Sunday, June 30, 2024

So the landlord called the police on us...

 



So the asshole landlord called the city on us for our unregistered car in the apartment parking lot. 
He put up a sign of one hour then immediately called the city about the car. 
The car was parked into a corner of the parking lot.
As a paying tenant, we are afforded one parking space.
He is currently building a house outside our window from the ground up so he has financial resources that are not available to us as foreigners in Korea.
He wrote the sign in Korean on purpose.
He had seen both of us entering the car to start the engine once weekly so he knew who owned the car.
He never gave us a warning and didn't even wait for me to come home to call him about the parked car. 

He did it simply to feel powerful over other people.

The Korean culture is full of mean people who are extremely selfish.
The good Samaritan option does not exist here.
They only do things either to make themselves feel bigger than someone else or if it benefits them somehow.
The "community" is forced by the society so the people follow the rules and do it but underneath the fake community is some of the coldest hearts I have ever met.

After the minivan was moved to a parking lot a block, ANOTHER Korean man called the cops due to the unregistered car being moved. Again, they care NOTHING about others. 
Mean acts are done to make their pathetic, lonely, miserable lives feel better, if only for one moment.

I see why there are bitter lifers expats in every country. 
Once you see the underbelly of a culture, it is hard to go back to the rose-colored glasses. The glasses are cracked and will never allow you to see the people/culture the same innocent way again. 

I don't believe in turning the other cheek.
I hope this man's house is destroyed right before it is completed. 
I wish bad on his future and pray for his ways to be punished by an evil source.
I wish him evil and more evil and even more evil.
Fuck you, asshole. Both of you.






Thursday, June 27, 2024

New lockers!!

 

The city has ordered new lockers for every student. 

Every locker is labelled by grade, class and student #.

It is so good to see financial resources being used directly on the needs of the students. 





Eating crab legs with chopsticks


I have tried, tried and tried again. 

I just can NOT do it. It is very hard for me to eat crab with chopsticks. It keeps slipping and sliding all over the place. I have learned to copy other women teachers on how to eat the crab legs...but honestly, I just want to dig my fingers into the seafood like I would at home. 









I can't see the sunset anymore...😭

 







Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Monday asthma attack

 

Sometimes my asthma is triggered without my knowledge. 

Last Monday I was exhausted, almost falling asleep on my feet after a decent night's rest. I didn't realize that my lungs weren't getting enough oxygen. I went to the hospital that Tuesday afternoon for meds and a breathing treatment.

Always thank whatever God you serve for good health.






Corny corn on the streets

 

I purchased corn from a woman's veggie stand on my daily walk to work. 

It was only eight dollars for half a bag, I couldn't carry the entire bag by myself comfortably. The corn was not as fresh as it could've been but still tasty.






My little basil garden

 







My favorite Korean soup

 

This is my favorite soup in the Korean diet. 

It is meat, bones and delicious taste.

This soup reminds me of my mother's soup that I love so much. 

Whenever I have this soup, it makes me feel closer to home.

Food, music, art, dance are universal languages that unite us all.









Recent delicious school lunchees July 2024

 







June 2024 school construction

 

My school is getting ahead of the construction before the semester ends.

It is interesting to work around the country's safety standards.

Every country has its own, unique construction procedures.