Second Update (more creative titles to come)

I want to get into a regular habit of writing these thing as much as I can so I'll try to get my way through a second post.  The quirks of this city are becoming apparent more and more by the hour.  The biggest, as I alluded to in the first post, is that the number of kids that seem to be walking around the city at all times of the day is insane.  They are always dressed for school and are carrying around books/backpacks, yet never seem to ever be there.  The buses are full of them as are the streets and mostly every store.

Speaking of the stores, what we would consider a problem in the U.S. is far from one here.  East Windsor never got a Borders or Barnes & Noble because there were those stores in Hamilton, Lawrence, etc and therefore too close for one in EW.  But here is the exact opposite.  There are cell phone stores of the same company across the street from each other and two on every block.  Same goes for coffee shops, convenient stores and internet cafes (or internet gaming cafes really).  There are so many of them that it's hard to find other stores.  When I add pictures of the city I will show some of these stores.  There is also is a large number of outdoor sportswear stores which of course is exactly what I like.

There was just an older woman connected to an IV walking down the block as I was writing and I felt like that is worth pointing out for both the insanity of it and the humor of it.

This is one view of Jinju from a hill that was found.  As you can see there aren't many skyscrapers or anything but the number of stores and restaurants that are here on every street and in every corner is truly remarkable.  

That bridge separates East and West Jinju.  The other side is where the bus/train station and the hospital is (for when I hurt myself climbing the Korean version of Masada is for you birthright people reading this).

As promised as well I will share pictures of my small, tiny, internetless apartment (at least for now).  It serves its purpose though.

This is the size of the kitchen which leads into the bathroom.  The view you see as you walk into the apartment.

You might be able to make out the TV on the far corner.  Needless to say I doubt it will be used much

The closet and refrigerator are both extremely small but it works fine which is all that matters.

Here is the toilet I tried explaining in the previous post.  As you can see, they built the shelf or whatever that is OVER the top of the lid of the toilet so it can not shut and will therefore always be open.  The chest to keep all the stuff in the bathroom is over this so one slip and its going in.  It's a nice quirk of the apartment.

I'm going to Jinju Castle later today with two Korean girls that work at the school.  The language barrier makes communicating difficult but they understand us somewhat so it shouldn't be that hard.  They're also showing us a typical Korean dish later for dinner so an eventful night is in store for tonight.  I'll report back after school starts on Monday with some pictures of school and other thoughts.  

But for anyone wondering, another quick update on the North Vs. South thing.  Some Koreans Grace and I have spoken to say that they usually ignore the threats from the North but this one seems to have a little more validity to it.  There doesn't seem to be a big concern in the Southern part of the country where I am as people are going through their everyday lives so it's nothing to be too concerned with yet. Enjoy the weekend.