After my glorious four day vacation in paradise, I was ready to come home and spend the next three days of vacation just relaxing. I was also going to start my packing for when I leave next month and go back home! We left Busan at around 5:30pm and arrived in Seoul at around 10pm on Sunday night. I was ready to go home, shower, start some laundry and get into my nice and comfortable bed. I got to my apartment at around midnight and couldn't believe what I saw. My apartment door was unlocked, the windows were open, and my room and roommate's rooms were completely destroyed. My roommate had left for vacation on Friday afternoon and sometime between then and this moment, we had been robbed.
I had never been this shocked in my life, and I was shaking so badly that I could barely make a phone call. I had a friend call the police and called the only other teacher that was home from vacation. The police came within five minutes and did a thorough search of the apartment. They asked questions, looked around, and called the detectives. The detectives fingerprinted, footprinted, and took photos of the bedrooms and apartment. They worked and are still working very diligently on the case and I hope they know how much I appreciate their efforts.
I don't want to go into the details about how it happened, what was stolen, etc. What I do want to say is that I just can't believe this happened and I am so crushed that something like this had to happen at all. I know that what was taken is just stuff and that stuff can be replaced. What makes me the most upset is how violated I feel. I am in a foreign country, a place that is not my home and that I will never feel completely comfortable in. I have worked so hard to make my little room in Korea, my own space that is just mine and I feel safe in. Now, I don't have that. I have a space, that some stranger came into, destroyed, and left with my most valuable possessions. I have no sense of security in my apartment anymore and that's what hurts the most. I love Korea and I am so excited to return to a different city, but it's sad that my first year here has to end on such a bad note.
So, to wrap up this lovely vacation story: I went from paradise to hell in a matter of moments. Now, more than ever, I am ready to get out of Uijeongbu, out of DongMokKohl, and home to my wonderful family and friends who I miss so much. People have asked me "Do you want to leave Korea early after the break in?" My answer is NO! I have two reasons to stay: my adorable kids, and my equally adorable boyfriend :) Other than that, I am ready to go! Less than four weeks, and I will be writing my final post from the kitchen of my parent's house!!
That whole post is so happy and so sad. It's so exciting to be doing what you are doing, and to have such a violation of your space scar it is just crappy. I like my "stuff", and I get very attached to it, but to have scumbags come in my space and "soil" it is so hurtful. On an upside your vacation looked amazing!!
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