I'm currently working aboard and all the important things that I need to set up and get, such as my salary, aren't going to happen until I get that alien ID in my hand. I'm totally broke and I got bills to pay -- I feel horrible all over every time I think about my situation and I don't like it.
Anyhow, fast rewind, here are somethings I've done and seen since I've been here -- 3rd time around.
1) A friend and I visited the grandmothers of 'The House of Sharing' here in South Korea. If you aren't aware, this place is the museum and home of former 'Comfort Women' for Japan's army during WWII. I learned about comfort women in college but to see, meet, and learn more in detail leaves me wordless. If you are interested to learn more or about visitation, you can check their site at http://www.houseofsharing.org/
1) A friend and I visited the grandmothers of 'The House of Sharing' here in South Korea. If you aren't aware, this place is the museum and home of former 'Comfort Women' for Japan's army during WWII. I learned about comfort women in college but to see, meet, and learn more in detail leaves me wordless. If you are interested to learn more or about visitation, you can check their site at http://www.houseofsharing.org/
Here is an art piece that the grandmothers now do (painting) as a way to express their past, future, and self to the world.
2) Another friend and I stop at the East Gate of Seoul (Dongdaemun) to check it out. As we walked out of the subway exit, I thought we would have to walk a few minutes before we can see the gate clearly but nope, to my surprise, it was right in front of us, looking like a big gate as a part of the palace. If you don't know, when Korea was still ruled under an emperor, Seoul was where the main palace was located and to enter Seoul itself, one had to enter in one of the four gates of Seoul (north, south, east, and west).
A couple of years ago, when I first came to South Korea, a crazy fellow citizen burned down the East Gate (Namdaemun) and that gate is currently being rebuilt. Dongdaemun market is very near by and there are many shoppers hoping to get many supplies and items at great bargain prices. It's just too bad that when my friend and I went there, we were too early (7pm) so none of the shops were open yet. Anyone looking for good places to bargain, Dongdaemun is a place you should go ^^
3) I was shopping in Idae with a friend and had to stop, look, and check. Doesn't the name of this cafe catch your eyes? It certain caught my eyes. I had to look more than twice to make sure I was reading and seeing it correctly -- I was. Things like these are one of the great things and fun part of living and being in an EFL country. LOVE IT!
I'm off, till next time -- keep rolling.
