I still don't have internet at Peter's place, so I went into work today to use the internet and catch up. This combined with flat out laziness explains why I haven't posted in a few days. I think I've found an apartment; my biggest concern is getting all the necessary approvals (there's so many!) before the landlord backs out. It's an awesome place with a great view from the 28th floor that comes furnished. If it falls through again, I'll be homeless for at least another several weeks. I just want a place I can call home.
Friday night we had a small party at Peter's place. About 20 people showed, and at 4am the half that remained went out to a small club in Abkujeoung (the "Beverly Hills" of Seoul) which was deserted. It was lame so we stayed an hour then called it a night.
I got stared at all day Saturday. I went furniture shopping (since I need to pick up a few things if my apartment deal goes through) and then to Techno-Mart, a 10-story mall that sells nothing but electronics. The closest US equivalent I can think of is a Fry's, except an order of magnitude larger and hundreds of individually owned booths, so the prices are very competative. The whole day the only foreigner people I saw was an Indian couple. Since Seoul is so homogeneous, everybody stares.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
3 comments:
Sounds like IDB Bawban in Dhaka. Five floors of individually owned booths selling computer stuff.
Tokyo was the same in terms of how homogeneous it is. If you see a foreigner, it's usually because you're meeting up with someone. The funny thing is, after 5 years in Tokyo, I was so used to being surrounded by Japanese people that when I moved back to the States it was positively weird having all these white people around. :D
Greg, I felt the same way every time I visit Hong Kong. It takes a few hours for me to adjust to the homogeneity. I wish Hong Kong and Tokyo have "American Town", like the "China Town" and "Little Italy" of NYC. Maybe they do-- I don't know.
Post a Comment