I’m here to study, but more-so I came to Korea to experience as much as possible. These past two weeks I have been better at skipping my afternoon naps to find something around Seoul to do. Mondays and Wednesdays I am finished with my classes after my Korean language class. Last week a few girls and I went for a bike ride along the Han River after lunch. We rented a bike that looked like it came straight from the Wrigley’s Doublemint Gum commercial, you know the one with the twins, for 3,000 Won for an hour.
Like almost everywhere we go, we got attention for being foreigners and many people said “Hello!” There were also many hard-core bikers and people exercising on the outdoor gym equipment. I think I could do that every week because of the busy but laid-back atmosphere. Yesterday was Wednesday so I went with Pauline and Jenni (from Finland) to Topgol Park. It had a large Pagoda to see and a few old Korean style pavilions. There were a lot of old men relaxing in their suits with their newspapers, and a few more serious people near the Pagoda. We decided to sit on a small wall and somehow ended up sharing what was on our Ipods. First we busted out the Disney songs, and let me go on the record saying that Jenni singing “Hakuna Matata” in Finnish is hilarious! However, catching us seat-dancing to a Spice Girls song had to be the highlight of the day for a couple ahjussis (old men) that passed by. Today I met my language tutor, SeonYeong, and a group of other tutors and international students to make Kimbap. As I said before kimbap looks like a sushi roll, but it can be filled with anything but raw fish. SeonYeong and I sat at a table with two of her classmates and between us we made 12 rolls of kimbap! It was delicious, although the café Ewha Sarang on campus has the best and cheapest kimbap around and I don’t have to work for it.
I met a few girls for some shopping and a movie, we watched “The Women,” with Korean subtitles of course. The theater was really nice and the screen was huge, but I found it a little weird that they gave us assigned seats with our tickets. When I returned I had a message from Saera, an Ewha student that was my roommate when she exchanged to Waynesburg, with dinner plans for tomorrow. Before that, I have Understanding Images class from 3-6:00. We analyze films with economic, cultural and historical perspectives; it’s really interesting and I like it a lot but I’m kind of regretting taking a class so late on a Friday. Right now the plan for the weekend is to go to the beach on the East Sea, so we get to do some sight-seeing and still slow down enough to study. Plans change easily though, so I’ll let you know about that later.
Like almost everywhere we go, we got attention for being foreigners and many people said “Hello!” There were also many hard-core bikers and people exercising on the outdoor gym equipment. I think I could do that every week because of the busy but laid-back atmosphere. Yesterday was Wednesday so I went with Pauline and Jenni (from Finland) to Topgol Park. It had a large Pagoda to see and a few old Korean style pavilions. There were a lot of old men relaxing in their suits with their newspapers, and a few more serious people near the Pagoda. We decided to sit on a small wall and somehow ended up sharing what was on our Ipods. First we busted out the Disney songs, and let me go on the record saying that Jenni singing “Hakuna Matata” in Finnish is hilarious! However, catching us seat-dancing to a Spice Girls song had to be the highlight of the day for a couple ahjussis (old men) that passed by. Today I met my language tutor, SeonYeong, and a group of other tutors and international students to make Kimbap. As I said before kimbap looks like a sushi roll, but it can be filled with anything but raw fish. SeonYeong and I sat at a table with two of her classmates and between us we made 12 rolls of kimbap! It was delicious, although the café Ewha Sarang on campus has the best and cheapest kimbap around and I don’t have to work for it. 
I met a few girls for some shopping and a movie, we watched “The Women,” with Korean subtitles of course. The theater was really nice and the screen was huge, but I found it a little weird that they gave us assigned seats with our tickets. When I returned I had a message from Saera, an Ewha student that was my roommate when she exchanged to Waynesburg, with dinner plans for tomorrow. Before that, I have Understanding Images class from 3-6:00. We analyze films with economic, cultural and historical perspectives; it’s really interesting and I like it a lot but I’m kind of regretting taking a class so late on a Friday. Right now the plan for the weekend is to go to the beach on the East Sea, so we get to do some sight-seeing and still slow down enough to study. Plans change easily though, so I’ll let you know about that later.
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