Shortly after my arrival, I was asked "What's it like?" Partially tongue-in-cheek, I replied "It's like New York... without the good stuff or the Americans." At the time, that was the best I could do. I had been here for such a short time, that I had barely had the ability to explore Seoul and come to conclusions about what it was and wasn't. ( Read more... )

Another day without an entry. This was due to yet another computer failure in the room. Finally I busted out my own laptop to bypass any hotel computer errors. Rather than go back and write yesterday's entry as though it were actually the same day, I will just write an entry today that encompasses the last two days.
Yesterday was an incredibly ( Read more... )

I'm going to go back in time again, to discuss what happened yesterday. This time my tardiness is not due to me being lazy, but rather, because the internet went out last night. I started my entry last night (before the internet died), by saying "this was by far my best day in Seoul." I will stick with that sentiment, even though my enthusiasm ( Read more... )

While speaking with Kathy last night, she had informed me that, due to her oversight, there would not be an orientation packet waiting for me at orientation this morning. Because of this, she urged that I bring a notebook and pen to take notes. This was all fine and well, except for the fact that not only did I not have a notebook, I had no clue ( Read more... )

What an eventful two days. I will start with what happened on Sunday, my first full day in Seoul. While I only left my room for 4 or 5 hours, I did get to see and experience quite a bit. I went to the shopping mall, called "Coex mall." It's half a block from my hotel, and is apparently the biggest mall in Seoul. It's really gigantic. I don't ( Read more... )

I arrived in Seoul at about 4:30 Saturday night, which is 3:30 am Eastern time. The flight was about 13 hours long. It wasn't that bad, it just got annoying after awhile. Two interesting observations from the flight: First, there was this "paste" that you could get during the meals that you would squeeze out and put on the rice. I'm fairly sure ( Read more... )