So, tonight is my night in Chuncheon, and I am a little sad to leave "mini America". For our last night out, a group of us ate Patpingsu (the best is supposed to be here in Chuncheon), and then went to noraebang (karaoke). It was so much fun.... then we ad McDonald's delivered to the dorm as we were packing! This started my thinking process about the differences of Korea and America and the many "improvements" that I have made. So here is my list:
Top 5 things that I love about Korea/ orientation:
5. Couples that wear matching t-shirts a.k.a. couple tees
4. Getting any type of food delivered without a delivery charge!
3. Beautiful scenery
2. Trying new foods
1. Meeting great people and making new friends!
Top 10 improvements/ new experiences since I've been in Korea:
10. Realizing that foods that I don't like in the U.S. aren't that bad when compared to foods that I have eaten here.... it is definitely a sliding scale!
9. Eating a baby octopus- yes it was a gross as it sounds.
8. Being gwaked at everywhere I go.
7. Going to a jimjilbang. This is a spa type place, but you sit in hot pools naked. Very different.
6. Teaching at Camp Fulbright!
5. Learning how to hold/use chopsticks. Since Koreans use these at every meal, this was definitely a good skill to acquire.
4. Climbing to the top of a mountain.
3. Singing in a noraebang with fun people.
2. Learning taekwondo and becoming a yellow belt.
1. Partially learning a new language, and graduating from Korea University.
This weekend we will be in Seoul. Friday we will meet the U.S. ambassador to South Korea and have a cook out at her house. Saturday I am meeting up with Dongmi and she is going to show me around Seoul. Sunday, some of the girls and I are going to get our nails done and maybe a haircut. On Monday, we meet our school officials, and they take us to our schools and homestays. This will be a big day, as I will be moving away from 70 other Americans, and moving into a Korean family. I know I will miss the friends that I have made during orientation, but am so excited to meet my family and start teaching.
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According to my friend who spent a couple years teaching in China, you get used to the gawking; in the little town he was in, he became something of a local celebrity. And, once you get used to the chopsticks, it seem wrong to eat Eastern food without them.
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