A Year of the Rats Special Report: Home Away from Home, Pt 2 of 3

Safe from the nonexistent dangers of the Demilitarized Zone, our guided tour continues inside the apartment. But wait! If this is part two of three, I couldn't possibly show you the piece de resistance (the actual apartment of course). It's a good thing there's something else of worth to take up your valuable internet reading time.

The view.

As everyone knows, a window is only as good as its view. Of course it helps if it's well built and clean... but the view is the best part.

Especially here.



See all those little kids lined up? That's a school. Looks like a maximum security school for little monsters, and it makes sense given some of the kids I teach. But damn. Maybe at some point I'll get into the YouTube game and upload some videos of the marching drills these kids do. It looks like army bootcamp for 7 year olds. Doesn't really help them stay under control in my class though.

If you look down a bit, you can see the outer wall of the school, where there's a walkway, and another wall. Then, there's your first glimpse of the sea.



You see it? It's not actually a sea of water. Oh no. That there is the sea of garbage. (Quite appropriate post-monsoon I might add).

Here, take a better look.



Tomorrow is the inside of the apartment. Really.

- Shawn