Almost a Month In Korea

So its been a while since I have posted anything... I have been busy with so many things to do...Lets see what has happened since my last post...Well I decided to go to a place in Suwon and their motto is Happy Suwon...Every place you go they have a motto like in Ansan City its Bravo! It was the most tiring walk I have ever done but going to the top was awesome to see the whole city before me. I also met other teachers from all over the world. I also ate a roasted pig with bean paste it was sooo delicious.One thing here is that Koreans love to eat and you get your moneys worth. I have been going out to places to eat and they have all been good and tons of food to go around.

The following week I went to Itaewon which is shopping central for all foreigners who need regular sizes. I tried some Mexican food and it was okay you can't expect much they tried. I also found an english book store and found Maus which is the most amazing graphic novel I have read...I just need to find the second volume.....This day was krazy because we decided to do Norebong which is like Kareoke but this is the Korean version....they don't like it if you call it Kareoke because that is japanese...So after a crazy night I went into the subway station and did not get the last train because I was confused to where I was suppose to get it so then the guy that works there shows me but I don't understand no Korean at all...very fustrating and so then he looks at me bewildered...so then he kicked me out at 11:45 and i had to be somewhere I did not know and I saw some americans and directed me to where I can get a taxi...so then one taxi denied me because it was far and then another one said yes so it took me about an hour and I got home...I was happy...their subway system is still confusing to me...In LA i get it...but here with the issue of language barrier is annoying...

Last week I went to a Kimchi Festival in Seoul...I went to the Kimchi museum where it showed the many variations of how they have used kimchi...and then went for a tasting of Kimchi...It was an okay event not many difference of kimchi they were all the same the only highlight of that was the 3 year kimchi which tasted so good....it had so much flavor...That day we also went to see a movie I finally saw district 9 and i have to say that movie rocked my socks...the story was so good and the actor was amazing how he changed through out the movie it was great....

One thing I have noticed here that people are superficial everyday I see people in the elevator looking at themselves its kinda of funny. You are not going to see no one looking frumpy its krazy to me I thought LA was like superficial central but I was wrong. Everywhere you go is shopping mania that is what it revolves around here so you go in the streets and its just things to shop for. I guess what I miss is my neighborhood hearing kids play outside, the ice cream man song, people around talking in the street,hearing people play loud music, and late night drunks at 5am. Here everyone is in apartments, isolated, lonely, not getting to know your neighbor, I find it kind of sad, this is what happens when commercialism enters a city and looses its identity, it just becomes a repeat there is no character to it. That is what I like about living in LA there is character and uniqueness to each area you live in. Each day I find things I like here and then other things I love about LA.