Ha-sook is a Korean-style guest house. I'm staying in a ha-sook that's 1 room for 1 person. It's kinda high tech here. Though I have a key to open the door of my room (which I still prefer more for reasons I dunno - OMG am I getting old that I'm not in favor of its new technology??!), I open the gate of the ha-sook by pressing something... it's hard to describe but I think there's something about some magnetic stuff that makes it work. Then, the major door after the gate has no keys. You need to know the code and do some pulling and pressing to open the glass door. I prefer this coz at least I don't have to bring too much keys then, it's very accessible. Perhaps, I'm just getting paranoid that if my room has the same kind of lock, some people may figure out the code and barge into my room then. hmmhhh...
The lights here are kinda high tech too. Along the stairs, the lights open through the sensors. So if something starts moving or passing by, the light goes on. I think it's programmed to be lit for a certain number of seconds. And if nothing moves anymore, it closes automatically. Overall, it's a good technology as it saves power efficiently. The only disadvantage is, if you stay put and you don't move within the stairs (say, you're talking to somebody or your getting hot water from the dispenser which is also outside near the stairs), the lights automatically closes. And you need to go near the sensor and move your hands perhaps just to get in lit again. Now that's not so nice... hehe!
I live at the 3rd floor. There's another door at the 3rd floor entrance. You use a key with it. After which, that's the time I get to my very door... I have a bed, dresser, TV, clock cabinet, desk, hat and coat hanger (I'm not sure how it's called), and extra sheets. I have a nice view from my window.
Korean don't have their shoes/sandals/slippers within the house. So I don't wear anything for my feet. Sometimes I wear socks inside. There's an available plastic slippers at the bathroom - which is shared by each tenants within the same floor. I share the bathroom with the landlady and her family. Until here, I think I'm still followed by my slight attacks of favorable antisocial/isolation modes as the rest of the boarders areon the other floors other than me. I'm considerably isolated from the rest then... sheeesssh!!! And since we have free breakfast and dinner, the dining area is within my floor, actually, when I open my door, it's already the dining area. The bathroom is on my left. So most things are quite accessible. I don't need to go up and down like the others. Wehehe!
From my room, I have a nice view of the mountain and the cityscape. I'm like at the middle of a mountain... Yes, I climb/trek everyday going home. I'm losing weight because of it. But I'm not complaining coz I'm eating so much chocolates now without any guilt and I love it... :D
It's either raining or it's very sunny here in Seoul right now. It's so much like the Philippines except the humidity here is lower. And I haven't experienced any typhoon here yet. The heaviest rain would just be like a serious drizzle in the Philippines.
Most of the structures here like the ha-sooks and apartments look the same. They seem to use the same kind of red bricks.
I think, like the Japanese, Koreans show their being nationalistic through their products. I have never seen a Sony Ericsson here. I've never seen a Toyota, a Ford, a Panasonic, and other foreign brands. Most electronics would be LG or Samsung. Cars are either Hyundai or Kia. Wow... they really patronize their own...
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