Ahhh, Gentleman!

Today was full day#1 in Korea. It still feels like a dream, I can't believe I'm here. I woke up this morning and had to tell myself I'm in another country. My 2 co-teachers came over at around 10am to take me to the store, as I have no freaking idea where it is, it could be right in front of me and I'd have no idea. This place was huge. It was 4 stories. It had Sushi bars and clothing stores on the first floor. Second floor was a grocery store and a huge perfume store. Third and fourth floor was electronics. My co-teacher handed me a pair of cheap plastic slippers and asked me if I liked them, because I would be wearing them every day... WHat? In Korea, the teachers and students take off their shoes and wear slippers into the classroom and throughout the interior of the school, I'm glad I brought all those nice shoes! These things look like bootleg plastic karachis. It'll give a weird vibe in the classroom, like i'm getting ready to take a shower or something.

After I got back to the apartment I went for a walk around the neighborhood. This place has a very cool vibe. Everyone seems really mellow and peaceful. They just do their own thing and seem really de-stressed. I walked into the little Korean bodega on the corner of my block and these guys outside drinking all saluted me with their beers in plastic bottles and said, "Ahhh, Gentlemen!" and smiled. It made me laugh. Oh ya, drinking in public is legal here. You can get on a bus with a 40 or walk into a store drinking a bottle of jack and no one really cares.

Later in the night I met up with some westerners to enjoy the Ansan night life. It was pretty awesome. It was like freaky freaky all night long. We ended up at this sports bar and they had a life sized Michael Jordan manikin, but his bulls jersey had the number 32 instead of the famous 23, what the hell? After some Kiwi soju and Gabi I was ready for sleep... Oh ya, it's raining, well past midnight and freaking hot...