We had our first pay day today. Well, technically it was supposed to be Thursday but our boss gave us an advance because our debit card that has worked the whole time we were here somehow demagnetized. The timing of it all was spectacular. It was directly after we had been in the big store Lotte Mart picking up a million things for our place. We even bought some furniture. We made our way up to the check out lane, scanned everything, and with a huge line of Koreans pressing in behind us staring as they commonly do when foreigners are present we were declined. The sales clerk looked at us as if to say, "where is your money at?" We didn't know what he problem was at the time so we had her run it again several times and then abandoned my beautiful new dining room table. I was so angry. It was so cute. It is a floor level table (We wanted to go uber Korean) and a beautiful set of pillows for seats. We looked lie a couple of broke aliens in the middle of our city's most crowded shopping plaza. The next day (today) we were scheduled to go to the bank with one of our school associates Sean who would help us set up an account at a Korean bank. The bank checked our card and said the strip was bad. :( Oh well. Sean and Jack talked and our school said they would pay us a few days early since we had no cash. We had just been using our debit card for Wachovia because I had gotten it approved to work in Korea. It was a fiasco.
Along with the department store drama, it has been a fairly easy going week. It is testing week for January, so all our classes are very quiet and relaxed for the first half of the week at least. The good news is we share the same bank as our school so the deposit showed up immediately. It as awesome. :) We withdrew some cash and by God I am buying a dining room table tonight after work. I don't care if I have to carry it the mile and a half back to our apartment or not. (Probably not though. haha Thank God for Taxis)
I dedicate this post to Jennifer who is bored at home on baby bed rest and checks my blog all the time. You're welcome. haha
Also, check out our pictures of Sang Mu Market. It was beautiful. It is set up every Friday along the Street and next street over from our apartment and school. You can view them HERE
Yay, TWO blogs to read today! :) So, have you been cooking more, or do you guys mainly eat out? I was just wondering what kinds of ingredients you've been having to adapt to. Post pics once you get the apartment set up!
ReplyDeleteOn a side note: We got Miles' bassinet set up in the bedroom, and mom's been helping by cleaning and mopping and scrubbing. I have a suspicion he'll come this week, so I want to be ready!
Hug Jack for me, or give him a high five or something. :)
Oh and an Eli update: he has actually been way less anxious lately. You might come home to a normal dog at the end of the year! I love Lela!