen (ignoring the dishes in the sink, if you don't mind.) My sink, gas range and my three cupboards. Exciting is it not?
Now, we get to the bathroom. Please put on the plastic slippers - you are not supposed to walk around your bathroom barefoot either - and mind the drain on the floor - the water from my shower this morning might not have dried completely yet.
Bow and exalt before the showerhead of doom that, together with the drain on the floor, constitutes my shower. I still need to get used to this.
Okay, now that you have seen the kitchen and the bathroom, it is time to backtrack to the main entrance and turn right into my bedroom. Here you might notice my gorgeous grey, pink and white duvet and the school's laptop (which has been my saviour) lying on my bed. The sliding door at the back of the room leads through to the laundry room, which I will show you a bit later.
This is my room from another angle. Here you can see one of the two closets that I was given (the other, which is in the laundry room, wasn't feeling particularly photogenic, but is very similar to this one. Just a little shinier. You can also see my TV (adorned with some relics from home) and my bookcase, which was given to me by a South African family who were returning back to Cape Town and were generous enough to give me some essential items of furniture and some useful crockery.
From this angle, you can see back into the kitchen (on the left hand side of the photo) and you can see my coat rack (another essential item from the South Africans), my dining room table and pair of chairs (a luxury in Korea - most people prefer to sit on cushions on the floor and, once again, in many restaurants this is what you are expected to do) and my fridge and microwave. The last two cannot fit into my minimalist kitchen, and therefore must reside in my room with me much to my dismay (the fridge has a bit of a multiple personality disorder, and is sometimes compeltely silent while at other times being ridiculously loud.)
Finally, this is my laundry room. As you can see, I had just done laundry when this picture was taken. My suitcase also lives in this room, out of the way. This is also the only room to have any windows, but the view is of the apartment block next door.And this concludes the virtual tour of my home. I hope that you have enjoyed your visit.
this was very interesting :)