It's been fairly slow lately. This past weekend was a three day weekend because of some Korean holiday. I didn't do much other than shop for groceries. I did find a place by me that has chicken, which is good because none of the normal markets in my neighborhood ever have chicken. I joined a new website for foreigners in Korea. I got some info about gyms in my area, as well as some places to go to hang out. Apparently there are two gyms at the intersection where my school is located. One is like $1200/year to join, but is absolutely amazing. The other one is supposedly kind of dumpy, but a lot cheaper. I'll probably end up joining the cheaper one, but maybe I'll switch to the other one once I get some money saved up.
The owner of my school has asked if I would sign on for another semester. Apparently I was hired in the second semester (of two semesters), and they would like for me to be there for a full school year. The owner has offered to fly me home in between two of the semesters. I would probably go home after this semester, mainly because I would like to go to Thailand in the summer next year. If I signed on for another semester, I wouldn't be back in the states until 2010. That might not be such a bad thing. I've read that most economists are predicting that is when the economy will actually start to turn around at a decent rate. The weird thing is that now that I am over here I have been keeping up with the news in the US more often.
I guess my health check came back ok, so I should be getting my Alien Registration Card soon (think green card in the US). That will allow me to open up a bank account. I think it also makes registers me for the health insurance.
I went rock climbing last week at a giant rock wall. It's located near the Ttukseom Resort stop on Line 7. The wall is in a public park located on the Han River, a river that splits Seoul from East to West. The park was beautiful and the wall was awesome. One thing that wasn't awesome was my climbing ability. I haven't climbed a rock wall successfully since high school. It mainly has to do with the fact that I have a hard time pulling up my body weight on the little nubs you grab to climb up the wall. Hopefully that will change in the coming months.
I'm going to try and make some videos this week. Here are some of the ideas I have, and some that have been recommended:
-The walk from my apartment to my school
-A tour of my school
-Random shots of the teachers and kids
-Some shots of the main road by my apartment
-Random girls on the street that I can get to marry my brother
-A cool looking park I found near my place
-Olympic Park
-A subway ride
If you have any ideas for any additional videos, or have a request of something specific you want to see then let me know.
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