10-7

Short story: When you're moving out of one Korean apartment into another, make sure you keep track of BOTH sets of keys. Otherwise, you may end up needing to hire a handyman to break into your home for you. 

Longer story: Well, this was the weekend of the big move, or in my case, the very short move. My school has relocated me to my permanent studio apartment, just down the street from my previous one. I received about 30 seconds of an introduction to my new apartment, and I was soon standing in my recently abandoned man cave with two sets of keys: one to the old digs, and one to the new. I began my process of bringing over bags/dishes/food etc. down the street one block from my old apartment. It was right around that I slowly began to realize that I in fact had only one set of keys - something had happened to the keys to the old apartment. They couldn't be locked in, because the door was locked shut, and needed a key from the outside to be locked. Well.... fortunately a few teachers were around my school at the time of my mini crisis. I informed them of my half-moved-in situation, and about 20 minutes later, a Korean handyman showed up with a drill and a lockpick. 40,000 won and (~$40) and some minor stress later, I am now fully moved in to my new studio apartment in Daejeon. Stay tuned for a more in depth tour of the apartment.