Travel Log Korea from the begining and onward
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| I did manage to make it downtown to a movie theater
all by my lonesome, which was rather fun. I do enjoy
theaters here, aside from the assigned seat thing. For
some unknown reason buying a ticket to a movie is like
buying a ticket to a concert and they tell you what seat
to sit in. Since my assigned seat was in the back row
under the balcony I waited until the lights went down and
the show began to just pick one of the many empty seats
in better viewing position. I went to see Men In
Black, which I though really hysterically funny, and
laughed allot, much to the dismay of the Asians sitting
within glaring distance. One of the perks of the
cinema here is that popcorn is very cheap, and you can
even bring in your own munchies. They simply don't
care. I like that, I think American theaters should
be more like that. I brought in a bottle of beer and had
a grand old time. Movies aren't too expensive about 5.50
American for the late night show, which is pretty
comparable to what I used to pay to see a movie in
Indiana anyway, so I figure I will enjoy it. Getting in the cab was fun. I took a cab downtown
because I couldn't remember the bus to get on, and said
"shin-A" which is supposed to get me downtown.
But the driver looked confused so I bulled out my little
Korean book and did my best to explain, when he suddenly
looked at me and said "shin-A?" I wanted to
scream in frustration at that point because I know I had
begun the conversation this way. Either way I ended up downtown, and close to something
I sorta knew, the YMCA, which is where one can get Korean
lessons for 30,000 won if one can remember to sign up for
them. After my movie I spent about two hours walking around
looking for places I know I had been and realizing I had
no clue how to get there. I stumbled down back alleys and
weird streets till it started to rain rather heavily, and
I started to get soaked rather toughly so I decided to
head home. At that point getting a cab was a bit more of a
challenge, and I finally ended up grabbing a cab and
doubling up with another rider, which in the end came
back to bite me as I ended up paying a bit more than I
wanted. Classes are going well, I started my new classes this
week, and so far everything is going along merrily. I
have several new students which I'm excited about. A few
parents are complaining about homework, until they learn
that the reason their child has fifteen pages of homework
to do is because said child has not done any homework at
all and this was why we kept calling home (I ask my
Korean partner teacher to make a phone call if a student
doesn't do homework three times in a row). This usually
makes the parent smile, and be very nice and pleasant and
makes the child look like death warmed over. Always fun
being a teacher and warping the minds of the
impressionable. Speaking of warping, I'd love to hear from somebody.
Anybody. Really. My inbox had one message this morning,
and when that happens I start to get really lonely. Looking forward to hearing from you soon. |