I'm Learned

Things I learned or realized today in Korea:

1. Finding your 2 Korean friends in a sea of 2,000 Koreans is in fact as challenging as it sounds (at one point I wasn't even able to remember what my friends actually looked like).
2. After 6 months I still hate that they all chew with their mouths open. I believe in 6 more months I will still feel the same way.
3. I see a drunk Korean man every single day.
4. I see a drunk Korean man fall down every 3-5 days. Literally, man goes from vertical to horizontal (tonight the man was fortunate enough to land in a pile of snow).
5. My favourite Korean food is meat. The meat really just tastes like meat you'd find at home. So I guess I don't really have a favourite Korean food.
6. Everyone will tell you the bus is faster than the subway. What they don't tell you is that your chances of dying on a bus (or wetting your pants in fear of death) is multiplied by 5.
7. Just because I have learned more Korean, doesn't mean Koreans have learned more English. Must remember to clarify that no, I do not want a Vanilla latte, I want a Banilla latte.
8. I will spend $70 for two bottles of my favourite wine.
9. I am not on vacation here, so I need to stop eating like I am.
10. Dairy products have ridiculously short expiry dates, while bread lasts freakishly long.
11. I like waiting to show the salesgirls my face until after they've run up to me and spoken a bunch of Korean (the dark hair and bangs usually makes them assume I'm one of them). Reactions I get usually involve them stopping mid sentence, backing away slowly, or awkward smile/giggle/red face combinations.
12. Milk is never going to smell right, just put it in your coffee and cereal and don't ask questions.

Fish is no. Engrish is Yes.

We went to the Aquarium at COEX, the big underground mall in Seoul. All of my undersea wonderfulness pictures were crap. Thankfully these ones turned out perfectly:

This is the one that got it all started.

It's funny how simple this only needed to be: Caution! Window.

Second line from the top.

This is good English. Ornot.

Confusing but Okay, Good Picture!

Instructions above the exhibit where you can pick up the starfish.

I couldn't get my camera out fast enough.
It says: City of Bastard

Lesson learned: at an inside aquarium your fish pictures may not turn out great so make sure you go to the inside aquarium in a foreign country so you will have good "wonky Engrish" pictures to share with all your friends and family instead.