(Hey everyone...I feel like I havn't posted in forever but...(Here it comes, the excuse) I have been extremely busy. However...I am back!)
First off, I've had a busy 2 weeks lately. Between being with friends, shopping, getting things in order...it's been busy. It is getting warmer and warmer in Korea lately. Tanya will be a 1 year old within 2 weeks...how crazy is that?
Also we went to Daegu for some much needed "Quiet parent time" with another couple that we were friends with. Our friends babysat Tanya for a few hours and they got someone to watch there kids. I almost forgot how nice it was to just go out and eat without having to either 1.) feed someone else while hoping to eat and 2.) no screaming! We had dinner at TGIF! Which was amazing!!! Then we walked around a bit and looked at things. I got 3 new contact pairs...only for $15!! Can't really beat that! Now I have brown, bright blue, purple and Grey contacts! I have yet to get green but i'm sure someday I will see how my eyes look like when they are green.
Next comes some bigger news. We are moving!! Don't worry, not out of Korea (We've still got 9-10 months left here) but definitely out of the "Country" as the Koreans call it...We're moving to the "City" apartments which is only...about 5 minutes by car. I feel like i'm already living in the "City" Of Waegwan but apparently it's "Country" due to some crops by us haha. Anyway, We are moving into a new apartment where we do not have to pay $800 for gas each month...which is almost the amount of our rent. The Realtor told us the reason we're paying so much is because we are out in the "Country". Okay, let me explain this one more time...Our Country apartment...is a 2-3 minutes walk from all the stores and such...I don't think it qualifies as "Country" But I guess I will never understand that. Also, the apartment is much nicer and has ceiling fans...I never really thought much about how important ceiling fans were until I moved to Korea. With ceiling fans you do not have to turn on AC...thus saving TONS of money!
Oh! I almost forgot...we had a pretty big fire start near alot of apartments from the hills/mountains. It took about 2-3 hours to get it put out by helicopter. I came almost when the fire was out so these shots are not that good. Oh! Justin put in his COT yesterday...and put down these locations...1.) Germany, 2.) Belgium, and 3.) Italy!! Hopefully one of those will be our next home after Korea!!! I'm really hoping!! Now comes to the sad section of news...
Now onto the the news of Japan. The 8.9-magnitude earthquake that struck off the Pacific Coast, then setting off a massive tsunami. All the channels here in Korea were showing us all the devastating damage in Japan. I'm not sure what they showed in the states but I honestly hope everyone realizes just how horrible and HUGE this thing gwas.
To make things worst...a rare snow storm recently sent temperatures to go below zero...so now without heat for alot of people things get even more sad and scary. In total, about 850,000 households in the north are still without electricity...in the freezing weather. Not only that but some families are getting a slice of bread...to feed a family of three! Or half a rice ball.
A couple of our friends live there (all in different locations and luckily all are okay right now). Talking to them about how everything is over there just made me want to cry. One of my friends in Tokyo is saying they are running very low on food for example...and that is in Tokyo! Millions of people are spending nights without water, food and heating. So as we sit here reading this in our nice warm homes they are out there suffering. More then 10,000 people are estimated to have died. Talking to another friend who was closer to the tsunami said that they too have no running water, no power and very little food...and there is also a 5 hour long wait for gasoline. I just hope everyone keeps Japan and all the people affected by this in their prayers. Also if you can, the Japanese red cross society is taking donations. It's as easy as going to this link and donating some money...I hope things start to look up for Japan and the people...
Tanya is so cute with her pink floral dress!
ReplyDeleteAbout Japan, it's very sad about what happened there, my friend who lived there for a year just came back two days ago. His parents are very worried and asked him to come home. Hope Japan will be recovered from this crisis very soon though.
Anyway, hope things are going great with you. It's been so long I didn't touch the blog at all. But I'm back! :)