Appointment

Hmm today I helped a girl to move in to her room on the 5th floor of English town. for that she treated me for lunch (she went with us to the beach and yes I forgot her name). These last days I've helped alot of people to move into their rooms, I guess I'm to nice....

Around 11.00 I showed to adoptees the main street and were stuff is located on campus.

After lunch (free lunch to me ^^) with the moving girl, another girl from the beach and two adoptees we went to home plus (a really large convinient store think I wrote about it). I don't know why but Korean have this unsaid rule that the man should push the cart (why)... Then they have this rule welll you should carry all the heavy stuff to.... (why)...
I wonder what the girls do..

When we came back to English Town around 14.30 I had another appointment with my roomate to look at cellphones (and eat), because you can't use a Swedish cellphone in Korea thanks to their system CDMA. Anyway after 1.5 hour I came to the conclusion if I were to buy a used phone it would automatically cost me at least 180-190 dollars, and that was when the phone costed 28 dollars the rest is just other expenses.. I wasn't really happy then.

The crash course in mobile hunting came to a devastating end because I'm not willing to spend that much money. 10 minutes after this (I had yet another appointment) I showed one adoptee to Home Plus, some store clerks actually begins to remember me now (I almost go there once a day or even more)...

Again when we came back to English Town we meet some other people from the adoptee program and made another appointment for dinner 19.00.
So we were like 6 adoptees for dinner they all ate I didn't I just went with them. One actually got a huge bug in her soup and freaked out it was funny I think I have a picture of that. After that we wanted to drink some Soyu (almost like Korean Sake)? we found this place called Junco it was really cool I have to upload some pictures of that. Korean bar culture is like this you get several snacks (even food for free) but you should order like fruit or food to your drinks, otherwise you are being rude...

The day before yesterday evening

Well I guess the pacipitants of the Korean adoptee program are gathered here. I guess most of them are nice, However I have my doubt conearning a few of them.

Anyway today was really great you could actually walk around today without sweating like a pig the weather was kind of like Swedish weather...

So today?

Today when I got out in the hallway my floorchecker and friend let's call him Harry, it's easier for us all. Anyway he handed me the phone and said call Kim (adoptee from the last semester) the thing was the phone was already ringing, when Kim anwsered I bet he was as surprised as me..
at 11,00 Kim came by ET for lunch with meand two adoptees and some other people, it was great actually, except the green thingy, we ate because it was really spicy, not as bad as the chicken on a stick but still very hot...

Then I went for a sightseeing alone in Kimhae, I will probably post some pictures of it later.

Yesterday

Yesterday I went out on my own in Kimhae, it was a really bad idea actually, because it was so hot, gazing sun, and I didn't really know where to go. anyway nothing much happened took several random pictures, went to a restaurant somewhere. the cooking lady who I actually took some pictures of, insisted on trying to teach me how to eat with chopsticks, and slize my food, I guess she thought I was retarded or something, untill she finally realized I was from Sweden.

After that I went home to ET and sleept for awhile then I actually meet my Internet buddy Sooyeon (I think it's spelled that way at least...) she was realy humerous and I really liked her.

Why?

This night was the worst night yet in Korea, we have radiators in our room, and some guy thought it would be a good idea to test them last night.

The thing was the test wasn't like a fast on and off, no it had to go on thru the whole night, so it's like so warm, without the radiator, but with it it's murder.... we couldn't sleep...

by the way the clock is around 08.30 Koreans go up like 5 to go to school...

English Town

So I finally switched dorm now Iknow live at English Town instead of Upper Dorm. English Town is very small compared to upper dorm, it feels a little more cozy than, Upper Dorm, we are only like 150 studens instead of 2000 (Upper Dorm). I have actually one roomate I haven't seen him yet, but if he snores he's dead meat... I will upload some pictures later of my room and such at: http://fudgevalley.bilddagboken.se/
So you can see what it looks like..

One funny thing at English Town is that you have to speak English, and like no one does it they speak Korean, Chinese, but not English, even the gatekeeper doesn't understand a word of English.

Funny things I've tried so far part I

Hmm today I've had chicken feet, and chicken neck, it was really good actually but I don't think it ever will come to Sweden.

Eating raw fish?

So this night I went up for some water, when I reached the toilets I meet with one of the checkers (a checker checks all the rooms at 23.00 to see that eveyone is inside). The checker who by the way is very nice, has been out drinking, to much it seems.. he,s throwing up and his Chinese roomates takes pictures of him.

When we finaly got him to bed, the chinese guys started to rub his eyelids, and mouth with tiger lipbalm. He didn't like that.. At that moment I made a mentalnote to myself, don't get this drunk with these two Chinese people...

The next day I was supposed to wake up the checkerm at 07.30 because a beach trip was scheduled. I was kind of hesitating because I didn't think he would wake up, every sane swedish person would go *-fuck of leave me alone* to my amazement he woke up in the blink of an eye, and said, what time is it.. When I said it was 07.30 he just went okay, and went up... (the korean spirit is frightening (lol)).

We took the buss from Kimhae to Busan were we meet alot f other people, they were all very nice and funny, it's only to bad that I don't know what they are saying.. I have to learn Korean, like now,,, Anyway the beach was awesome one of the best beaches I've ever been to. The funny thing about Koreans is that they mostly swim around fully dressed, no bikini's the whole day. many koreans can't swim so they have bojs out in the water so you can't swim past them, because if you do, you will have an angry korean lifeguard blowing a whistle and you have to get back...

Yeah the sun was actually killing me it was the first time it was up, since I've got here, and it was murder +the humidity... so as I write this the morning after, I am so sunburnt, I'm having a hard time keeping my posture up...

Anyway after the beache we went to the fish market, the fishmarket in Korea consists of living fish, not dead, and the fish swims around in tanks. when you order your fish they kill it for you.. Anyway after we got our really fresh fish. We made a deal with a restaurant 500m from the fish market, and in 5 minutes we got served our freshly killed fish raw.. So now I've actually eaten raw squid, and some fishes (don't remember their names)...

28 plates for three people WTF!

After wakeing up this beatiful humid morning (the humidity is killing you, if you haven't experienced a weather simillar to this you have not, I repeat not experienced Korean weather) You take a shower 2 minutes later you sweat like a pig.. anyway I have to wait untill 11.00 because me and Hee Jung had set a time so she could show me around the city (Kimhae). When she arrives she takes me to lunch (breakfast for me) I don't get much down, because my stomache is not used to Korean food yet.

After that we go and meet two of her friends, and guess what they want to eat so I go with them I don't eat anything though. The food ir really, really freakish well made compared to Swedish standards I can't belive my eyes.. and it's dirt cheap like 5 dollars or something..

The dinner went so fast, because Koreans seems to be champions when it comes to speed eating, unbeliveble... When they are finished we separate again and Hee Jung takes me to the supermarket.. It's very odd compared to what I'm used to. I mean they have like 15 times more store clerks than in Sweden.. They have really peculiar food I tried Smashed little crabs... it was hot like all the food in Korea. by the way you haven't eaten hot food if you haven't eaten Korean food I repeat you haven't eaten hot food if you haven't eaten Korean food, because this is the truth..

Later on I'm by myself I go back to the supermarket to try and buy one piece of soap.. The store clerks are very helpful but they don't understand a word of English.. This one girl asks me blablablablabla (in korean) I say I'm sorry I only know English, She imediatly begins to laugh/blush, and runs away for her clerk friend. So what happens is one clerk becomes 2 clerks, 2 clerks suddenly becomes 3 this goes on and on untill they finally manages to be 7 clerks for just me.. After a major battle in trying to understand each other English (I win), one of them understands and makes a geasture for me to follow her. I do and she takes me to some expensive rice soap, that supposedly lightens your skin.. I don't want to buy i, because it is expensive and I'm cheap at the moment. However I can't put it down either because they have put so much effort into the whole thing now, so I buy it (they win)..

The evening is spent at a traditionell restaurant, it's awesome first time for me sitting on the floor and eating. the food itsel is mind blowing we are 3 persons and we get 28 plates (small) but diffrent stuff on each and everyone.. it taste good, or most it does anyway.. we can't even finish it so for this grand meal we pay a total of 18 dollars that included a bottle of seyuu (I think it's spelled that way) Koreans anwser to Sake.

INJE Upper Dorm

So I arrived to the airport of Kimahae, my final destination, I actually managed to get out of the plane very quickly, but as it turned out my bag came out last..
Anyway after getting out the main entrance hall I meet Hee Jung (she's manageing the Korean adopteeprogram) and her roomate Ineee maybe?
Anyway the first two things I see when I left the Korean airport was a man drunk ass hell being adressed by a police officer, a women throwing out something that was actually burning, from her car...

When we finally arrived at INJE, I'm getting placed in the upper dorm, to give you an image of it I can say it's on the top of a hill, and it's pain to walk up there.. Anyway as soon as I reach the main building, I hear this rumbling creacendo, it's mosquitos and the sound is so loud, insane. Anyway I get to meet some Korean and Chinese who stay in the upper dorm before getting transfered to English town (I'm getting transfered there to august 28 maybe).

I give them some Laktris they tell me it taste like shit, I agree ^^, because yo have to be a fool to enjoy it.

Finally after like 40 hours being awake nonstop, just for the sake of wakeing up at the right time in the morning (Korean time is 7 hours before Swedish time) I get to sleep, in this warm, humid room with a blanket that's ten time as thick as I want it to be. I fall asleep.

Seoul Airport

Yepp finally arrived in Sout Korea after 5 liters of water, several juice packages, odd meals and snacks...

Not to forget an elderly Japanese man whou couldn't speak anything but japanese so the conversation was stalled. Anyway sitting at the airport made me realize several things about the Korean people 1 the love digitalcameras. I've been sitting at the exact same spot and about 20 groups of Koreans have passed me, they all line up and then they take a picture...
2 Koreans are tall not everyone but most of them are tall.

3 Koreans are sucky in English in general, you can't talk to people because they can't understand you they just shake their head...

Hmm I tried to write this post 3 times at a telephoneboth, the thing was that could never complete the post because, it had a 9minute limit, this took me three times to get into my head, the first time I was in the WTF (what the fuck) state.. I do blame the Jetlag though... man I feel like shit I haven't sleept since I left Sweden that's more than 30hours.. I really have to be awake so no one tries to snatch my luggage..

well bye bye this is it from Seoul

10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3

I'm going to Korea in 3 days this wednesday actually. So at the moment my room is a mess, my head is a mess, eve my suitcase is a mess...

What to bring, what not to bring, I'm goign to stay there for at least 4 months and I got to have clothes for 3 seasons, that's a lot of luggage.

Sweden - bye bye
South Korea - hi hi