My apartment!

School is closed for vacation, so I have a ton of time to catch up on this blog before I leave for my vacation to Japan. This means I finally cleaned up my apartment and took photos to share with you all. Check out the tour under the cut!

Welcome to chez Jeollia...

My building! The nice thing about Hampyeong is that all the foreign teachers are housed in these two buildings, so it feels a lot like being back in college.

View from my window: Mystery construction?

This is basically all of it! Super cozy and perfect for one person. The psychedelic wallpaper gets claustrophobic though.

I have a great story about the trippy wallpaper. On my first day in Hampyeong, I was still in bed at 8am when I heard my door unlock and people started coming in carrying giant tubs and rolls of glittery paper. There was a flurry of panic and apologies as I bolted up, not quite knowing where I was or what was going on. I quickly got ready in the bathroom and carefully wandered around my new neighborhood for a few hours. I came back to my new hot pink abode and razor blade shards all over the floor.

This is the first and last thing I see every day.

You might think this wallpaper looks normal.... until you notice the glitter fest it truly is.

My tiny kitchen! Most apartments in Korea do not have ovens, just this kind of gas stove-top. Lots of cupboard space, but the drain area next to the sink doubles as my only counter space.

Here is the other half. I love having a personal washer.

The whole room is also the shower. You just push a nozzle to switch from the sink to shower head.

Super secure door lock and no need for keys! Just enter a passcode from the outside. Comes with a cute little ringtone. I live in the future.

My heating control pad. Korea has floor heating called ondol, but it's super expensive so I rarely use it. I basically exist on my heated mattress pad in a fleece jumpsuit all winter.

I'm glad I was finally able to get this post together! The room's already a mess again.