13/11/09: Congratulations, Edward!
Category: Korea
Posted by: LiteraryHero
Congratulations, Ed. Now that you are done your college entrance exams, you can take it easy. Well, that isn't exactly true. For some reason, even though the college entrance exam is the only criteria for university acceptance, the seniors still have to take final exams. From what I understand, they are meaningless, but I don't even know what the point is. I guess it has to look like something is being done, but it obviously isn't important to the students.
That being said, let's move onto other things. Oh actually, I don't have too much to say. I had a half day on Wednesday and the day off Thursday for the aforementioned college entrance exams. Some coworkers and I were supposed to go out and get obscenely drunk on Wednesday afternoon, but I snuck out early. I just wasn't really in the mood for it.
Instead, I went to the Gwanaksan park next to Seouldae and walked around. It was a little chilly, but it was still a good time. The changing colors of the leaves, and of course the bright red maple trees, which every person I met this week told me about. I had to explain that I knew about maple trees. In fact, the maple leaf is on the Canadian flag, our neighbor to the north. Still, people seemed surprised.
After that, I went to the opening ceremony of the Seoul Lantern Festival. I have some pictures, but again, they are at home. If you want to check it out, take a peek at Tuttles blog, he also was there. We didn't run into each other, but that isn't surprising, being that there were roughly two hundred and sixty eight trillion people there. Oh, and most of them were middle and high school students who wanted to see SS501 and Dr. Mong-kenstein. I'm not too interested in that stuff, so I just took a brief look at the pop star Ivy and then pushed my way through the crowd.
The lanterns were really cool, and it was a nice, albeit crowded walk along the cheongyecheon. I also at a cup of bundegi, which is boiled silkworm larva. I usually don't eat them, but I was feeling frisky, and they are hot, which goes nicely with the cold weather outside.
After I got home, I drank some beer and went to bed. Nothing special, but I must have done something wrong, because I woke up Thursday morning feeling nauseous. I had maybe 3-4 beers the night before, but I honestly thought I was going to vomit, and I don't know why. Fortunately, after a few minutes the feeling subsided. After that, nothing too special happened.
I did go to the bank to send money to my US bank account. I haven't been doing this recently because I am saving my money to move into a luxury apartment (hah) next year, so will need all the deposit money I can get. However, I do have a minor student loan to pay, and plan on taking a vacation this winter, so could use some funds in there for bills and traveling.
After that, I hit the gym because I am so frigging dedicated. From there, Jisun and I went to Dos Tacos at Gangnam station (well I guess it is closer to Shinnonhyeon now, but whatever) to eat burritos. It was Jisuns first experience eating Mexican food, and she really liked it, so that is good. Once we finished eating, we dropped by the Kyobo bookstore in Kyobo tower for some browsing. I have roughly six hundred unread books on my plate, so I promised myself I wouldn't buy anything else. That and I didn't bring my gift certificate, and I hate spending money on anything that doesn't involve alcohol or video games.
And that, well that just about wraps up what I did on my mini break. Nothing special, but any time I don't have to work is good for me.
That being said, let's move onto other things. Oh actually, I don't have too much to say. I had a half day on Wednesday and the day off Thursday for the aforementioned college entrance exams. Some coworkers and I were supposed to go out and get obscenely drunk on Wednesday afternoon, but I snuck out early. I just wasn't really in the mood for it.
Instead, I went to the Gwanaksan park next to Seouldae and walked around. It was a little chilly, but it was still a good time. The changing colors of the leaves, and of course the bright red maple trees, which every person I met this week told me about. I had to explain that I knew about maple trees. In fact, the maple leaf is on the Canadian flag, our neighbor to the north. Still, people seemed surprised.
After that, I went to the opening ceremony of the Seoul Lantern Festival. I have some pictures, but again, they are at home. If you want to check it out, take a peek at Tuttles blog, he also was there. We didn't run into each other, but that isn't surprising, being that there were roughly two hundred and sixty eight trillion people there. Oh, and most of them were middle and high school students who wanted to see SS501 and Dr. Mong-kenstein. I'm not too interested in that stuff, so I just took a brief look at the pop star Ivy and then pushed my way through the crowd.
The lanterns were really cool, and it was a nice, albeit crowded walk along the cheongyecheon. I also at a cup of bundegi, which is boiled silkworm larva. I usually don't eat them, but I was feeling frisky, and they are hot, which goes nicely with the cold weather outside.
After I got home, I drank some beer and went to bed. Nothing special, but I must have done something wrong, because I woke up Thursday morning feeling nauseous. I had maybe 3-4 beers the night before, but I honestly thought I was going to vomit, and I don't know why. Fortunately, after a few minutes the feeling subsided. After that, nothing too special happened.
I did go to the bank to send money to my US bank account. I haven't been doing this recently because I am saving my money to move into a luxury apartment (hah) next year, so will need all the deposit money I can get. However, I do have a minor student loan to pay, and plan on taking a vacation this winter, so could use some funds in there for bills and traveling.
After that, I hit the gym because I am so frigging dedicated. From there, Jisun and I went to Dos Tacos at Gangnam station (well I guess it is closer to Shinnonhyeon now, but whatever) to eat burritos. It was Jisuns first experience eating Mexican food, and she really liked it, so that is good. Once we finished eating, we dropped by the Kyobo bookstore in Kyobo tower for some browsing. I have roughly six hundred unread books on my plate, so I promised myself I wouldn't buy anything else. That and I didn't bring my gift certificate, and I hate spending money on anything that doesn't involve alcohol or video games.
And that, well that just about wraps up what I did on my mini break. Nothing special, but any time I don't have to work is good for me.
Ed wrote:
I think I have to study one more year.
I got horribles score in English.
Shame on me...