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Showing posts with label Weekend. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Weekend. Show all posts
Last Weekend (마지막 주말)
Waking up at 8am to work at 9am for a couple of hours for the kids that had a PELT interview test. Finished at 11:30, and had lunch with the boss' sons. Went to a "new" restaurant in town and had 육회비빔밥 and 갈비, then I went to Gwangju to watch Eagle Eye. Then stopped by eMart to pick up the new Epik High album, Lovescream, get some more Dr. You Cereal bars. Got the subway back to Nongseong station, and checked out Geumho world. Got a 3,000 won discount on a silicon case for the new iPod. Had KFC at the bus terminal (which was a bad idea - lucky that my toilet doesn't have a blog). Spewing is not fun.
Spent Sunday morning trying to feel better, then sorting though my clothes to see which ones are going to be coming with me back to Australia, being recycled, or being thrown out. Then, went for a walk around town with my camera, to take a few pictures.
View from the 12th floor.
The soccor field, which is mainly used for mums walking around at night for some exercise.
Sangga. The "shopping centre" here.
Next to Sangga is the sports centre, which has a swimming pool, gym, dance academy, taekwondo place, a billiards hall, ten pin bowling, an english hagwon, and a piano hagwon.
the "civilian part of town" Sangga is in the part of town where all the military people live.
On the first floor is THE bakery and a small convenience store. 3rd floor is my old Geomdo place and a billiards hall.
The old Geomdo place. Closed down December 2007.
Tong Tong GImbap. When Gimbap Nara is closed, I go here. They're open longer.
At the main 네거리 in town. Family Mart on the corner, and next to it is the pizza place i get pizza from.
Hapkido, a PC bang (my town has 3 of them), and 2 convenience stores. Channel Q closed down about 2 months ago. Dream is a convenience store that also rents a shit load of comics and videos, with a shitty DVD section.
A road sign at the 네거리.
A few other places in town. Another PC bang, and the noraebang that I go to, which is owned and run by one of my student's parents.
Two decent restaurants in town, and the 2nd floor is where the hagwon I work at used to be.
The doctors and chemist I go to.
The middle school.
Mom's Touch Chicken (used to be BBQ Chicken) and a closed town Accessory 가게.
The bank.
Gimbap Nara.
The other part of town.
The other supermarket, Hanaro Mart.
The Post Office.
The bus stop near my place that takes me to Jangseong.
Bus and street sign from the bus stop, facing 사창네거리.
Spent Sunday morning trying to feel better, then sorting though my clothes to see which ones are going to be coming with me back to Australia, being recycled, or being thrown out. Then, went for a walk around town with my camera, to take a few pictures.
View from the 12th floor.
The soccor field, which is mainly used for mums walking around at night for some exercise.
Sangga. The "shopping centre" here.
Next to Sangga is the sports centre, which has a swimming pool, gym, dance academy, taekwondo place, a billiards hall, ten pin bowling, an english hagwon, and a piano hagwon.
the "civilian part of town" Sangga is in the part of town where all the military people live.
On the first floor is THE bakery and a small convenience store. 3rd floor is my old Geomdo place and a billiards hall.
The old Geomdo place. Closed down December 2007.
Tong Tong GImbap. When Gimbap Nara is closed, I go here. They're open longer.
At the main 네거리 in town. Family Mart on the corner, and next to it is the pizza place i get pizza from.
Hapkido, a PC bang (my town has 3 of them), and 2 convenience stores. Channel Q closed down about 2 months ago. Dream is a convenience store that also rents a shit load of comics and videos, with a shitty DVD section.
A road sign at the 네거리.
A few other places in town. Another PC bang, and the noraebang that I go to, which is owned and run by one of my student's parents.
Two decent restaurants in town, and the 2nd floor is where the hagwon I work at used to be.
The doctors and chemist I go to.
The middle school.
Mom's Touch Chicken (used to be BBQ Chicken) and a closed town Accessory 가게.
The bank.
Gimbap Nara.
The other part of town.
The other supermarket, Hanaro Mart.
The Post Office.
The bus stop near my place that takes me to Jangseong.
Bus and street sign from the bus stop, facing 사창네거리.
Weekend + 1
Went to Seoul this weekend to meet up with some friends. Was meant to go to the International Car Show with K on Saturday at COEX, but it didn't work out (I think I didn't have his new number), so I just hung out in COEX, resisted buying some Apple stuff from the A# Shop. Then headed out to Children's Grand Park to meet up with GM, walk around, have a chat, have dinner together (the galbi was good, but a little pricey), and checked out Star City (a cinema and shopping place near 건국대입구), for some ice-cream and a bit of shopping. Then, while walking though e-mart, GM had the idea of "꽃민남 되자", and bought some skin care, and a "팩", walked through Konkuk Uni (건국대) to get to GM's place and had more of a chat, while becoming 민남들. ㅋㅋㅋ Talked about our lives recently, what we're gonna do after we leave Korea (i'm headed back to Australia, he wants to go to the U.S. to get his Masters) and a few other things. He's one of my best friends here in Korea, and I'll miss him a lot.
On Sunday, I met up with MH and went to Apgujeong had lunch and chatted. We wanted to see a Korean horror movie, 외툴이, but none of the cinemas we checked out were showing it. It was good to meet up with her, and talk about a lot of stuff we've experienced in Korea.
Since Apgujeong was closer to Yongsan than Yeongdeungpo, I decided to go to Yongsan and change my train ticket to get the train from Yongsan. I bought the ticket the day before, but at the time of change, the train was all booked out at the time. But, Yongsan to Yeongdeungpo is only one stop away. Then the confusion started, because she said all the trains for the rest of the day were booked out, and then she started to show me tickets for the next day. So then I asked her, is there really no space from Yongsan to Yeongdeungpo, and she just replied with the "sold out" line. It made me think, who has my seat from Yongsan to Yeongdeungpo? So, i asked, "are you sure that all trains are sold out?", because I saw the electronic billboard that said that KTX were available, and she said that KTX was available, so I just had to pay an extra 5,000 won to get KTX, which meant that I arrived in Jangseong at 7:55, rather than 8:40pm, which was okay.
Today, I found out that the boss told some of the kids that I'm leaving, so I started telling my classes today that I'm leaving in 19 days, and that October 17th is my last day. Feels good to actually tell the students. The main questions were "why?" and "what are you doing when you get back to Australia?". The boss asked me for my email, coz i think he's got a replacement lined up. I had the usual group of kids who wasted mine (and students) time in class, so I made them write some lines in Korean.
One student actually had the balls to say "yeah, i was wasting time, sorry", and started writing. The other was "you can't kick me out of class, because my parents paid money for it", so i just replied with "the other students' parents paid money, and because of your behaviour, their time is being wasted, because of you.". Like I give a shit about your parents money. Get a backbone and take some responsibility.
A t-shirt that I've designed before (the "Yes, I Know (dokdo belongs to korea) But, I don't Care!" t-shirt) had been printed up by Babo Shirts. Check it out.
Weekend: 1 down, 3 to go
Saw two movies this weekend, Mirrors and 울학교 이티 (Our School's English Teacher). Both were pretty good. After watching Mirrors, i just went to eMart and did some shopping. On Sunday, before the movie, I went to Sejung outlet and had a quick look around, but nothing really to buy. Didn't like the "atmosphere" in the Adidas store, thanks to the sales staff, so took my money elsewhere. Bought a CD case, to hold my backups that I'm making this week of all my stuff.
Had some McDonalds before watching 울학교 이티. I'm glad it tastes the same as back home. 울학교 이티 wasn't too bad. A good test for my Korean, and a good tune out from the rest of the world. Had a bit of a chat with a guy who saw me leaving the theatre. He thought it was pretty amazing/surprising that a foreigner was watching a Korean movie. We had a bit of a chat about movies, how long I've been in Korea for, etc. Seemed like a decent guy, in his early 30's, but was getting dirtly looks from his wife and kid, who were telling him to hurry up. hehe
Stopped by the Apple Store in Geumho world to get a Mini-DVD to S-video/Composite Video connector, so I can connect the Mac to the TV when I get home. Had a decent chat with the guy that owns the store, and said thanks for putting up with me for three years. I've bought a bit of stuff from him, and he's a decent guy - always up for a chat. Also bought some blank dual-layer DVDs while I was there. 3,000 each. A bit steep, but not too bad.
On the cover of my CD case. Last time I checked, digital was a adjective, not a noun, therefore, you can't have digitals.
Also, something i saw on the cover of Samsung's Pleomax blank disc range. There's nothing wrong with it gramatically, it just made me laugh, and think, are blank discs the only sensible thing that Samsung make?
Had some McDonalds before watching 울학교 이티. I'm glad it tastes the same as back home. 울학교 이티 wasn't too bad. A good test for my Korean, and a good tune out from the rest of the world. Had a bit of a chat with a guy who saw me leaving the theatre. He thought it was pretty amazing/surprising that a foreigner was watching a Korean movie. We had a bit of a chat about movies, how long I've been in Korea for, etc. Seemed like a decent guy, in his early 30's, but was getting dirtly looks from his wife and kid, who were telling him to hurry up. hehe
Stopped by the Apple Store in Geumho world to get a Mini-DVD to S-video/Composite Video connector, so I can connect the Mac to the TV when I get home. Had a decent chat with the guy that owns the store, and said thanks for putting up with me for three years. I've bought a bit of stuff from him, and he's a decent guy - always up for a chat. Also bought some blank dual-layer DVDs while I was there. 3,000 each. A bit steep, but not too bad.
On the cover of my CD case. Last time I checked, digital was a adjective, not a noun, therefore, you can't have digitals.
Also, something i saw on the cover of Samsung's Pleomax blank disc range. There's nothing wrong with it gramatically, it just made me laugh, and think, are blank discs the only sensible thing that Samsung make?
40 to go...
Went to Daegu and Busan, to catch up with a few friends before I go. I can't meet up with everyone... If I don't meet up with you before I leave... well (sorry to he harsh), but deal with it *^^*
Here's a couple of photos from the weekend:
I have mixed feelings about why I'm leaving. I'll be honest - all things said and done, I like Korea, and I will miss it. I just really hate my job, and stuff to do with "English". I'd be happy working in a restaurant waiting tables in a 갈비집 for 6-12 months, coz it's something different. Lol
Meh... as long as I get home safe, it'll be all good ^^
Here's a couple of photos from the weekend:
I have mixed feelings about why I'm leaving. I'll be honest - all things said and done, I like Korea, and I will miss it. I just really hate my job, and stuff to do with "English". I'd be happy working in a restaurant waiting tables in a 갈비집 for 6-12 months, coz it's something different. Lol
Meh... as long as I get home safe, it'll be all good ^^
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