First Day in Seoul pt.2

Wakey time, Internet cafe, SangDo, Seoul
Got to walk around the area today. I start work tomorrow, so I wanted to buy some shit for my place, groceries etc. I headed south for 2 small blocks, and I'm at the main street (I pass this internet cafe on my way). I turn left (East) and walk on the south side of the street up a not-very-steep hill. Seoul is a combination of both crazy tall buildings and very small ones. Kind of like a soccer ball; the short building being the white part, and the tall ones the black.

It's crazy how many stores etc they can fit into the smallest spots. Every building has some sort of retail in it... on all accesible sides. So one face of a building will have say 3 stories, and each story will have a new business every 20 feet or so. So one FACE of a building may have 8, 10, 12 different companies within 3 floors!

I walk up the hill and come up on 'Heightsville', a huge group of buildings (think Parkway Forest in Willowdale styles). Since it's on a hill, it seems CCCRRRAZZZZYYY high!!! Like a huge apartment fortress overlooking the SangDo province. I will attach a pic as I get a camera.

I proceed to buy 3800 W bottle of water ($4.40!) and other too expensive stuff and head home, after passing the entrance to the SoongSil University, and the SoongSil U. Subway Station.

No westerners or non-Koreans in my turf. I only know how to say 'standard greeting-good for all times' and 'thank you'. Shit, I can't remember how I eat this night.

b.a.
ps In real life Tunisia just scored to tie the Tunisia-Saudi Arabia game.... wooo haaaaaaaaaa!

First day in Seoul pt.1/Late entry

Okay this is my fake first post. I am writing this about two weeks behind, so I will try to capture all as realistically as possible.

Tuesday, May 30th about 5am Korea time (3pm EST-May 29th) - just arrived.

Got in safe and sound at about 3am, met my co-worker Mike, an American, the head teacher at my school. We took a cab into my area SangDo, south of the Han River. Took a tunnel and came out near the subway. We dropped my bags at my apartment, nice but small, 2nd floor. No patio, but a sort of room extension with a washer and clothing rack.

We dropped in to a little Korean restaurant. Mike says he wouldn't usually go there, but for food, it's about it for this late in this area (not bad for the time about 4am?!). Got DongkaSu, a breaded pork cutlet, kind of like a Weiner Schnitzel. With Korean side dishes (free stuff, usually some pickled and peppered veg, and a creamy something, like salad with mayo [boo]) it is a good night ender. I leave off from Mike near the main street (don't know the name), and walk alone to apt. Pass an all night convenience store (bodega) and grab a pack of Korean smokes 'Arirang', and some rice-in-seaweed sandwiches for breaky (I now know they're called KimBap, and they can come as a triangle or as a roll-like maki in sushi joints-pretty cheap, like 90cents each).

Crash out time...
b.a.