Tuesday, August 26, 2008

WOW Welcome to Korea & Yonsei Life!

I've begun my life here, well
actually it began the second I got off the plane
from Taiwan. Initially yes I was in mass cultural
rejection mode for some reasons I don't fully
understand but after yesterday's orientation??
AH...Much better now. I've found my place to live,
Hasuk Jip near Sinchon Yok, Sinchon station. I feel
so much more alive abroad, I don't wanna go back
to the US for any extended period of time,
its just plain suffocation of personality and
such a lack of cultural essence compared to here.
I'll take pictures of nightlife here. There's NO
comparison to Myeong dong or Hongdae, NO such
equivelant in the Bay area or ALL of California.
Why some people believe America is the dreamland
is beyond me...Their perspective is too small,
that's all. Every time i'm abroad my focus becomes
stronger, I see what I want in life and what I don't.
Taiwan is such an awesome country, really the
essence of an international community without the
accompanying animosity that many other asian countries
have due to past war crimes. Korea is very technologically
advanced but some of the styles are really wack, such
as what I call the "bob" head, hair cut like a mushroom.
This guy I know and I are going to make a video making
fun of certain aspects of various cultures in good
humor, haha so many brilliant ideas! It WILL go on youtube!
That's all for now. I don't even have a cell phone now
because I'm waiting for my foreigner registration to go
through, takes 10 days, dang, can't even get a cell phone
till then..dying.....ahh..........

1 comment:

Janet said...

Hi,Ethan
I learn a lot of words from your blog, so I go to goole several times,ha ha.
Just keep writing about your life,
show more about Korea.

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