Here are plenty of photos of Ingleside and what I have been doing around here these past few days. First of all, some photos of the house I'm living in now.
The common doorway. The landlord's parents stay on the first floor, so their entrance is separate from the rented rooms upstairs.
The bedroom. I now, looks like my belongings just exploded all over the place. It's the 'holiday' look, ok.
The bathroom.
The living room. Comfortable couches! (could do with a bit more lighting though)
The kitchen. It actually has a decent sized oven!I'm going to get pampered by this.
The neighbourhood. It's uphill, so assume the people staying here are either very fit or drive everywhere.
Another photo of the view from the living room. Hahah...I want to try the spring onion thing when I get back to my dorm.
And walking around Ingleside, here are a few photos. I'm kinda proud that I dared to explore the neighbourhood without a map (I research my route on Google maps the day before). This is Stern Grove, which is a small forest reserve/dog park. The lake is a natural lake though. It's nice that you can see some ducks and smell trees when you are walking there(although I found out today that there are some pretty awesomely big slugs that live here as well).
I've no pictures of them, but there are some circular stone pits where you can make a campfire, and some barbeque areas as well, which would be fun in less rainy weather.
I think this would be the park's management office, although it looks like an idyllic house in the countryside to me.
This pic is of Brooks Park, a tiny park 2 blocks away from where I stay, but it's probably one of the highest points around this area, so the view is pretty. You can see the ocean from here.
And then I walked to the beach since it was close to Stern Grove. It's really cold and I was stupid enough to take off my shoes and wade in the water, but the scene is really pretty, especially with the sun going down and mist in the mountains. There were some even crazier people surfing as well.
And then I sort of got lost a little on the way back (not fun when it's getting dark and the housing areas are almost deserted) But managed to get back onto the main road with some directions from passersby. My strategy is just to follow the main road with the train tracks and I'd eventually reach home.
When I'm not walking around outside, I'm usually either being a couch potato or cooking(or eating).
Jong Gol. The guy whose room I'm renting left some perishable food in the fridge, so those contributed to this dish.
Pizza. I should stop making these, I find I'd eat too much everytime I make pizza. It's the pastry, I'm addicted to pastry. I make breadsticks as a TV snack instead, today.

And also, I went to the nearby mall to do some Christmas shopping...er,no...Christmas camwhoring. Gosh it feels good to try on clothes that you wouldn't pay for.Either because they are too expensive/you look stupid in them, but you want to try them on anyway/you don't need them. Although my yum cha gang would be a nice addition to my little outing. Camwhoring is so much skankier with them :D