Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Training ended on Friday and I passed!  Everyone in my group did too though apparently that doesn't happen every time.  Our group worked really hard and showed improvement everyday.  Since then I've been busy finding an apartment.  I had been hoping not to spend more than $500 per month but that's impossible in Seoul.  The first apartment that the realtor showed me was what Koreans call a "one room" which is basically a studio.  It wasn't very impressive and I was quite surprised when the realtor said it cost about $680 per month.  I was shown a few more apartments, a couple were nicer but none that I really liked.  The realtor was really nice though and took me to McDonalds for lunch.  Afterwards I met with the logistics guy at my branch and he showed me a building where lots of teachers live.  It was a much nicer building, with better security, and nicer apartments with brand new beds.  And it was the same price as the ones I was thinking of going for.  I move in tomorrow.

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