Comments on: Getting to know the area

By: mstrum

mstrum — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 12:11:50 +0000

@flug
English is such a funny thing Thx, I totally spaced out on the spelling lol

By: flug

flug — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 11:48:22 +0000

Whoops…should have read: I think you were thinking of dyke.

By: flug

flug — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 11:47:38 +0000

Dike was a greek goddess. I think you of a dyke. Sounds the same.

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By: Gomushin Girl

Gomushin Girl — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 06:48:22 +0000

The reason Tmoney cards and their ilk are more popular than Upass is because the Tmoney cards can be used more places; they also work in taxis and in some minimarts. Upass works only on subways and buses.

By: qklilx

qklilx — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:51:10 +0000

Hahahahaha I had never heard of T-Money until about 4 months into my second trip to Korea. Most of the other international students, as well as Koreans, already had one. I didn’t know what they did until a month or two later, and didn’t know where to buy one until yet another month after that. I still don’t have one. lghaughalughal

Lotteria… most people I talk to don’t like it, including Koreans. I’m surprised that place is so popular. :/

And the yellow dust is still around? I remember people complaining about it a lot when I was there. I’m one of those fortunate souls not affected by it, or the vog in Hawaii for that matter.

Also is there any way I can get updates to this blog on my phone? It’ll give me something to do when I’m on the run since you’re updating more often now.

By: mstrum

mstrum — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:45:39 +0000

@Sarah Na, I'm just checking in. I don't think it's required, you can wait until the orientation if you want I think. I figure they can answer my questions and tell me anything I need to know. Yeah, the store I went had like 10 or so different designs.

By: mstrum

mstrum — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:44:01 +0000

@….. Haha

By: GI Korea

GI Korea — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:35:12 +0000

Good to see you are enjoying your time so far in Korea. Using the various cards available for the buses and the subway is definitely more convenient and will save you money.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:27:17 +0000

Are we required to head down to the International Affairs office before getting our foreigner card? Or you’re just checking out stuff?

Haha, I can’t wait to get one of those T-Money phone charms. I heard they come in all sorts of designs.

By: .....

..... — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:50:28 +0000

dike -> the goddess of justice in greek myth.
you would get to know why a small 식당 has that kind of name in 신림9동 soon.

By: mstrum

mstrum — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:32:14 +0000

@Andrew Interesting, thanks for telling me about the yellow dust. Pretty crazy! I've still got some exploring to do, hopefully one of those is around here (but I don't think so)

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:15:41 +0000

It’s a good idea to keep apprised of what the weather’s doing in Seoul… today in fact was not foggy so much as it was really high levels of 황사 (“yellow dust”). You can get an update of what the yellow dust situation is by following @yellowdust on Twitter, which is a bot that gives hourly updates on particulate concentrations.

Also, I’m glad you gave the English translations of what you ate because when I read that you drank some “닭맛우유” I was horrified

Keep an eye out for Home Plus or Emart in your area, or look them up online for their nearest locations. They’ve got your supermarket needs covered. For fancier stuff (organic stuff, gourmet stuff, etc.), you’re best looking on gmarket.co.kr.

By: mstrum

mstrum — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:14:33 +0000

@Hyeon soo, Kang
@Jay shin

Lol, that would taste pretty weird. Thx.

Information for the 모꼬지 can be found at the Daum cafe: http://cafe.daum.net/SNU-10

By: Hyeon soo, Kang

Hyeon soo, Kang — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:06:13 +0000

Man, your adventure in korea is so fun!ㅋㅋㅋ I guess I came here, on ur webpage, like every 3 hour today to read what u wrote. , LMAO! And you said ‘닭맛우유’ for strawberry milk, but 닭 means chicken ㅋㅋㅋ and 맛 means flavor/savour so actually you should’ve said like this-’딸기맛우유’.

Btw, I asked one of my seniors about ‘모꼬지’ and she said that it will be pretty crowded. Anyway I got some interest. Where/when is it planned? Got any notice? Plz let me kno.