What I've learned from that experience though? Never. Trust. Korean. Pharmacies.
Sure, medication is cheap. But one gets a lot of that and in the end it's a drug poisoning because you have to take 5 pills 3 times per day. Nope, thanks. I rather suffer because of the damn cough than poison myself.
So classes have started and it's really difficult to get up at 6.45AM every morning but since I'm a turtle I need about an hour to get ready for class. I'm slow, I know that. It's okay.
In my neighborhood near Ewha, hidden in a small alley is a really cute café I went to with friends a few times named Alice in Cupcake. The prices are okay for Korean standards, the wifi is of course free and it's really a comfortable atmosphere.
Also, I went to Sinchon with my friends to have bingsu! Yes, it looks different from some other types of bingsu but this is more like a cake. Crushed ice, strawberries underneath, then a sweet cake base. It's a little more expensive than other types of bingsu but I really loved it.
March 14th was White Day in Korea. White Day is, as some of you might know, similar to Valentine's Day. In Korea it's just that girls give candy to boys on Valentine's Day and the boys return the favor actually on White Day. Black Day is the 3rd day in this collection but I will tell you more about it next month since it's coming up on April 14th.
Since Eva and I went out the day before White Day with a friend of hers and another girl, her male friend got flowers with some chocolate for all of us. That was really too kind and too sweet!
On March 17th the EWHA PEACE Buddy group hosted a movie day. We watched a movie called Jeon Woochi about a Taoist wizard and well.. snacks were free. The strawberry soda didn't taste like strawberries tho. Everything else was just different from what I'm used to in Germany but I actually liked the snacks.
And there is one thing I've been doing regularly... partying! Mostly in Hongdae. So far there are two clubs I like even though the other clubs we've been to so far weren't bad either. Club Zen, whatsoever, seems to be more like a club for desperate guys trying to hook up with (foreign) girls but the music and the atmosphere are pretty awesome. Mike's Cabin is more of a latin music club where lots of foreigners gather. Nothing against non-Asian foreigners in Korea, I myself am one of them, but that's what actually bothers me the most. I like to realize that I am in Korea and not in Germany (where I could party with lots of non-Asians obviously) but it's fun to hang out there.
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| Hongdae Station on a Saturday night |
So what will I do this week? I know about Saturday and that's already annoying enough. A historical sightseeing tour that starts in the Museum of History in Seoul. Sightseeing is okay but why of all places a museum again? Either way, I'll have to go.
I only know I have class during the weekdays and sometimes I really don't want to get up. The ability to wake up early in the morning disappeared with my high school diploma.
Either way, I guess another entry will be coming up either on Saturday or on Sunday so maybe in a few days. If something exciting happens I will of course write about it but I doubt anything will happen during the week..
