I've been with my host family for 3 days now and its been great. I have a older sister who is a university student and a slightly younger brother whose in High School. My host- 엄마 (mother) and 아빠 (father) are both really nice, plus the mom cooks really well.
Since I will only be starting Korean classes at Sogang University this Monday, it's been a quiet start to my year abroad. Yesterday, my host sister took me to the university so I could practice getting there for my classes. I have to find my way to a bus stop, get on the right bus before the doors shut, get to the subway station, get on the right train that goes in the right direction, transfer correctly, take the right exit out of the station and get to class. All while getting off the bus and train at the correct stop. One good thing is that most stops are announced in English, although that still doesn't make me less nervous. I am of course exaggerating the situation... or am I?
That same day, My host sister took me to see SHREK: The Final Chapter. One twist besides the strange enough Korean subtitles (I thought it would've been dubbed), was that it was in 4-D. Yes I wrote that correctly, 4-D. Not only was SHREK in 3-D, but the rows of seats moved like in Disney World, bubbles were involved and when SHREK landed on the ground, our bodies were jabbed. Plus there were puffs of air that would evoke shrieks of surprise from the audience. But not from me.
Anyways, its been a crazy week since I left Chicago, but I know there will still be tons more of these unpredictable weeks in Korea.
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"Plus there were puffs of air that would evoke shrieks of surprise from the audience. But not from me." Hahahaha, naturally.
ReplyDeleteThat's too cool...I wish they offered 4D movies around here!
I thought that this program allows you to study at a high school. Do you get any college credit from Sogang University?
ReplyDeleteHaha, you go half way across the world and you still end up watching Shrek!
Justin Hyun said he saw you at a noodle shop!
Your family sounds awesome!
Dude, it sounds pretty cool! I wish I had siblings lol
ReplyDeleteAnd isn't Asian transportation wonderful? I have a hard time living without it, despite the fact that I've been in Chicago for 11 years now
BJORN :)
ReplyDeleteI am glad to hear you enjoy your stay so far. It brings up memories of myself exactly one year ago... And I am really impressed of how much you write. I wish I would've been more disciplined with that :D haha my last post was in October, so I actually deleted my account a couple of weeks ago. I hope you will be better at that than I am. But PLEASE don't start writing in Korean after a while the way I did in English. It might be a little more confusing for us ;)
have fun!!!
-Anne :]
Bjorn!
ReplyDeleteThat is really really awesome :) I seriously couldn't stop smiling while reading these blog posts!
I hope your host family is treating you well. It's pretty cool that you'll have to travel to your classes. Very KOREAN. haha. Post some pictures of your family and your classmates and such up! How very exciting :)
Will you ever be coming back to America during your one year stay there? I hope you don't get too lonely or anything. Stay strong and have fun, Bjorn!