Gyeong Dong Tae Won Happenings

Recently, there has been a lot of activity in my apartment complex, much of it beginning in the wee hours of the morning, which causes me much distress (just kidding). The apartment buildings are getting a fresh coat of paint, which seems a little misguided because it is the rainy season and it tends to rain just about every day. Here is a view of the painters (I think OSHA would have a field day this one!):














And of course the cars are protected:














When I first arrived, I often wondered how people moved all of their belongings into these apartments high in the sky, especially since we don't have service elevators. There is an answer to that question-- this:














Every once in a while we get a new tenant and there is the constant sound of the mechanical platform zipping up and down its mechanical arm. These are the pieces of the Korean quotidian existence that I won't know that I'll miss until I leave.