we're here
We arrived Monday night safely.
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June 28, 2006
June 18, 2006
moving day(s)
Friday the movers came. They packed up all our stuff in about three hours. Thirty some odd boxes and pieces of furniture. The rest of the day we spent cleaning up junk that we would not be taking. Thankfully, Jackie's aunt came to take the bed, sofa, kitchen table and chairs, and a bunch of other things.
Today, we got rid of the refrigerator. The used appliance market is not big here (Koreans, as well as the Japanese, among others, do not like used things). So we convinced the used market guy to take our refrigerator, my sister-in-law's washing machine and gas range and in return move our oven and washing machine over to their house. No money exchanged hands. I guess it was an okay deal. We're just glad to be rid of it all.
Tomorrow, we'll hopefully be finished throwing out the trash and recycling.
My back hurts.
June 15, 2006
11 days
As many of you may know, I am coming home and Jackie is going to her new home to Canada.
We leave June 26. We are both very busy with the labours of moving to another country. It ain't easy. We have movers/shippers coming in tomorrow morning. By that time we have to separate EVERYTHING in our apartment into piles of things that will go on the boat and those that will not (which are then further separated into things that will be thrown out, sold, or given away).
It's very difficult to decide what is worthy of going on the boat. For example a single book, not worth more than ten, twenty dollars will take up x amount of space. Unlike the post where size and weight are equally important, here space is of the highest importance. Once cubic meter costs us nearly $200. So that book had better be damn worth it. Just like every piece of paper, CD, pen, and sock.
It's noon. I haven't started. We'll see you soon.
June 12, 2006
furniture
We bought some new furniture yesterday. It's modern furniture in that it is currently being manufactured, but the designs are traditional. It's not the highest quality furniture, but it is all solid wood.
Here's a traditional desk:
Here's a "butterfly" chest:
Here's an herbal medicine chest:
We think it was a steal at ₩310,000 for the whole lot, of course with delivery.
June 9, 2006
vacation pics
I guess it's not really a vacation when you have no job or school, but anyway, there are some pictures of our trip to the far north east of South Korea. In the usual place.