bc of cheosuk, the thanksgiving/harvest holiday, yesterday marked the beginning of the mass exodus out of seoul into other parts of south korea. i went to seoul station (the train station, kind of like penn) to get a train ticket from my cousins who were leaving for their parents home in gongju. the subway there was insanely crowded with people and their suitcases. it made me really happy that i wasn't going to be leaving until monday afternoon. i guess traffic on the roads is usually deadlocked for hours, and a 4 hour trip can easily become a 10 hour one. so, i was very lucky that my cousins happened to have an extra ticket they could spare me.
starting tomorrow though, seoul will bascially shut down. all the stores close, except for maybe the 7-ll and a few other places, so people who are staying in the dorms seem to be stocking up on food, cigarettes, and other essentials.
and now i have to go into sinchon and do some very last minute shopping for gifts for my uncles family. cheosuk gifts are usually things like fruit or honey and are ridiculously priced for the holidays. like, a box of asian pears might cost about $60US during this time. so now i'm not even sure what to buy. it has to be somethign that i'll be able to easily carry onto the subway and train. and even though i'd be more than willing to buy them a box of fruit, it would be such a huge pain in the ass to carry all that way. i really need to buy them something nice though since it was my uncle who bought me such a sweet cellphone... but seriously, who pays $60 for a few pears?!
starting tomorrow though, seoul will bascially shut down. all the stores close, except for maybe the 7-ll and a few other places, so people who are staying in the dorms seem to be stocking up on food, cigarettes, and other essentials.
and now i have to go into sinchon and do some very last minute shopping for gifts for my uncles family. cheosuk gifts are usually things like fruit or honey and are ridiculously priced for the holidays. like, a box of asian pears might cost about $60US during this time. so now i'm not even sure what to buy. it has to be somethign that i'll be able to easily carry onto the subway and train. and even though i'd be more than willing to buy them a box of fruit, it would be such a huge pain in the ass to carry all that way. i really need to buy them something nice though since it was my uncle who bought me such a sweet cellphone... but seriously, who pays $60 for a few pears?!
4:09 PMdude, i think you should just buy those pears. yeah, it's overpriced, but so's everything else. and he DID hook you up with a sweet phone.
1:44 AM
i ended up buying him some whiskey and some cakes instead, which turned out to be way more than the pears and a lot easier to carry. so it was a win-win.
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