Plumbing Trouble.

So I don’t speak Hangul (Korean) right?... I thought I would illustrate one issue that has been problematic.

So I uh hm used the washroom and then flushed the toilet. I then went into my “medicine chest/mirrory shelf thing” opened it grabbed my hairspray yanked of the lid and the lid slipped out of my hand and landed in the toilet just in the nick of time to get sucked in.

Now this all happened on a Friday … the Friday I was leaving for out of town… so I did what any natural human, about to start a mini vacation, would do… I left it to deal with on Monday!!

Well Monday came... and not before a emergency pound at Roberta’s door… (thank-gawd she lives on the same floor). So I arrived at school told the directors (both kindy and elementary directors about my problem.)

At school I am told that the plumber will be there at 6:30. I rush home and proceed to wait. He arrives (late of course… some things don't change from country to country) He knocks I answer the door… we bow to one another (it is what one does)… I go to show him the toilet… he says ohhh “no Englisheee”…. I giggle.. he giggles.. I show him a hairspray lid (great visual) … he does the 'ohh my' gasp… I then go to put the lid back on bottle which is in the shelf… and the hairspray in there has a lid on???? What the heck? So there are magically two lids??? Quick pause... did I dream this whole problem up… no I am not BABO (crazy in Korean)… this is reality… someone must have been here… I then start laughing… try to explain this… complete with many gestures acting out new person walking in... showing one lid... then two lids... The poor guy is wondering why foreigners are so strange. I then phone Shon my boss … sure enough someone had already been to my place in the day… this was man number two… the man the kindergarten director phoned because she thought the regular director was a little to incompetent to get the job done hahahhaha. So a lot of bowing and giggling occurred and then the man left me with a beautifully working toilet!!!

That's all for now folks!