Blogs from Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, South Korea, Asia - page 3

Well, this is it! I arrived last night, after a blowout night in Toronto, somehow managed to survive the last night of rumba with Lex and Zee, we went out to some vaguely hip-turning-yuppie establishment, me with my puto tshirt (why don't people appreciate the punkness of the idea?) and freezing cause I locked myself out of my hostel room (by moving, by tired mistake, into a room with a broken door, finally noticing it, and then fixing the door --- too well!), so no coat, no money (found that later), and most importantly, no energy left after carneval for partying. In the next few days, in dribs and drabs, I'll be posting up all the photos of the trip, by the date, so it will be necessary to scroll down to see all the photos ... read more

Click on the film reals to the left to see some of our movie magic. Ah, January…Korea’s coldest month and the perfect time to partake in some snow- and ice-induced fun. First up came a Subzero evening - a bar in the cool HongDae area of Seoul. EVERYTHING is made of ice (minus the floor, much to Mel’s relief)…the walls, the chairs and tables, the candlestick holders, the artworks and sculptures, the bar and even the glasses. Upon entry we each received a very regal silver poncho, which we wore over everything we needed for the already subzero temperatures outside. Being the only guests meant that we weren’t shy about burning up the dance floor to stay warm. As it turned out, the weekend we chose to try skiing (the third time ever for each ... read more

So we left off after just arriving at Chris's in Korea. We stayed with Chris the first night (there was only one bed so he ended up sleeping on the floor....the appartment is just one room) and then his friend Tim gave us his appartment for the rest of the week and stayed with his girlfriend Becky. They're the coolest people, Tim once spent a couple months following the Greatful Dead on tour. The past 4 days we've seen some of the sights in Korea and a lot of the bars. During the days we went to the business district and all there was to do was play in a fountain of water! We also found a market with cheap clothes and the most disgusting smells, which we partly attributed to the dried octopus they sell ... read more

Classes started on Thursday the second. The system here is “try before you buy,” giving students a chance to attend classes before they decide which to take. It turned out to work in my favor, as one I had signed up for was not at all what I had thought it was. Plus another that I wasn't excited about looked like the most interesting class I will have here at Yonsei. Walking into a sea of people the day classes started jolted me back into a place I had seen before, but I couldn’t quite put my fingers on it. Oh, yes. That was it. A popular Korean soap opera where students ran to and fro greeting one another with huge smiles and words in expressive crescendos that I could not comprehend. As I watched from ... read more

I can't remember too much but I went skiing here and it was mediocre compared to Hokkaido in Japan... read more