Now that I know I’m not much longer for my current apartment, I decided to finally finish my effort to make a video record of my annoying yet also always interesting commute. The commute logically divides into three parts (and, out of order, I have already posted parts 2 and 3): 1) highway 23 and the market, walking from my apartment to the bus terminal; 2) the bus ride from Yeonggwang to Hongnong; and 3) the walk along Hongnong’s high street to the school.
So here is part one, taken on my walk to work last Wednesday morning, January 5th. I made a “real time” recording and only did the most minimal editing, with jumps only for starting/stopping the camera. The music I added is what actually shuffled onto my mp3 player as walked. So it’s an effort at “shaky-cam” video realism, I guess. It’s probably kind of dull – but for those interested, I think it offers an unvarnished glimpse at the more banal aspect of life here.