I finally bought a sheet for my bed. A sheet—nothing more—because this one piece of fabric cost $50. I don’t understand why bedding is so expensive here. I would suggest to anyone coming to Korea to find out if their bed will be sheeted and blanketed, and if not, to find out the size and bring sheets of your own. Not only is everything expensive, most of it is really ugly, too. Luckily I found a decent looking sheet, and will have to go back to get a matching overpriced blanket. So dumb.
10:40am: Woke up, did nothing
1pm: Walked 5 minutes to work
2:30pm: Ate lunch that the school paid for (we get a 5,000 won meal allowance each day)
3pm: Taught first class of six
6:15pm: Coworker’s birthday, sang and ate cake. Bell rang, no one moved. ”Didn’t the bell ring?” ”Yeah.” Everyone sat and ate more cake for five minutes.
7:45pm: Finished last class, went home
MWFs are a bit longer, but will also be easy. Thursdays are even shorter. Awesome. It’s so much more laid back then my old job, it’s unbelievable.
peaceloveandwonderland asked: hi! we're going to seoul on april 4 - 14.. can you suggest a hostel that is cheap and convenient. we're looking for double rooms. Thank you so much! : )
Hi! I actually don’t know of ANY hostels in Seoul, since I’ve never had to stay in one. Your best best would just to be to find one on hostelworld or something. For staying in Seoul, it would be ideal to be near a subway stop because the city is so big. Also, you should def try to stay a little north of the river if possible since that is where most of the stuff you would probably want to see is. Sorry I don’t know much :[
I have a big bone to pick with whomever decided the Seoul public transportation hours. Subway closing down at 12am on weekends and holidays? In a city where there are 24-hour coffee shops and clothing stores, and where it’s not uncommon for business-people to work super late hours? Really? I DID find out that the buses run later than the subway, though, which is helpful.. but still. I’ve spent $50 in the past three nights getting home from Hongdae or Sinchon. Ugh. White Whine, I know.
Side notes: there are an obscene amount of people from Illinois here now—which is awesome, and the number will only increase when Patrick and Jen come in the fall :). And the Lovely Bones is a really terrible movie.
