Goodbye South Korea. Goodbye kimchi. Goodbye adjummas and adjoshis. Goodbye students and teachers. Goodbye serviceu. Goodbye couple clothing. Goodbye dogs in makeup. Goodbye perms and sequins. Goodbye Mokpo, Suncheon, Gwangju, Naju, and Seoul. Goodbye Konglish. Goodbye KPop. Goodbye trucks selling random things. Goodbye delicious Korean food. Goodbye to everyone I’ve met during my time in Korea. I’ll miss it all.
Category Archives: Suncheon
Want To Get Elected In South Korea?
All you need is a truck blaring loud dance music, people in neon colored jackets, peple dancing, people clapping, and people bowing.
Octoblock
I was walking with my friend in Suncheon, running errands, when we stumbled upon a small market that was selling items ranging from socks to seafood. We saw this octoblock, a frozen block of octopus, that was being sold. I thought it was pretty neat and snapped a picture of it.
Snow Storm in Suncheon
Tuesday in Suncheon started off as a rainy and rather wet day. I made sure to try and do my errands once it looked like the rain had let off for a while. I did what I needed to then made it back to my apartment to rest and relax. I was watching some videos when the wind began making a howling noise. I looked outside and saw snow everywhere!
The snow was this intense for about ten minutes before it died down. It would pick up a few times again later on in the day but not as intense as earlier.
Not Another Year
I got my renewal papers at my school yesterday. I chose not to resign for another year of teaching in Korea. My final day in South Korea will be on June 4. I have very mixed emotions about this decision.
On one hand, I’m getting tired of teaching and am wanting to move onto something more rewarding in life. I also really enjoy the lifestyle I have here and my friends here too. The food is great and the cost of living isn’t terrible either. There are many pros and cons to both staying or going.
My final winter camp begins January 11 and runs until the 29th. I’m then off to (hopefully) Malaysia and Myanmar for a 10 day vacation. The spring semester then begins March 2 and I do my teaching thing till June 3. Bye bye on the 4th.
First Snow in Suncheon
It briefly snowed in Suncheon for the first time this winter. The snow was pretty minuscule but it snowed nonetheless. None of the snow is now left on the ground nor did it snow enough to leave any on the ground but the fact it snowed made me happy. Suncheon doesn’t get much snow at all (less than an inch I believe) so I’ll happily take whatever I can get.
Lotteria’s Lady Burger
I’ve recently noticed these burger ads around for Lotteria. The Lady Burger, a burger for the ladies. It’s made using Han Woo beef and is apparently only for ladies. Sorry boys!! If anyone has tried it, please let me know how it tastes. I’m tempted to try one but I’m not a lady.
Penis, Korean Taxis, and Possible Adjumma Porn
A rock that resembled a penis was what started the most amazing, most awkward, and most unusual taxi ride I have ever taken in South Korea. It all started when my friend Alex came to Suncheon for the day. We hopped a bus to go to Suncheon Bay and drove past a landscape/stone business that had a phallic looking rock which he commented about. We wandered around Suncheon and decided to take a taxi back to town to avoid having to sit in the frigid cold weather any longer. We hopped in the only taxi that was around and so began the adventure.
We got mints! Glorious tasting mints! Score! It was a great start to the cab ride. It was at this moment that Alex made a mention of penis rock as the taxi drove by it. Apparently the cabbie understood enough to know what we were talking about and chuckled.
It was at this point that he started talking about gochu (slang for penis in Korean) and about the size of Western and Korean men. This included about twenty gestures to get his point across. He then commented on the size of mine and Alex’s penis. He said Korean penises are spicy and that Western men have long ones because he’s seen them in movies. He then made twenty more gestures. He was driving the whole time, slowing down so he could make more penis gestures and so that he could look at us while gesturing. Alex was translating everything he said in Korean to me so I’d understand. He also mentioned that penises fit ALL INSIDE THE WOMAN! And made even more gestures to get his point across to us. Wow. Wow. Wow. What a ride thus far. But just you wait…..
When he mentioned that he saw large Western penises, he would always motion to the cd case in his car. I asked him in broken Korean if he had porn in the car. Which led to more gestures and him fiddling with the cd case, trying to open what looked like a secret compartment. He did have one!! He brought out two burnt porno dvds and showed us. He started waving it around the cab, to which Alex responded that he didn’t want to see it. If Alex hadn’t had said anything, we could have potentiality been watching adjumma porn. After this, the ride returned to a somewhat normal state. Both Alex and I were in a state of awe over the events that just happened in the last five minutes of the cab ride.
We reached Shinea and got out of the cab, still in a state of awe. Maybe me more so than Alex. I’ve never had a cab ride experience like that in my life ever. It was amazing, awkward, and funny all at once. I hope that some other foreigners get in his car and have a similar adventure. Crazy things like this made Korea not so boring.
