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In the picture below we have the good-bye crew at the Regina Airport. It was a tearful one. As you can see from the empty chair while I took this picture I have already become a void in the lives of these amazing people. Thanks for the good bye wishes Wanda, Can and Anne. I love you and miss you!
I arrived Friday night and despite being super tired from travelling I could not fall asleep. It was sooo NOISY and so hot! I remember thinking as I finally dozed off this was going to be a long year as the noise from the traffic was sooo loud and it went all night. I didn't sleep well and woke up early to the sound of pouring rain. Saturday was actually a really hard day. Since it was rainging I didn't want to leave, but I started to notice how dirty, moldy and smelly my apartment was. I kinda woke up to a nightmare. By 3pm, I HAD to leave despite the fact I had no umbrella and didn't know where I should go. I ended up finding a convenience store, bought a cheap umbrella and found a place with internet. Below you can see the gloomy day, and my apartment. Its the brown one directly in front of the busy intersection!!!
Thank goodness Sunday was a sunny hot day, it gave me some motivation. I woke up early and began cleaning of cleaning out my fridge. It took two hours to get it white but there was still an awful smell. I tried to tackle the kitchen, but after finding black oily scum on the cupboards I had to stop. So I left my apartment and went exploring. Once, I was out and about I realized there were some neat things to find and I became super excited about this new place. I happened upon a local agricultural market where you can get fresh, fish, vegetables, fruits and grains. I bought only what I thought would be useful fresh because there was no WAY I was going to cook in the awful kitchen I had. Below is a picture of the fish market. The fish guys were super friendly and kept saying, "oh beautfiul".
I actually had a wonderful day exploring. It amazed me so much how many people live in this area. There are people everywhere! I no longer felt the alone, different feeling I had the day before when things were so new. It was like the pain right after the bandaid comes off. I already can tell I will be more self suficient living where I am now, than I was even after 10 months of living in Japan. I don't want to compare the two countries because there are some major similarities but also I've noticed some differences that make me feel more at ease here in Korea.
This is a picture of a water fountain near the station in Guri. Everyone was using it as a way to cool down in the heat!
I've eaten the lunch three days now and it resembles school lunch in Japan sooo much except for the red spicy sauce loaded on everything. I wonder how long its gonna take me to st
I arrived Friday night and despite being super tired from travelling I could not fall asleep. It was sooo NOISY and so hot! I remember thinking as I finally dozed off this was going to be a long year as the noise from the traffic was sooo loud and it went all night. I didn't sleep well and woke up early to the sound of pouring rain. Saturday was actually a really hard day. Since it was rainging I didn't want to leave, but I started to notice how dirty, moldy and smelly my apartment was. I kinda woke up to a nightmare. By 3pm, I HAD to leave despite the fact I had no umbrella and didn't know where I should go. I ended up finding a convenience store, bought a cheap umbrella and found a place with internet. Below you can see the gloomy day, and my apartment. Its the brown one directly in front of the busy intersection!!!
Thank goodness Sunday was a sunny hot day, it gave me some motivation. I woke up early and began cleaning of cleaning out my fridge. It took two hours to get it white but there was still an awful smell. I tried to tackle the kitchen, but after finding black oily scum on the cupboards I had to stop. So I left my apartment and went exploring. Once, I was out and about I realized there were some neat things to find and I became super excited about this new place. I happened upon a local agricultural market where you can get fresh, fish, vegetables, fruits and grains. I bought only what I thought would be useful fresh because there was no WAY I was going to cook in the awful kitchen I had. Below is a picture of the fish market. The fish guys were super friendly and kept saying, "oh beautfiul". 
I actually had a wonderful day exploring. It amazed me so much how many people live in this area. There are people everywhere! I no longer felt the alone, different feeling I had the day before when things were so new. It was like the pain right after the bandaid comes off. I already can tell I will be more self suficient living where I am now, than I was even after 10 months of living in Japan. I don't want to compare the two countries because there are some major similarities but also I've noticed some differences that make me feel more at ease here in Korea. 
This is a picture of a water fountain near the station in Guri. Everyone was using it as a way to cool down in the heat! I've eaten the lunch three days now and it resembles school lunch in Japan sooo much except for the red spicy sauce loaded on everything. I wonder how long its gonna take me to st
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