Seoulscapade

Some great news today that is keeping me chuckling. AMCO has begun construction! The gates down at the construction site where our apartment will be built are finally open again, signs are up and trucks will be rolling.

This comes after the court ruled in our favor of AMCO, and by extension us, on all counts and booted out the gangster Hanjin. It has also ruled that the trouble-makers, the old residents there, who refused to pay more money and created so many of the problems for us, will have to pay up and do as they are told.

I really laughed when I heard that last part. They have cost me so much money in rent because of their stupidity. Finally, we have some justice.

I also hear that AMCO is a rising star. It has or is building a steel works twice the size of Yeouido—Seoul’s business district—so it’s truly massive. That is raising their profile and will send our apartment values up. At last the wait is over.

But there’s no getting back the years of rent we’ve had to pay because of the delay.

—- Update! —-

Often in my life I speak too soon. You know, I’ll never get married, I’ll never be poor again, I’ll never become a cynical person—things like that.  And yet again, I spoke too soon. It seems that the signs and activity at the site were not AMCO’s doing. It was Hanjin!

Why is Hanjin suddenly motivated to look like it is a real building company and actually turn up at our construction site? Well, of course, it’s just a front for their gangster operation. The reason they are attempting to look busy is to get more money out of AMCO. AMCO has to pay for work already done, so Hanjin is putting on a pathetic and fake show to impress the idea that it has done and still is doing lots of work.

It’s yet another tactic that shows what a scumbag company Hanjin is. They’re not fooling anyone with such an amateurish production.