I've been in Korea for around 1 week.
Weekdays are taken up by classes from 9AM-8:30PM. Although some students complain of the seemingly repetitious routine, I am actually pretty thankful because every class focuses on a different subject (from Korean Pottery to Creating Teaching Materials) and the schedule keeps everyone occupied with work other than going out to drink (curfew is at 11pm).
Well, this weekend we were taken to Seoul as a group and watched the show NANTA. The show was by far the most captivating, exciting, and thrilling interactive show I have ever experienced. There were only 5 cast members and each showed expertise in martial arts, cooking, percussion, comedy, dancing, and just plain awesomeness. I recommend the show to anyone who ever visits Seoul. Just in case, it's in the Gangwon area.
After the amazing show I walked around the town with some friends and eventually ate lunch, went to a Korea vs Japan soccer game at Incheon Stadium (Korea lost pretty badly...but the group Sonyuhshidae performed at half time which was pretty cool), and spent the night at a Chimchil Bang. This sauna was no normal sauna. Unparalled with 5 floors which contained a PC room, Singing room, arcade, restaurants on every floor, sleeping rooms, countless heating and cooling rooms, business rooms, anime spots, massage areas, and of course the amazing male spa areas where you chill with the guys naked. After getting very clean and having some good bonding time with friends, I went to Jubolee church in Gangwon on Sunday. I loved how the pastor was so real and challenged the congregation to examine their lifestyles and to see if they are living a life of love. After church I was reminded of how small the Korean community is when I met Ben Park, Crystal Kang, Justin, Noah, and other friends at the church. 6,000 miles away and I still see people I know :) That's pretty amusing to me.
Took the bus back to Suwon, ate at the food court at Home Plus, took a taxi back to school, and then played some ultimate frisbee.
All in all, a jam-packed weekend of using public transportation (which everyone uses here unlike Los Angeles) and bonding time with some friends.
3 comments:
are you... teaching these classes or attending these classes? ahh jjil jil bang sounds sooo goooood, as well as seeing those familiar faces! =]
wow that's almost 12 hours of classes =O glad you're enjoying it and learning a lot and making the most out of every opportunity. and aewsome how you ran into all of them foos there in korea of all places. i hope to run into you in LA soon =] but i know that won't be until 2010 =/
lucky man, i wanna visit seoul again! haven't seen my friends there in 2 yrs...
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