The tower. Sorry crappy shot.
Pictures of Seoul at night.
Seoul
Seoul
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Seoul Tower
A few weeks ago I went to Seoul Tower. It's basically like any other tower. You go up really high and get a good view of the city. I went at night but wouldn't mind going during the day one of these days. Maybe next year. Here are some pictures.
The tower. Sorry crappy shot.
Pictures of Seoul at night.
Seoul
Seoul
The tower. Sorry crappy shot.Pictures of Seoul at night.
SeoulSeoul
Monday, May 4, 2009
Monday, April 13, 2009
A hodgepodge of sorts
Pictures!
Brown Class Kinder Graduation Ceremony
Stanford Class Graduation Ceremony
Seoul Museum of History
I think an old map of Seoul.
The 4 most influential Kings of Korea.
Palace. Once you've seen one you've seen them all. They really are all the same.
A picture of me of course (shameless)
Some tombs of Soldiers in the middle of Jamsil.
More tombs.
Tombs plus city backdrop.
I went to a wedding on Saturday and it was so cute. When I walked out of the subway station they had written this on the side walk. I thought it was the cutest idea ever. They also had arrows every couple of yards pointing you in the right direction.
This was at the Dragon Hill Lodge on an Army Base in Noksokpyong.
And probably ruining their privacy here is a picture of them haha. She just looked so beautiful I had to share with everyone.
Brown Class Kinder Graduation Ceremony
Stanford Class Graduation Ceremony
Seoul Museum of History
I think an old map of Seoul.
The 4 most influential Kings of Korea.
Palace. Once you've seen one you've seen them all. They really are all the same.
A picture of me of course (shameless)
Some tombs of Soldiers in the middle of Jamsil.
More tombs.
Tombs plus city backdrop.
I went to a wedding on Saturday and it was so cute. When I walked out of the subway station they had written this on the side walk. I thought it was the cutest idea ever. They also had arrows every couple of yards pointing you in the right direction.
This was at the Dragon Hill Lodge on an Army Base in Noksokpyong.
And probably ruining their privacy here is a picture of them haha. She just looked so beautiful I had to share with everyone.
The Long Awaited Conclusion of Incheon
So the next morning when we leave we get Dunkin Donuts and find the subway to go to Incheon. When we get there we find the bus we need to get on and go to the port area. First though we found some street fair. It looked pretty shaddy and I have issues with rides now a days (getting old :( ) so Jess S and K went on what looked like the viking. They said at first they were fine and having fun but then it started to go really high and like I said shaddy.
We leave that little area and head over to the ferry's that take you over the tiny islands. For some reason we decide to go on a cruise boat instead. Little did we know this cruise boat would be filled with halmoni's (very old women all dressed in the same flowery shirt and giant visor) as well as a few foreigners. The boat was literally a party boat. There was loud music and even shows you could watch. The halmoni's really enjoyed these things. I don't know why considering the beautiful ocean view we were experience on the outside but whatever floats your boat (oh I'm so hilarious).
On the outside of the boat it was actually a little chilly and these giant seaguls were following the boat the whole time. They would fly up really close to me and then turn and look at me. It freaked me out so much. I mean they were freaking LOOKING at me with their scary food seeking eyes.
After about an hour and half of the halmoni fest we got off the boat and headed over to the China town portion of Incheon. We ate "Chinese" food which isn't anything like Chinese at home. I miss you General Tso's and crab rangoon! This little area reminded me a lot of San Francisco. Anyway after that we ended up going back home. It's about a 90 minute subway ride from Incheon to Cheongdam with one or two transfers. My butt was numb by the time I got off of that thing.
Yeah sorry that wasn't very interesting to make everyone wait so long for. I really am going to try and update this a lot more I promise.
We leave that little area and head over to the ferry's that take you over the tiny islands. For some reason we decide to go on a cruise boat instead. Little did we know this cruise boat would be filled with halmoni's (very old women all dressed in the same flowery shirt and giant visor) as well as a few foreigners. The boat was literally a party boat. There was loud music and even shows you could watch. The halmoni's really enjoyed these things. I don't know why considering the beautiful ocean view we were experience on the outside but whatever floats your boat (oh I'm so hilarious).
On the outside of the boat it was actually a little chilly and these giant seaguls were following the boat the whole time. They would fly up really close to me and then turn and look at me. It freaked me out so much. I mean they were freaking LOOKING at me with their scary food seeking eyes.
After about an hour and half of the halmoni fest we got off the boat and headed over to the China town portion of Incheon. We ate "Chinese" food which isn't anything like Chinese at home. I miss you General Tso's and crab rangoon! This little area reminded me a lot of San Francisco. Anyway after that we ended up going back home. It's about a 90 minute subway ride from Incheon to Cheongdam with one or two transfers. My butt was numb by the time I got off of that thing.
Yeah sorry that wasn't very interesting to make everyone wait so long for. I really am going to try and update this a lot more I promise.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Incheon
Last Friday I set off on an adventure to Incheon with my friends Jess S and Jess K. It was definitely an interesting experience but pretty fun
So at around 9:15 pm I meet up with Jess S to take the first leg of our journey. We were meeting Jess K in Sindorim which was still at least a good hour to Incheon. When we get there I had to pee really badly. I go wait in this long line when these four teenage girls come stumbling up to the line. Two of them are really drunk. One looks dazed the other like she's going to puke at any minute. Soon her and her friend are pushing there way through the line and she's throwing up in a trash can. Her friend is beating her on the back. Sounded more painful then helpful. Jess S says that she can't be around this so I'm waiting by myself.
Jess K soon sends me a text saying that she thinks that this might be the second to the last train for Incheon. So I run out of the line and up the stairs to the plat form. I call and ask where they are cause I can't see them and she tells me, "Oh, just kidding. They were all running so I thought it was the last one." I give up on peeing and get on the subway.
Well after about 6 stops I look at the subway map to see where we are going. After looking at the line we are supposed to be on for Anyang (the subway stop we were approaching) I find out that we are going the complete opposite direction we should be on. We get off of the subway and go back up and transfer at the right spot and again are on our way to Incheon.
That is until we get a call from Jess S' friend saying why are you going to Incheon you should stay in Bubyeong. So at midnight we end up in Bubyeong. I still have to pee. We get something to eat at a kimbab place (I get bibimbab which is just rice in a big bowl with veggies and red sauce) and we go to try and find Jess S' friends. After hanging out with them for about an hour we try to find a place to sleep. Lucky for us we stumble upon love motel street. We tried four love motels before we picked one.
First was White Castle which wanted 60,000 won. Then Topaz that wanted 40,000. Then this really shaddy one with no name. We walk in and the old man kind of looks at us and gets this hobbit looking lady to come out and talk to us. She sort of like grunted at us and ended up going fron 30,000 to 20,000. Jess S says she's going to run away from the situation so we leave. The last place we go, Black Hole we got for 35,000 and it was amazing. An actual tub with jets. Big screen tv. It was nice. And that was the night. Alright have to go to work but I'll write about Inchecon later.
So at around 9:15 pm I meet up with Jess S to take the first leg of our journey. We were meeting Jess K in Sindorim which was still at least a good hour to Incheon. When we get there I had to pee really badly. I go wait in this long line when these four teenage girls come stumbling up to the line. Two of them are really drunk. One looks dazed the other like she's going to puke at any minute. Soon her and her friend are pushing there way through the line and she's throwing up in a trash can. Her friend is beating her on the back. Sounded more painful then helpful. Jess S says that she can't be around this so I'm waiting by myself.
Jess K soon sends me a text saying that she thinks that this might be the second to the last train for Incheon. So I run out of the line and up the stairs to the plat form. I call and ask where they are cause I can't see them and she tells me, "Oh, just kidding. They were all running so I thought it was the last one." I give up on peeing and get on the subway.
Well after about 6 stops I look at the subway map to see where we are going. After looking at the line we are supposed to be on for Anyang (the subway stop we were approaching) I find out that we are going the complete opposite direction we should be on. We get off of the subway and go back up and transfer at the right spot and again are on our way to Incheon.
That is until we get a call from Jess S' friend saying why are you going to Incheon you should stay in Bubyeong. So at midnight we end up in Bubyeong. I still have to pee. We get something to eat at a kimbab place (I get bibimbab which is just rice in a big bowl with veggies and red sauce) and we go to try and find Jess S' friends. After hanging out with them for about an hour we try to find a place to sleep. Lucky for us we stumble upon love motel street. We tried four love motels before we picked one.
First was White Castle which wanted 60,000 won. Then Topaz that wanted 40,000. Then this really shaddy one with no name. We walk in and the old man kind of looks at us and gets this hobbit looking lady to come out and talk to us. She sort of like grunted at us and ended up going fron 30,000 to 20,000. Jess S says she's going to run away from the situation so we leave. The last place we go, Black Hole we got for 35,000 and it was amazing. An actual tub with jets. Big screen tv. It was nice. And that was the night. Alright have to go to work but I'll write about Inchecon later.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Monday, February 23, 2009
Half Way Point
Wow. I have been in Korea for 6 months now. I can't believe how fast it has gone. I know these next few months are going to go by equally as fast and I don't know how I feel about that. On one hand I'm excited to never have to work at my school again. But I'm going to be leaving some of the most amazing friends I have ever met. I know I won't lose the real ones, but I have a feeling there will be a few I will end up not talking to again. Eh, so is life right?
So I've been here 6 months. What have I learned? Well I can tell a cab driver how to get almost anywhere I want to in Seoul. All you have to do is add "yok" (which basically means subway station) to the end of any place in Seoul. For example if I'm in Myeongdong and I want to take a cab back to where I live, in Cheongdam, I just have to tell the cabby "Cheongdam yok." And off I go into the general direction of where I live. I also know how to tell them to go left or right and to stop "right here."
I've learned that Tuesday Wing Night is an amazing way to bring you back from a crappy Monday and more then likely a crappier Tuesday. I literally count down the minutes to when I can run out of the building screaming "ASAH!!" and onto the subway headed towards Itaewon. Meeting up with your friends at the same bar every week may seem "boring" and "old" but I really love it. Beer also helps.
On that note I've learned how to drink really crappy beer. Through my college years I never drank the stuff. EVER. I hated it. I would have an amoretto sour here and there but never would I order a beer. In Korea (especially on wing night with 8000 won pitchers) beer is a staple. There are two kinds of beer in Korea, Cass and Hite. I'm not to sure which I like better but I do tend to drink more Cass.
I've learned that there are rude, stuck up, mean, racist people everywhere. Shows you that regardless of the country people are the same.
Though I already knew this it is now engrained into me, thanks boss, that no matter how hard you work you will not get recognized for it. However the instant you do something seemingly wrong to management you will be talked to. Love that. Luckily that hasn't messed up my hardworking mentality.
I've learned that life feels the same no matter where I am. I thought that coming to Korea would be this big life changing thing. But really it doesn't feel much different. Sad? Not really. Maybe I won't realize the extent of what this "adventure" did to me until it's over.
I'll try and post more. I'm sorry that I have been slacking so much. I blame ugly, cloudy and cold Korean weather. Like I've said time and time again I don't do much worth posting. I work all week and hang out with my friends on the weekends. Soon though we're going to be going outside of Seoul and actually seeing Korea.
So I've been here 6 months. What have I learned? Well I can tell a cab driver how to get almost anywhere I want to in Seoul. All you have to do is add "yok" (which basically means subway station) to the end of any place in Seoul. For example if I'm in Myeongdong and I want to take a cab back to where I live, in Cheongdam, I just have to tell the cabby "Cheongdam yok." And off I go into the general direction of where I live. I also know how to tell them to go left or right and to stop "right here."
I've learned that Tuesday Wing Night is an amazing way to bring you back from a crappy Monday and more then likely a crappier Tuesday. I literally count down the minutes to when I can run out of the building screaming "ASAH!!" and onto the subway headed towards Itaewon. Meeting up with your friends at the same bar every week may seem "boring" and "old" but I really love it. Beer also helps.
On that note I've learned how to drink really crappy beer. Through my college years I never drank the stuff. EVER. I hated it. I would have an amoretto sour here and there but never would I order a beer. In Korea (especially on wing night with 8000 won pitchers) beer is a staple. There are two kinds of beer in Korea, Cass and Hite. I'm not to sure which I like better but I do tend to drink more Cass.
I've learned that there are rude, stuck up, mean, racist people everywhere. Shows you that regardless of the country people are the same.
Though I already knew this it is now engrained into me, thanks boss, that no matter how hard you work you will not get recognized for it. However the instant you do something seemingly wrong to management you will be talked to. Love that. Luckily that hasn't messed up my hardworking mentality.
I've learned that life feels the same no matter where I am. I thought that coming to Korea would be this big life changing thing. But really it doesn't feel much different. Sad? Not really. Maybe I won't realize the extent of what this "adventure" did to me until it's over.
I'll try and post more. I'm sorry that I have been slacking so much. I blame ugly, cloudy and cold Korean weather. Like I've said time and time again I don't do much worth posting. I work all week and hang out with my friends on the weekends. Soon though we're going to be going outside of Seoul and actually seeing Korea.
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