positive and negative

So I moved into this tiny basement apartment. It's the same price as the previous one, except crappier. During the day, the air is ok, but for some reason it turns into this rotten egg funk at night. That is not cool because I'm usually sitting next to the window (at the chair in this picture) primarily in the evening. Another problem is that the fridge randomly unplugs itself. I'm pretty sure it doesn't have a free hand that unplugs the cord but it tends to shut off at night or when I'm gone for several hours at a time. So I shove it back into the socket... but who knows what's going to happen 12 hours later.

I discovered that there are actually other people living in the basement on the opposite side of the hall. The door was open this morning and when I came home from work around 10:30 PM. There was a young woman standing there. She looked at me, then closed the door. Maybe I seem like a suspicious person. Or it was just time to close the door.

Well, that is the negative side of my life. My housing situation became significantly worse. Hardly any "options" in here, the air sucks, and it's tiny. However, there are still some positive points in my life.

Work. Who would've thought that work could be ok? And at a hakwon no less? I'm only working part time, which probably has a great deal with my level of happiness. In my last class, which happened to be a conversation class, I asked "Are you guys hungry?!" One kid in the back answered, "Yes!! I want to eat donuts!!" The other students started clamoring that they were hungry and wanted donuts/hamburgers/pizza/drinks. I said no pizza as it's too expensive, but I can buy drinks or donuts. Then they said they have to take a test after class, so I thought the snack thing was out of the question. Well...

After class was over, two students said they were really going with me to get donuts. Surprised, I grabbed my wallet and we headed out. They were skipping part of a test for snacks. Well, that's not my responsibility haha. So I got my stuff, said bye to my coworkers, and we headed out. At Dunkin Donuts, all the donuts were gone... just a handful of regular ones. So we went to Burger King instead. They each got a 진거버거 (?) and I just got some onion rings. They wolfed that shit down. Anyway, I was glad to feed them and hang out a little bit. It's a better way to get to know the students. However, I advised them to eat some gum so the other (obedient) students wouldn't get a whiff of the hamburger in their breath.

At any rate, I just come, work, and leave. No worries outside of class. This is heaven compared to my previous hakwon experience. I dunno if I'm doing the right thing or not, but no one has complained thus far. 송파구 is awesome. The kids are awesome. The coworkers are awesome. The pay is... almost awesome. Work life is far better than before, even if I have to travel over an hour to get there.

So in the end? Life could be better, it could be worse. I'm going to be positive though and say that everything is fairly ok right now though.