Korean Apartment Tour

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In my mission to film a walk-thru video tour my camera decided to destroy my memory card losing all the footage as well as all the photos that were on the card (600+).  I was able to recover most of the photos but the videos are a lost cause.

Afterward, I did record a quick walk-thru on my other card that I will probably record later.  Not only did it not come out very well but I also rearranged some of my furniture about an hour after I recorded, and I still have things I need to get for the apartment....so maybe some other time

So lets start with the most boring picture:  My entryway.

So I wasn't going to put this in but I figured why not, it's part of the apartment.  So the door is another electronic lock door.  This one has the option of a key or ten digit code...I used the key once and then just remembered the code.

This is a typical entryway, it is lower than the main floor and you keep your shoes there.  I also have my trash so grossly lined up for you to admire.  That's because I wanted to give you an idea about the trash system.  On the left is my food trash, that goes into one bin and the bag gets recycled.  Next is my actual trash bag, that is a 10 liter bag and costs 2150 for 5.  I also have a pair of shoes there, those go into another bin.  Cardboard is a huge corner of the basement.  Then all the cans, plastic, glass, Styrofoam, plastic wrappers, plastic bags, and anything I'm forgetting get separated into other bins.

This is my shoe closet...?

This is the closet that you see on the right of the entryway picture.  This is just half, I can't get a full picture in that tiny hallway.  Anyway, yeah I'm just using it mainly for a cleaning/bulk supply closet...I think there's one set of shoes in there...

Onto my regular closet....

Again not very exciting, it's pretty big but I ran out of hangers...after I bought like 4 extra packs...

Getting a bit better, this is my bathroom:

My bathroom is actually quite a bit larger than it looks in this picture, I just wanted to get the important things in the shot.  My shower is big and enclosed which is nice, although the glass is placed up off the floor so you can spray down the main floor and it will drain into the shower...that also means water leaks out during my shower.

You can also see my lovely creepy bidet.

This bathroom is larger and much nicer than the one in my old apartment.  The water is awesome too.  It actually stays hot so I don't have to hate my life every time I take a shower.  The water pressure is also great so I don't have to stand there for five minutes trying to rinse my hair.  The shower faucet is the same set up as the sink faucets, basically very easy to completely control temperature and pressure to exactly what you want.

Onto the good stuff: my main apartment: 

So on the left is my desk and bookshelf, they are inseparable.  They were just made for each other.  Literally.  It's not a free standing desk, it needs to sit on one of the shelves.  Behind my desk is my drying rack (because I don't have a dryer), my stubby-legged ironing board and that strange AC up on the wall.  The main AC unit is in the closet behind the bookshelf along with the hot water heater. 

Also, take a close look at my desk chair...notice anything odd?  Like the fact that it's pointing towards the ground?  Yeah, suicide chair.  Need to get a replacement bad.

Then my TV that is hooked up to nothing.  I have it covered in a blanket to protect it in case it rains and I'm up the road or something. Also because I'm using it to prop the window open so I don't want it getting beat up if it gets windy.

Then my lovely huge bed with the pseudo lovely memory foam mattress.  I think it'll be better in the winter when I want the heat of being snuggled by my bed, but in the summer its pretty gross.  It also has a very good memory...and it remembers like the last ten years of people sleeping on it...it's just permanently dented.  I tried flipping and rotating it, we'll see if that helps.  Luckily I got a larger apartment, if I had gotten one of the smaller ones the bed would pretty easily take up half the room.

Notice how the window over my tv and the one over my bed are opened differently?  One of my favorite things here, oddly enough.  So if the handle on the window points down it's locked, out to the side and the window swings open, up and the window vents open.  GREAT on a windy day or cooler days. 

Now onto the other side...

Now this is my closet kitchen.  Still don't fully understand the doors but whatever, better for holding in the smoke when you burn dinner I suppose.  Anyway, I obviously don't have much counter space so off to the left along that wall I plan on putting some kind of stand to hold the microwave and oven...

The stove is only a two burner but it's gas so I'm not complaining.  Just not too good if I try to cook for more than just myself.  Under the stove is the washer.  Not as easy to use as the last one (the last one was almost identical to my parents' so I knew what everything did without needing to read...I should have taken a picture so I could compare...oopsie)  The cabinet on the top left is like the exhaust for the fan and...I dunno stuff that makes it not storage.  The two cabinets on the right are storage but I don't have a stool to use the top one.  Normally I would just stand on my desk chair but since it's a death trap I've decided to keep looking for a “normal” stool.  They have tall sitting stools and little kid “bath” stools, I haven't found a normal sized one yet.

In the middle is my little foldaway floor table, I use it mainly because then I don't have to stand to eat...again it's not like I have the option of sitting at my desk.

My fridge smells like ass.  That's about the only interesting thing there...OH! Lies.  The mirror.  There are mirrors EVERYWHERE here, the elevators are all mirrors, there are mirrors hung outside the elevators and just everywhere.  People are super obsessed in how they look.  Big mirrors like this are also super expensive.  And that's for like a cheapy one that's a little better than the back to school special ones at target.  I can't even imagine how much this mirror cost but I'm SO happy to have it. 

And that big bag of blankets....that you can't really see...(under the big purple thing) is one of two bags (the other is smaller and behind it).  They smell pretty rancid (the last two teachers were guys...I washed all my blankets twice before I used them).  They don't fit well in the washer though and I'm kinda afraid of breaking it.  But I've heard from a bunch of people that bedding is super expensive here so I'm going to keep attempting to wash them and then I'll see what's too gross to use afterward...the purple one seemed least likely to be used by guys so I washed that one up and it came out ok...

Yeah I think that's pretty much it.  Now do you see why I wanted to make this a video...this is like more than two pages without the pictures... 

I'd say sorry but (some of) you asked for it...