stranger in seoul


...life is short, and the world is wide... fragments of a summer spent in south korea...
About me

english name: james (제임스)
affectionately-acquired korean name: jeong su (정수)
so, who am i?: 안녕하세요! i'm a 19-year old (or 20 if you're korean!) law student from london currently spending my summer in south korea working at MIKI's british school in seoul, where i teach kids aged between 11 and 16 english and history! when i'm not in the classroom teaching, i like to get out and explore in the sunshine and attempt to discover all of seoul's secrets! ...though with the weather like this, you may well find me cooling off in random coffee houses writing postcards instead! i'm also a MASSIVE music fan (though my tastes are usually too poppy for most people, that doesn't seem to be a problem here! XD) and, on the film front, completely adore studio ghibli, hayao miyazaki and satoshi kon!

Archive

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Thursday, July 16, 2009

Galbi = YUM.

So, our "choose a random station and random exit" technique worked miracles for the second time in a night. This time, getting off at Exit 6 at Seoul National University, we stumbled upon this little place for dinner, hidden amongst the sea of fish restaurants...

... don't let its humble exterior fool you. This place was an obese Englishman's DREAM! Behold...

The middle of the table was a bloody BARBEQUE (Korean word: galbi). 'twas PROPER Korean-like: no shoes, sitting on cushions on the floor, W26,000 for the whole schebang (i.e. £6.50 each) (although we almost regurgitated our kimchi when Mervyn read the bill as W260,000)...AMAZING. And yes, that is a look of pure, unbridled elation on Mervyn's face. Can you blame him? Perfect.

Quote of the night: Mervyn: "Well, at least I'll be a cool twat, and not a boiling one."

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1 Comments:

Blogger D said...

Oh you!

7:24 AM, July 17, 2009  

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