Just finished my second week here in Seoul and I'm still experiencing something new everyday. This blog focuses on some of these experiences and categorizing them accordingly. I'll start with the good...
Good
1. Korean women love to wear high heels and little clothes. I know that this may make me sound really shallow but I'm thinking more about it in a more functional manner...they can look sexy while giving their calves a strenuous workout.
2. Just like high heels, the metro cards are multifunctional. These cards can be purchased at your local convenient mart for a few bucks and then you add money according to your needs. Not only do these rechargable cards work for the metro they can be used for taxis, buses, and buying goods at the local family mart.
3. Phone chargers, I know that this may sound odd but Koreans have come up with an ingenious way to stop the age old problem of dead cell phones. If you are like me you tend to never have your charger when its needed most. In Korea this isn't a problem though, the chargers here are universal with a seperate adapter that correlates to the model attached to that phone. This way you'll never have to worry about ending those late night sext sessions at the bar due to a dead battery.
Honorable Mention: South Korea is the most connected country in the world. Within the next two years the average Korean household will have internet speed 200 times faster than that of an American home. Ironically I think I might be the only person in the country who still has to come steal internet from the local coffee shop.
Bad
1. Cigarettes are only like $2.25 here and they smoke them everywhere which has me starting a pretty nasty habit. Mom if you're reading this don't worry I dont smoke I'm just trying to act cool.
2. Blood Sausage, I'm sure that this is available back home but the way that they present/prepare this horse penis doesn't make it appealing at all. Its 4 am after a night of drinking and I am ready to give the street meat a shot. My friends decide as a right of passage I need to have a serving of this treat first. Needless to say I didn't enjoy chewing up this almost raw mystery meat.
Ugly
Fortunatly there is only one thing that falls into this category. Unfortunatly, it deals with bathrooms. I'm assuming that Koreans do this because of bad plumbing systems but they don't flush toilet paper. Instead they "neatly" dispose of it in the trash can. You can only imagine how disgusting this makes public restrooms. Also, lots of bars offer you a snack when you purchase a certain amount of alcohol. I like this alot but be careful not to ask for more salsa...Salsa here refers to something totally different (its related to the early subject from this section.)
Until next time.
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