its 12:46 pm

and i'm awake.

in response to patricia's lovely blog about her hotel-like apartment, let me tell you about the international dorm that i am staying in (called I-House). it's a SHIT HOLE. i'm not even exaggerating (okay maybe a little) but i don't think they've cleaned any of the furniture/walls so they have stickers and tape residue and dirt all over them. and it's super small. and the closets are suuuuper tiny. i legit dont have enough space to store my stuff.. unlike the other girls i do not have a walk-in closet. aand the bathrooms. are smelly ALWAYS. and the shower stalls are separated by glass panels (i discovered this while i was showering and turned around and saw a fuzzy outline of the girl next to me shaving. very. awkward). and the showers all share one drain that doesn't really work so the last time i showered i was standing in a pool of soapy water. and the other day i had to kill a spider. I HATE BUGS. then i hallucinated in my sleep that i had spider bites all over me. no joke. i remember scratching them at night only to discover this morning i have no bites. OH. and there's the lovely construction going on right outside of my window that promptly wakes us up at 7am EVERY MORNING. and i'm convinced that they're not even building anything. all they're doing is drilling and cutting metal rods then dropping them into large metal bins to make the loudest noises possible.

and it's really hard to meet people in the dorms... but my roommate and i are going to have a floor party at some point.. with no alcohol obviously because we're not allowed to have that here in the gender separated dorm (i hear people have gotten sent home from breaking that gender barrier)

buuut with that all said, i'm sure i'll appreciate being on campus more once classes start. and it's given me and my roommate annie to explore the near by area and go SHOPPING. everything is soooo cheap here. loves that.

and to end this extremely long entry.. this is the type of mail we get from yonsei

"Hello, everyone!^^

How are things going with you? Is your heart parpitating with expectation

for upcoming life?

For those who long for meaningful second semester,

we, Yonsei Global, provide a number of good opportunities.

Oh! As you can imagine, Yonsei Global is a student association under the

International Office of Yonsei Univ."

i'm pretty sure they used freetranslation.com or something to compose that delightfully confusing message. haha

-Jenn.