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I'm Alive!

Yes, alive in Korea. I can't really type much, as I am currently robbing wireless from some poor sap in the neon-industrial complex of Sanbon, but suffice to say that Things Here Are Crazy.

Here's a brief checklist:

-rows upon rows of gaunt grey high-rises, lined up like a grim army of uniform soldiers and punctuated with the occasional blood-red neon crucifix to remind us all that God Is Everywhere.

-being made to drink many shots of Soju (rubbing alcohol, basically) by my co-workers - Sam from Australia, Mike and his sister Nicky from England, and Billy and Brenda from Korea. Yes, their names are Billy and Brenda, and if any kids in my classes don't already have Westernized names, I get to choose one for them! Say hello to little Magus Strombeard and Angus McFacerape.

-having a drunken Korean kid love me (but not in THAT way). He gave me his phone number and a pack of cigarettes and we exchanged many hand-slaps and fist bonks, despite the fact that all he could say in English was "I'm Sorry" and all I can say in Korean is komapsumnida (Thank You). His friend played Green Day on the guitar so we could sing Basket Case karaoke. Booze is the bridge between cultures.

-a wildly skewed light in my bathroom which gave me two electric shocks when I was stupid enough to attempt reattaching it to the ceiling (twice). I look forward to taking many showers with a live current above me.

Aaaaaaaand that's about it. Wow, that's QUITE a bit. I haven't made any Korean babies cry yet, with my filthy foreign visage, but I'm working on it. I start teaching tomorrow!

Posted by Chris at 07:26 AM >> Commentations (8)