Thursday, December 18, 2008

ONE MAN'S TRASH IS ANOTHER'S TREASURE

Koreans, like the Japanese, have a wonderful habit of throwing out perfectly good items as they replace them with newer, better, shinier stuff. So quite often furniture and household items are left out in the street overnight for collection. Why they don't pass the things on to a second-hand shop for others to use I'll never know. But it's to my advantage as this week, walking home from work, I found a nice and well-needed lamp for my apartment. Although certainly not everyone's taste, I like my new lamp and feel it has a lot of character. It works perfectly and even came with a bulb!

2 comments:

Era said...

Hey there, nice to meet you! This lamp rocks, I would definitely pick it up.

Anonymous said...

I had a peek some of your life in Japan and Ireland. so impressive! Did you get my text msg? Another recommendation just popped up on my mind on the way home after crazy wine party. Hope the Budda statue will help have you organized. :)