i just had orientation this afternoon and it was the most pointless hour i've had since i've been in seoul. they basically stuck us in a stuffy, hot auditorium with over 100 other students (some of whom were NOT wearing any sort of deoderant).
i found out the results for my placement test. i placed into level 1, which is the beginning level, and section 4, which means i know a little more than the complete beginners.
classes begin tomorrow morning, but then starting on friday is choosuk, the korean thanksgiving. that means that there'll be no classes, and everything in the city will close down for 4 or 5 days. usually, you go to your families home and celebrate by eating some duk (korea rice cakes) and then going to the gravesites of your relatives and paying them homage by offering up foods and bowing before their grave.
most of the korean american students here have family in korea and will be leaving for those days to go spend time with them. my uncle wants me to come to his home, which is great, but he lives pretty far away and i would have to take a train. and i heard that it's a little late for me to buy a train ticket at this point, seeing that people plan for this weeks in advance. taking a bus is out of the question since the traffic on the roads will be ridiculous. so, at this point, i don't even know what i'll be doing. there'll defiantely still be people here in the dorms, but what the hell? there won't be places for us to eat or go to for the entire holiday. i'm suddenly feeling the need to stock up on some ramen, just in case i end up staying in the dorms.
i found out the results for my placement test. i placed into level 1, which is the beginning level, and section 4, which means i know a little more than the complete beginners.
classes begin tomorrow morning, but then starting on friday is choosuk, the korean thanksgiving. that means that there'll be no classes, and everything in the city will close down for 4 or 5 days. usually, you go to your families home and celebrate by eating some duk (korea rice cakes) and then going to the gravesites of your relatives and paying them homage by offering up foods and bowing before their grave.
most of the korean american students here have family in korea and will be leaving for those days to go spend time with them. my uncle wants me to come to his home, which is great, but he lives pretty far away and i would have to take a train. and i heard that it's a little late for me to buy a train ticket at this point, seeing that people plan for this weeks in advance. taking a bus is out of the question since the traffic on the roads will be ridiculous. so, at this point, i don't even know what i'll be doing. there'll defiantely still be people here in the dorms, but what the hell? there won't be places for us to eat or go to for the entire holiday. i'm suddenly feeling the need to stock up on some ramen, just in case i end up staying in the dorms.
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