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this should have been before my previous entry...
so anong meron sa korea?
the scenery. mountains! lots of it. anywhere i look, i could see jagged peaks reaching high into the sky. since it is spring, the mountains are overcrowded with pine and cherry blossoms. ang gaaaannnddddaaaa. cherry blossoms, when i see them, parang nasa paradise ako. i got one nice picture of that tree kaya lang, i dunno yet how to put it here. some other time maybe, pag maalam na ako. the koreans, i think, love the environment, cause this country is c-l-e-a-n. really clean! actually, i think ONCE in my whole stay here lang ako nakakita ng langaw. ahahahaha. eto mas matindi, I HAVEN'T SEEN AN ANT YET. maghahanap nga ako bukas!! ahahahahahaha!!
owkay, on to the people. my father said that they are arrogant! yeah, i think so too. they are the worse drivers i know (worst and pinoy, hehehe!). they are after quantity but not quality (based on my dad's experience sa work nya). they don't have manners, they don't say excuse me, or sorry. if you are getting in their way, they would just go ahead and zoom past you, mabangga ka man, you won't hear a word from them. another thing about them is that they don't know how to speak english. even if i ask them in english (like halimbawa yung saleslady kapag tatanugin what it is that she is selling) they're going to reply in korean! hahaha!! sometimes, they are even very enthusiastic in explaining, as if you understand. hehe. my dad even told me that if you commit a traffic violation and when an officer reproaches you, once you speak in english, he's just gonna run and leave you alone! hehe. that would be owkay. joke.
the food. hmmm, for me, i find it delicious, kasi i like to try out new things. most of the food here are spicy, may chilli na, may chilli powder pa, may onions pa, may leeks pa... that spicy!! actually, i really don't eat spicy food but i guess, nasanay na ako. the reason why they like spice is maybe because of the weather... malamig eh, so you need something to heat you up! hehehe, i mean food here. :) their favorite food is kimchi (what else?!). may soup na kimchi flavor (ugh!), they serve kimchi as a side dish... in fact, andaming greenhouses dito that culture pechay baguio! in this case pechay korea. ahahaha. they have few vegetables here... no beans, mostly leafy ones lang... pang kimchi! hahaha.
the cars. hmm, mostly white. i dunno kung favorite nila white, but if you see a parking area, it would probably be lined with white cars! weiiird.
the technology. korea is one of the leading countries in robot technology. enough said.
and of course, the shopping. all i can say is exoj! super duper expensive! i think the foodstuffs here are thrice as much than food in the philippines. also the gasoline. 1L here costs around US$1! the clothes, the same price actually, but yung mga around 2500 sa atin, di pa branded yun dito. mahal din! my gaawwd, i didn't buy much clothes this time! the trick is don't try to convert into peso (the amount of the item that you bought), unless you want to feel guilty that you've spent so much on that item. hehe. the only things that are less expensive here are school supplies and internet (LAN).
so there, that's korea in a nutshell. although i don't want to go home yet (kasi alam ko PAG-AARAL na naman ang sosorpresa sa akin pag-uwi ko, boooooo!!), it all boils down to this: THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME. :)
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