Sunday morning, I woke up early again and decided to make some calls of my own. I got to talk to my mom- who has booked her flight to Korea and is coming in December!!! I am so excited! We are planning to go to Thailand over the break. I honestly cannot wait. I am so pumped! After talking with her, we all set off for the school to catch the 9001 bus to Seoul. Turns out we can catch this bus closer to home. Now we know for next time. It was a great ride, the Korea bus system is great! For 1800 won, we were brought right into Seoul on a very comfortable air conditioned bus. When we got there, Leona, her friend Janet and a new teacher Megan met us outside City Hall. We then ventured toward the subway and went to I Park mall after stopping to watch a re-enactment outside of a palace. It was pretty cool. So we went to the mall (whose slogan by the way is “I love malling”) to purchase used cell p
hones. This mall was unreal. Every level was something new. One level all cameras, another all computers, another all tvs, another all cell phones, etc. And they were big floors! It was somewhat dizzying. We got to the cell phone floor, but Leona was unsure about what stand to g o to for the used phones. We managed to find one place, but while the guy came over with the available phones, I was off perusing other stands (my ADHD must have kicked in with the presence of so many flashy things) that I missed out on scooping one up. It was alright, though because we found another stand with more phones. I ended up paying 45000 won for a phone, two batteries and a charger. Turns out that my phone even has minutes on it! I guess it was a blessing in disguise that I was off being irresponsible and not paying attention when everyone else was getting their phones. So my phone’s pretty cool and I am pretty sure it can do a lot of cool things, but I can’t understand all of it yet, and some things are in Korean, even though the setting is in English. Add that to my list of reasons to learn Korean. Once we were done with cell phone shopping, it was back on the subway (Which I am sure is simple, but seems ridiculously complicated to me) to Namandaung Market. Before we went to the market, we all decided to stop and eat something. Again, I just pointed and hoped for the best. I got a super spicy dish, again. I tried my best to eat it and laughed it off. It was quite good, but I just couldn’t cut it! I will make friends with spicy food yet! We arrived at the market, which was pretty cool, minus the really funky random smells that hit your nose like, well, something gross. It reminded me somewhat of the markets in Thailand. I bought 3 shirts, a cool Hello Kitty to dangle from my cell phone (which is just as big as my phone itself), and a couple of things to mail home. After the market, it was home we went. Again, I was in bed by 10:30. I wish weekends didn’t go by so quickly. It just doesn’t seem right.
hones. This mall was unreal. Every level was something new. One level all cameras, another all computers, another all tvs, another all cell phones, etc. And they were big floors! It was somewhat dizzying. We got to the cell phone floor, but Leona was unsure about what stand to g o to for the used phones. We managed to find one place, but while the guy came over with the available phones, I was off perusing other stands (my ADHD must have kicked in with the presence of so many flashy things) that I missed out on scooping one up. It was alright, though because we found another stand with more phones. I ended up paying 45000 won for a phone, two batteries and a charger. Turns out that my phone even has minutes on it! I guess it was a blessing in disguise that I was off being irresponsible and not paying attention when everyone else was getting their phones. So my phone’s pretty cool and I am pretty sure it can do a lot of cool things, but I can’t understand all of it yet, and some things are in Korean, even though the setting is in English. Add that to my list of reasons to learn Korean. Once we were done with cell phone shopping, it was back on the subway (Which I am sure is simple, but seems ridiculously complicated to me) to Namandaung Market. Before we went to the market, we all decided to stop and eat something. Again, I just pointed and hoped for the best. I got a super spicy dish, again. I tried my best to eat it and laughed it off. It was quite good, but I just couldn’t cut it! I will make friends with spicy food yet! We arrived at the market, which was pretty cool, minus the really funky random smells that hit your nose like, well, something gross. It reminded me somewhat of the markets in Thailand. I bought 3 shirts, a cool Hello Kitty to dangle from my cell phone (which is just as big as my phone itself), and a couple of things to mail home. After the market, it was home we went. Again, I was in bed by 10:30. I wish weekends didn’t go by so quickly. It just doesn’t seem right.
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