It is hot in Korea.

Seriously, it is hot and humid here. I was walking around a shopping area looking for a case for my camera and it was ridiculous. The worst part of the heat is when I come back to my apartment. There is air in the lobby but not in the area with elevator and not in the hallways of each floor. There is a little a/c in the elevator but not much. So when you walk in the door all sweaty and nasty, you have 30secs to a minute standing in a 90 degree hallway, and then a minute on the elevator and then another 30 seconds to get into my apartment. It feels like a sauna once I come in the building but at least my apartment is decently cool once I get in the door.

I found out a few things regarding Korean movie theaters today. Number 1: they sell out fast. Number 2: you pick your exact seat when you buy your ticket. At first i thought that was lame, but then I bought a ticket for Batman for tomorrow and was able to get a great seat. So no rushing to the theater early, just walk in right before it starts and go to my seat. We will see how it works in practice tomorrow...

I miss Netflix. I mean, I really miss Netflix. I have not found any streaming services in Korea yet, but hopefully once I meet and talk with other teachers later this week I will get some good info. My apartment has a tv, it's small but decent. I do not have cable service, but I do get 6 channels in Korean. While it is interesting to watch here and there (the Korean soaps are no where near as good as the Mexican ones I used to watch on Unavision), it gets old quick. I do have my DVD collection but I have also watched a ton of South Park. All of their episodes can be seen for free at southparkstudios.net. I have been a fan of the show since some friends introduced to the Weight Gainer 5000 episode long long ago. I have seen every episode as far as I know, but restarted from Season 3 last week. I am now in Season 8. I forgot how good some of these episodes are. I watched old episodes on Comedy Central once in awhile, but it has been fun going back and watching them again. The only bad thing about watching them online is that there is a commercial for Comedy Central each time there is a normal break in the show. Not a big deal really, except that it is the same commercial every freaking time. So I have seen this one bit about 200 times (or more). There is also a really annoying commercial for this English version of Justin Beiber named Conor Maynard. That commercial I only have to see once per episode. So in summary, I love South Park.

I have been trying to find food joints that have menus in English. Though I know a few dishes in Korean, it is difficult to find exactly what is what. So, I have been going to English fast food the few times I have gone out for a meal. So far that includes Pizza Hut, McDonalds, and Burger King. The Burger King was pretty good; it was far better than I remember in the states. The gralic steakhouse burger that I had was the best fast food burger I have had in a long time (that's fast food only; Farmburger and other similar places still blow it out of the water). Other western places I have seen include Papa Johns, KFC, Starbucks, and Dunkin Donuts. I don't drink coffee so I can't help the curious coffee drinkers. I did go to a coffee place called Tom and Toms Coffee (side note: anyone remember Tom and Tom, the Brothers brothers from Living Color?). Anyway, they had a number of pretzels on a sign so I stopped in and got one. Except the one I ordered was more like a stromboli with jalapenos. It was damn good and was only 3 bucks. So at least I have a go-to for a quick cheap eat.

I report to work on Wednesday, but I am planning on doing some photos tomorrow and Tuesday for posting here.