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I had to take a photo of this new dentist's office moving into our building complex. I saw an advertisement for this place the other day, and couldn't believe the name "Violent Dentist"! Yesterday they hung this huge banner advertising the new office, so I had to take a photo. The banner shows us that the owner's intention was to spell the English word "BILANT". I don't know if that is someone's...

One of the few reasons I occassionally visit McDonald's in the USA is their breakfast menu. I really like their Sausage Egg McMuffin. Similarly, that is one of the only times I will visit McD's here in Seoul. I thought it was a good thing that there was a branch right in the subway station I use every morning. In order to keep the unhealthy food at a minimum, I limited myself to stopping there...

I made some Chicken Enchilada Casserole in my new oven tonight. It worked out pretty well. CH was here in the early evening as the blind man installed the roll screens. He helped teach me how to defrost in this new oven. The casserole turned out pretty good. I added a new garnish this time, cut up some fresh tomatoes and put on the top.I bought some green grapes at the store this weekend for...

A nice snow fell today, and I hope it will continue falling all night long. Here are some photos from the office wind...

The new apartment doesn't have anyplace to keep the recycling, so I got this amazing rack for recycling bags. Notice the patriotic (well, for America at least) color sche...

I woke up this morning and decided to take a walk around the neighborhood. First, here is the mandantory statue associated with my new home. On closer inspection, this statue appears to be a fountain, but it looks unused.As I continued to walk, I stumbled onto the building that we almost chose for the office. The office space was on the very top floor of this building, and had a spectacular view,...

A couple photos of our new office buildi...

I had a chance to use my new fancy combination microwave / oven this week as a real oven. Sunday night I went to the pizza restaurant, and brought back some pizza to eat the next night. I decided to heat it up in the oven. I thought, hmmm, let's reheat this at 350 degress. I began playing with the oven controls, and saw I was able to set the temperature with the knob, but it wouldn't go any higher...

Yesterday was Nut Eating Day here in Korea. As the name implies, you were supposed to eat nuts. I had this fact forced on me when I stopped at shop in the food court that sells Pizza, Coffee, and Soft Serve Ice Cream (what a combination). I ordered an ice cream cone, and while I was waiting I noticed they had the little plastic coffee stirring sticks. I've been looking for these, and couldn't...

I have never taken the bus by myself in Korea, unless you count the airport limousine "bus". I've noticed a few buses at a stop next to my apartment, and they seemed to be going to the subway station which is about a 12 minute walk. That's not too bad in fair weather, but in the freezing cold it's a long way. Also, I recently discovered an english-language website for the Seoul Bus System. Between...

The new home has a couple of built-in closets, but no drawers. In my bedroom, there is only one small closet. When we were apartment shopping, this place seemed to have a small kitchen table. However, in hindsight it appears this belonged to the previous owner. I didn't fully appreciate this until moving in, so early this week we ordered a closet and kitchen table.Hopefully this is the last furniture...

Bought some disposable paper cups this week. Apparently there is a standard size for paper cups in Korea, and you can mix and match cup brands and dispenser brands. We chose to buy the "Clean Paper Cup" brand from Homever (as opposed to the "Dirty Paper Cup" brand):Here are the cups in the special one-handed dispenser, magnetically mounted to the side of the microwave oven:You press the yellow button,...

Just returned Sunday night from a whirlwind trip to the USA. I am proud that I did not take a nap at all during the return, which usually happens and results in completely messed up sleep times. Instead I made it until about 9pm each night, and woke up around 4am or so each morning. I had a great time, and was insanely busy with appointments and work.Here are some photos of the new office. It...

Despite great plans of organizing everthing today, I was simply tired and lazy all day. I slept poorly my first night here. The past three days I have been breathing a lot of dust, and that finally started to bother me last night. Also, I kept waking up with a very dry mouth. I've since found the humidifier, so hopefully tonight will be better.I did manage two important tasks today, I washed my...

Well, it happened. The big move went down today. Both home and office items were moved to two new locations - you guessed it - new home and office. It was everything I expected; it was nothing at all like I expected. The movers showed up at exactly 8am as expected. And they went RIGHT to it. Things were flying out of the rooms faster than I could imagine. While 95% of the items were clearly...