Planning to wake up at 8:30am, I wake up by the sun at 7am, then 7:30am, then 8am, and 8:30am, finally getting up at 8:45am to shower/edit my class schedule (the system opens at 9am). Luckily my roommate Abby is a pretty heavy sleeper and seems to sleep through light. Take my time showering, happy that I have conditioner now and have mastered my weird shower system- picture to be shown soon- and unsign up for some classes. Walk to get my student ID/password for wireless connection, but the line is too long by 10:30am and I walk to class.
My first class is Psychology of Personality, which has similarities/is very much related to Social Psychology (helpful!). This class is from 11:00~12:40, and is my one actual class. No textbook required. :] My professor is Dr. EunKook (Mark) Suh. He was born at Yonsei Severance Hospital, went to Yonsei University, studied at BU and Illinois, worked at UCI and is now back at Yonsei- he says that he'll probably die at Yonsei Severance, to complete the cycle/circle. The topic is interesting enough, but the first day always gets me bored. I meet 3 new people today though, yay! Prof. Suh informs us that Yonsei is a very prestigious university. It is a competitive private school, founded in 1885 (and we're here for the 125th anniversary!), the best in the area (debatable: rumor has it that University of Seoul is better...) but it is most definitely the first. Huh. learned something today.
My next obligation is at 15:20, so I get my ID card and grab some lunch, which costs 3,600₩. Woot.
Spend some time in the computer room killing time, talking to folks since it's 10pm/11pm over in Cali, go to the Korean Language Institute at around 15:00 for my Korean Placement Test.
Run into Austin, who asks why I decided to go for Korean after all. Well, I'm in Korea, so why not? The moderator tells us that if we don't know how to speak, write, or listen in Korean, to stay where we are. They hand us a paper to tell us to assess our level of knowledge of Korean. I check NONE for all three categories. Get out at basically 15:40, Austin half begs me to take him to the place where I got my phone, so off to Hongdae we go.
In Hongdae, go to the first place, which is out of phones. 2nd place, same deal. 3rd place, Austin is able to get a phone, huzzah! It's 20,000₩, but has this cool camera flip feature, + 30,000₩ prepaid credit/charge loaded onto it. The rates, for some reason, were slightly higher at this LG Telecom than the one I went to, but according to one of Austin's friends, the rate isn't too bad. However, the phone is entirely in Korean- but with all phones, there is a general knowledge to how to works, so he'll figure it out. It starts to rain, so we get back to Sinchon and eat and McDonald's. Austin buys me linner for helping him out so, and how can I refuse a free meal- though I would have gladly just accepted fare for the subway. I get a coke zero, bulgogi burger, and fries. interesting indeed, as I've barely eaten beef and had McDonald's.
As it's drizzly and humid, we walk around Sinchon/Idae-ap (near Ewha Women's University) looking for various toiletries/items, and get back to campus. I've basically been at this computer for a really long time (I won't say how long) but I've been running around trying to find a computer that would upload all my facebook pictures correctly and such. I just saw a facebook message that invited Yonsei kids to a bar in Hongdae, which serves american drinks- harder liquor. I got the message 2 hours too late and wasn't wanting to go out by myself (safe decision). It's now 22:30pm and I should write up notes for my psych class, and watch some It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Tomorrow is possibly a full day of class, getting money exchanged at the local bank, and trying out a new cafeteria. Oh, and getting baked goods from a nearby bakery.
good night! [however you say that in Korean.]
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