It was a 12.5 hour flight from Houston to Japan, and then a 2.5 hour flight to Pusan, Korea. A van picked us (one of my managers and I) from the airport and it was another 2 hours to Okpo. I slept for most of the travel, whether by plane or car. I arrived in Okpo around 11pm and received an orientation to my apartment, including review of a book which shows all of the applicances and translates the buttons to English so that you may actually use them! I went back to bed around 1am and it was off to work on Tuesday. The DSME yard is huge and I will send pictures from the office soon. Right out the window is the back corner of the yard and some gorgeous mountains, so the view is very nice. The buildings in Korea (offices, hotels, etc.) do not turn on the air conditioning until a certain day of the year (same for heating later in the year). So the windows at the office are open to get a little breeze, but we were definitely sweating yesterday. I am at home today (Thursday) as it is a Buddhist holiday here. This is good because I am very tired and need to do some laundry. It feels like I've I have already been here for a week. We have only worked two days, but both nights have been other Chevron project dinners / parties while some big-wigs were in town to check out the projects. Today is a nice day of rest after the non-stop action.
I will have to take more pictures soon (especially of the live sea creatures on the curbs in buckets). For the time being, here are some pictures of our apartment and the "sea view" - which includes a portion of DSME's yard. I'm thinking I may get sick of looking at the yard after working there and seeing it from home!!! Below is our living room (42" flat screen not shown). In the corner is a tall object which happens to be the free standing air conditioning unit.
Here is some of the food from my welcome package.
This is the rooftop pool at our apartment building. There is a huge patio up there, too. So lots of BBQs on the weekends. I think this will be a regular hangout.
And, finally, the "sea view" from our apartment. It is a very pretty place and also very stinky when walking down the streets!!! I will post more soon, as I have already had some interesting cultural experiences in the last day or two.
Rob gets here on June 3rd!!!!
Much love to everyone!
2 comments:
i love it yo! you inspired me to make a blog about the summer/getting ready for college & then when i finally go. anyways. miss you & love you!
Wow! The landscape is beautiful! The place is not too shabby either! I'm glad you have a monster air conditioner at your disposal...and a high-tech toilet. =)
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