Andrew's Classroom

The day before this picture was taken it said, "Andrew Kinball."
Now it says, "Andrew kimball."
Still not quite right, but it's as close as it is going to get.

Andrew's boat shoes on the bottom.

No idea whose shoes are on the top shelf.

Andrew's indoor shoes.
Not a clue what those characters mean.

English Class!
(Its like a preschool classroom from the future)

The Emily Dickinson and William Wordsworth poems displayed in the hall

Let's sing the alphabet song!

A,K,Y,O,U,N,Z,
S,B,T,J,X,C,L,
P,Q,K,E,S,J,
W,L,D,H,G,F,V
Now I know my ABC's...

This hallway was completely redone one month ago, and no one thought to put the alphabet in order or remove the duplicate L and J!

Carpe Diem... That's not English

The non-native English speaking elementary school students will understand Wordsworth and Dickinson, but not this Forrest Gump quote...
It's a good thing they translated it into Korean for them.

Easily recognizable pictures from English speaking countries.
We've got France, the US, Australia and England.

Inside the classroom

The front right corner is the blue screen

To turn the big TV on, you just have to wave your hand under the middle of it

View with the white boards covering the TV's

Camera on the blue screen

This camera is controlled by instructors teaching via satellite.
Their image appears on one of the TV's, and this camera allows them to see the class.

Andrew and Myung Kyo's office, library and reading room

The essential electronics:
computers, printer, copy machine and electric kettle

You must remove your shoes before entering the reading area

(Still in the process of stocking the library)

A young teacher with purple hair is on a train with elephants on it near your home in the middle of the night.

What?

No one keeps time like Pooh

These umbrellas keep the sun from entering the classroom


The two excellent wallpaper patterns chosen for the rooms:

The Apartment

This is the Go-Ni Villa, our new home

The front door

We don't have any keys.
Both the front door and our apartment door have these keypad locks.

The hallway down to our door

Stepping through the door

The Kitchen

Dustin sitting on our kitchen/dining room table

In Korea, pans and knives go below the sink

The silverware and utensil drawer.
It came with 3 spoons, 3 forks, a rice paddle, a few corkscrews
and that weird set of miniature serving forks and spoons.
We actually had to buy the chopsticks...

Microwave, toaster and coffee maker

Please notice the 3 containers of Kimchi on the second shelf.
We are becoming Korean!

The shoe cabinet in the entryway.
Only house shoes are allowed in the house.

Ours doubles as a pantry and linen closet

The Bathroom

Yes, that is the shower connected to the sink

These are our sweet bathroom slippers for when the floor is wet

The Living Room

That is Rocky III on the TV
(One of the Rocky movies is always on)

Through that sliding door is the laundry room

Andrew loves the adjustable drying rack

After choosing your settings, press 'play' to begin the wash

Probably the only Downy Ball in South Korea

There are special laundry room slippers too!

From Left to Right:
A/C Remote, Light Switch, Water Heater, and Intercom

The Bedroom

Right on the other side of our frosted bedroom window
is the washing machine

We just set our bags of garbage on the side of the building for pickup

The building across the street cages their garbage