The phone rental company sent me the receipt of my payment to my email address last night. The mail was in English, starting with "how are you?" Everything looked fine. It's good they did that. It would have been nicer if the woman who cal…

Haaaaaaaaaaaa. I must be cursed by the laundry devil if there is such a thing.I went to the laundromat, put my laundry in the washer i had used before, went to the nearby cafe to kill time, went back to the laundromat 40 minutes later, the…

Shopping can be tiring. I for one dislike dealing with all the yapping sales talk. Thats why i do most of my shopping online. I feel this way about shopping in Japan. Little did I know that the shopping culture in Korea would suck all my e…

When I rented the smartphone at the airport, the clerk said "somebody will call you in the middle, and you pay. (sic)" I had to make sure I understood her considering it was about payment. After some questions from me and confusing answers…

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, The LaundressI rewashed everything that came back from the mom and pop cleaners the other day. Why? Because they smelled. That musty, bacteria-infested smell of heyaboshi. I was so disappointed. I threw evreything in …

Coin operated laundromat: big washers & dryers. Printed instructions are written in english, so american? You buy a preloaded card to pay for washer & dryer. So technically its not coin operated. 4000 won for 11kg washer, which is the smal…

When the 25th comes, i still think "gotta pay the rent."oh happy days.

Hot. 30C and humid. But it cools down after the sun sets, so i can sleep through the night without the ac on. I hear it gets hotter in August, but seems to me that the summer in Japan is more difficult to live with.Hurt my back a bit. Ther…

I walked around a big bookstore. They carry so many Japanese books and magazines. Manga, too, of course. I found some Korean knitting books. They looked similar to what we have in Japan. Cute designs and nice photos with young models.I hav…

The pipe in the bathroom is STILL leaking after three repairs. It's only a little bit and it does not leak immediately when water is running through. So of course when the super comes to check it, there is no leak. I think he is getting fr…

One should never underestimate first impressions and gut feelings.こうかいさきにたたず.

Korean supermarkets are very generous with extras. Two extra packages of yogurt attached to a set of four. The price stays the same of course. It's not like they are giving out the ones that expire soon. I also got two bottles of orange ju…

Kuchara-. Why they must chew with their mouths open, making the disgusting smacking sounds, I do not know. I wish restaurants and cafes would have a separate room for them. They can eat as they wish, and the rest of us do not have to hear …

At a cafe called Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf. American coffee shop. http://www.coffeebean.com/ You can find it everywhere in town. Nice wooden interior and standard jazz in the backgtound. Relaxing. Had a vanilla smoothie. I gotta switch to ice…

I have been walking around in the rain pumps I bought from Lands End. They are killing my toes. I knew those are not the kind of shoeto walk around, but it was raining and I thought I would be careful and take enough breaks. Still it feels…

P heard from the Korean staff at his office that today is the day to eat samgyetan. Apparently it'like eating eels in Japan. They eat this ultimate chiken soup to survive the sweltering summer. It's not as hot as Japan, but it still feels …

Blueberry smoothie at Zoo Coffee. This is their small size. Pretty generous. As the name of the cafe indicates, the place has an animal theme. I thought the elephant on the table was cute. They also have big stuffed white tigers on the flo…

20C. Suzushiiii. We ate at a nice italian restaurant in the neighborhood last night. We had caesar salad, caprese salad, pizza and ice cream sundae. It seems koreans are into sharing. Pizza of course we shared and thats normal anywhere, bu…

I had brought uniqlo's summer undershirts for P because I am such a nice person. He just is not used to humidity and heat, so I thought the fast drying undershirts would be useful. He said he could feel the difference. It apparently felt c…

This is the bathroom sink in the apartment. I was going to wash something in it, and without thinking, I pushed down the popup drain stopper to collect water. The photo shows water in the sink with the stopper closed. Then I realized there…

Bought it without knowing what it was. I guessed it was kakigoori and I was right. The pink and green pieces on top are dango. I suppose they are supposed to taste like watermelon and mint as the photo on the lid shows, but i couldn't tell…

Well, the super managed to fix the pipe yesterday or so it seemed and everything looked ok last night, but I just noticed water is still leaking a little. Sigh. It is a hassle to deal with this kind of situation anywhere, and what makes it…

The lady from the laundromat just BROUGHT me the bath mat! She was standing by the door with her usual smile. She said "sorry" in english. I didnt expect a delivery service. All i could say was thank you in korean. Y san sent me a message …

View from the balcony. Just another crowded city view. I love the convenience of the neighborhood though.

We haven't seen mosquitoes for awhile. I researched what natural repellants we can get and bought small jars of eucalyptus and lemon-scented gel. I put eucalyptus in the bathroom and lemon in the bedroom. We also decided to keep the bathro…

The super of the building is fixing the broken pipe in the bathroom now. He speaks a little Japanese. I just heard him mumbling "muzukashiidesuneeee." Should I go help???

Walked around looking for the coin operated laundromat I found on the internet. I just wanted to find the place first, so I was not carrying any laundry. It turned out to be a smart thing because I could not find it. For some reason, the l…

I wrote an entry last night, but i pressed some button by mistake and it just disappeared. Annoying.I got the laundry from both cleaners. I have to pass the "top class" cleaners to get to the cheaper mom and pop cleaners. I was going to st…

Cant sleep. There was another mosquito in the bedroom. I got bitten on my upper arm. I had researched about what to do with these little buggers on the internet, so when i woke up with an itch, i immediately got up and washed the bite with…

Heavy rain all night. Still raining. The temp is only 22 deg., so not unbearable. But feeling sleepy and tired. It's one of those days.Went to the "top class" cleaners to pick up the laundry, but they said it should be ready tomorrow. Anot…