Sunday, March 18, 2012
Leak Watch
The leak is getting worse. Every morning my little porchy-bit is flooded. And what's worse is that I've just discovered a second! This makes me sad... They said on Friday that they'd look at it on Monday. I hope they get them fixed!!
Saturday, March 17, 2012
"The List" Update
I think I can cross off the following:
34. Do karaoke in public - Having been to three noraebangs since I've been in Korea, I think I can safely say I've done this!
And ones I'm getting closer to completing:
66. Visit all 7 continents - I have now been to Europe (obvs!), North America, Africa and Asia. Three more to go!
Thursday, March 15, 2012
That awkward moment when...
You want to get in the bathroom to get ready for bed but you put some washing on and the machine is emptying the water all over your bathroom floor so you have to wait until it's finished... Average!
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Happy White Day!
Today is White Day, so Happy White Day! This is the day when the boys give gifts (mainly sweets/candy I think) to the girls. On Valentines Day, the girls give gifts to the boys. I gather that this is normally choccy-based. This is what my last class of the day were teaching me. One of the girls had a whole tub of lollipops so I was teasing her that she had lots of boys that love her, haha. "Teacher no!"
She gave me a lollipop for White Day, and one of the boys gave me a sweet, how cute.
She gave me a lollipop for White Day, and one of the boys gave me a sweet, how cute.
Monday, March 12, 2012
Korean Ages
The age system here is interesting. When a child is born, they are considered to be 1. They then add a year on New Year's Day. So they don't actually add another year onto their age on their birthday. And if a child was born on 29th December, they would be 2 on New Year's Day, when in our reckoning they would be 3 days old. Interesting stuff, eh?
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Shops
Shops that I didn't expect to see here:
- Accessorize
- The Body Shop
- Cath Kidston
Argh, there were more but my "morning after the night before" brain can't recall at this second...
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Week Two!
Having not updated for 2 weeks, let's hope I can remember what's happened. It's been such a whirlwind so I'll give you a very quick break down of what happened in week 2. I'm bound to forget something interesting...
Monday 27th February
So today was the first time visiting the school. Got to watch some classes, and did some origami. One girl taught me how to make an origami jewel, although I have completely forgotten how to do it now! Was pretty cool though!
Found out I'm an afternoon teacher. Means my first class is at 11:50, and some days I'll be there until 20:30. That's cool though. No early mornings and everything stays open so late here that a late finish isn't really a problem at all! Plus, I'm sooo not a morning person.
In the evening we went for more Jjimdak. Twas yum.
Tuesday 28th February
Today we went in to school and then had to go for our medical. The process was so quick. We just went from one station to the next. Height, weight, hearing test, eye test, blood pressure, blood sample, urine sample, x-ray and we were outta there! They're nothing if not thorough!
The evening was spent in a foreigner bar in Nowon. Played some darts... They bloody love darts here! They have dart boards and electronically count the score and they even have a camera on them so you can connect to somebody in another bar and play with them. Mental! Now I didn't expect to see so many dart boards when I came to Korea.
Wednesday 29th February
More observations and got our schedules.
Went over to Bucheon for a night out with Luke as it was his last day at work. It's really far away!! But was a great night. Went to a bar where you pay W15,000 for a glass and then it's all you can drink red wine. Well, it would be rude not to!
Then it was time for more noraebang! Woop! Was a really good night.
Thursday 1st March
Moving day! But first I had to get back to the Love Motel in Suyu for 11am. Now that was never going to happen. Firstly, I left to get the subway at 10am...
It took me a good 40 minutes to find the subway. Then I had to ride to rammed subway (it was a National holiday) all the way back to Suyu. This took about an hour and a half. In a panic I arrived back to the motel and luckily they hadn't been to collect me yet. However, I then had a problem... I had lost my motel room key. The woman on the reception shouted something at me in Korean. As I can't understand I am going to pretend it was something like "Oh don't worry about it, pet. We'll sort this right out for you." Anyhoo, that got sorted and it only cost me W10,000. A lot cheaper than if I lost a hotel key in the UK I'm sure!
I then managed to squeeze everything in my one suitcase and about 20 minutes later I was on my way to my apartment.
The apartment is cute, except for the cockroaches and a leak. The bathroom is just a wet room. No separate shower cubicle. It all just drains on the floor. That's including the washing machine that is in my bathroom. Drains on the bathroom floor. Interesting!
Once I was in, I felt a little lost. I had no idea where the others were. Then they knocked on my door - how nice.
Friday 2nd March
First day of teaching - argh! I think it went ok though. To be honest, it was all a bit of a blur so looking back I can't really remember. First day ever teaching, ever! Was pretty scary, but I survived. And once I was finished, it was party time. On to Hongdae!
Monday 27th February
So today was the first time visiting the school. Got to watch some classes, and did some origami. One girl taught me how to make an origami jewel, although I have completely forgotten how to do it now! Was pretty cool though!
Found out I'm an afternoon teacher. Means my first class is at 11:50, and some days I'll be there until 20:30. That's cool though. No early mornings and everything stays open so late here that a late finish isn't really a problem at all! Plus, I'm sooo not a morning person.
In the evening we went for more Jjimdak. Twas yum.
Tuesday 28th February
Today we went in to school and then had to go for our medical. The process was so quick. We just went from one station to the next. Height, weight, hearing test, eye test, blood pressure, blood sample, urine sample, x-ray and we were outta there! They're nothing if not thorough!
The evening was spent in a foreigner bar in Nowon. Played some darts... They bloody love darts here! They have dart boards and electronically count the score and they even have a camera on them so you can connect to somebody in another bar and play with them. Mental! Now I didn't expect to see so many dart boards when I came to Korea.
Wednesday 29th February
More observations and got our schedules.
Went over to Bucheon for a night out with Luke as it was his last day at work. It's really far away!! But was a great night. Went to a bar where you pay W15,000 for a glass and then it's all you can drink red wine. Well, it would be rude not to!
Then it was time for more noraebang! Woop! Was a really good night.
Thursday 1st March
Moving day! But first I had to get back to the Love Motel in Suyu for 11am. Now that was never going to happen. Firstly, I left to get the subway at 10am...
It took me a good 40 minutes to find the subway. Then I had to ride to rammed subway (it was a National holiday) all the way back to Suyu. This took about an hour and a half. In a panic I arrived back to the motel and luckily they hadn't been to collect me yet. However, I then had a problem... I had lost my motel room key. The woman on the reception shouted something at me in Korean. As I can't understand I am going to pretend it was something like "Oh don't worry about it, pet. We'll sort this right out for you." Anyhoo, that got sorted and it only cost me W10,000. A lot cheaper than if I lost a hotel key in the UK I'm sure!
I then managed to squeeze everything in my one suitcase and about 20 minutes later I was on my way to my apartment.
The apartment is cute, except for the cockroaches and a leak. The bathroom is just a wet room. No separate shower cubicle. It all just drains on the floor. That's including the washing machine that is in my bathroom. Drains on the bathroom floor. Interesting!
Once I was in, I felt a little lost. I had no idea where the others were. Then they knocked on my door - how nice.
Friday 2nd March
First day of teaching - argh! I think it went ok though. To be honest, it was all a bit of a blur so looking back I can't really remember. First day ever teaching, ever! Was pretty scary, but I survived. And once I was finished, it was party time. On to Hongdae!
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