This is as full of a view as I can provide with the narrow-angle lens of my iPhone 1 in combination with the cramped quarters:
Nonetheless, you see the toilet flush (ha!) with the bottom of the sink, and access to the toilet tank is actually through a door on top of the counter below the medicine cabinet to the right of the vanity. And yes, that is a god-forsaken padded toilet seat, and it is quite a bummer (ha-HA!). My towel hangs to the left, and to its left,
...the shower. As you can see in the first picture, there is a drain in the floor underneath the sink. All water flows down toward this drain when showering, but not actually as I had to go out and buy a squeegee to prevent my entire apartment from becoming a sopping mess from the puddles left behind. Doing what I can!
More space efficiency - the washing machine directly underneath the stove, in the "kitchen" area:
Thankfully, the previous tenant did not confuse this for an oven. They don't really use dryers on a consumer level here in Korea though, so dry racks are the norm, as seen on the left in this shot:
I didn't not "straighten up real quick" before taking these. Also included in this shot are obviously my bed, obviously a nightstand of sorts with a drawer, and my front door all the way in the back with my jacket and a scarf on a hook for quick access as it has not yet eclipsed 35 degrees during any morning of my stay thus far.
A look in the other direction, from my bed to my desk area:
Yes, that is the Arizona flag - you should know by now. And yes, that is a sweet chair that the previous tenant found in a dumpster or something and left for me!
With ottoman! Wait, is that culturally insensitive? Whatever, they lost the war.
The previous tenant was not, however, wholly considerate to the potential wishes of his successor.
These are remnants of some absolutely silly decals that he plastered up all over the apartment. The first was a "cute puppy" on the fridge that I got tired of taking off bit-by-miniscule-bit, so I left the eyes - a creepy reminder that someone else will take over this place after me and that I SHOULDN'T PUT STUPID DECALS ON THE WALLS. Because they leave the kind of damage shown in the second picture, and that's just not cool. I'm finding it hard to justify painting or going out and blowing a wad of cash on wall decorations when I might just be leaving next Spring anyway. Visitors beware: I just don't care enough. Nonetheless, quite a douche move by the previous tenant.
We conclude this first pictorial update with a nondescript view out of my 9th-floor window, into the empty space across the way at the...other windows. I'll take roof pics later.
whoah - that's exactly how I thought an apartment in South Korea would look. The bathroom is a trip!
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