Discovery of Nurikum Square

The night it snowed in March!

The day after. The campus was very pretty. I felt like I was in Narnia. This hill, by the way, is going to be the death of you every day if you take Korean language classes.

Digital Media City (DMC) is a newly built area in Seoul, Korea. A lot of Korean people don't really know about it too much when you say "I live in DMC." But currently there's a lot of investment and construction going on to made this area more populated and an urban digital center of Seoul. Basically, it's kinda quiet here. But the other day, my neighbor Yuri and I adventured out to eat hamburgers because we had a huge craving for it. We heard this place two blocks down from our apartment called Big Bobby was pretty good. It was actually pretty awesome except the fact that I thought it was like a kids meal because it was so small. After eating we decided to walk around the area just to see what was around.

We discovered SOO many restaurants and a food court that we never knew existed. There are about 5 cafes that sell coffee and waffles. Waffles, by the way, are a huge thing in Korea right now. There were a few BBQ places, seafood places, chicken places, and a chinese restaurant. We walked a little further and discovered a cute, little Italian restaurant also. AND most of all, we discovered a cultural museum and historic film center all within 2 blocks from our apartment! There was also a few bars/pubs and a karaoke bar. We were pretty much amazed at all the things we could do in this area.

So last night, I craved soon dubu jjigae (soft tofu soup) and Yuri was craving beef. Beef in Korea is pricey because it is imported. Therefore, eating a steak or some kalbi (bbq beef) can be pretty expensive compared to eating pork or chicken. We went to nurikum square and discovered a bbq and soon dubu jjigae restaurant. We came out to be 31,000 won ($31) for 2 servings of bbq beef and a beef soon dubu. Words could not express how happy we were to finally eat some beef! 15,500 won ($15) per person is pretty expensive considering you can get meals for about 5,000 won ($5) average. Good thing is that there is no tip and tax is always included so the price you see is always the price you pay!

Yuri and I went out with a few friends in Sinchon (Yonsei University area). We started out at IPub which had a lot of international people and then ended at Barfly. IPub was cool because we were able to sit down, talk and drink. I'm still not very fond of Barfly though because it seems like I'm just in a frat party and everyone is wasted and hooking up. But it's a pretty popular place for all the Yonsei exchange kids.

I think the one thing I really hate about Korea is you spend a lot of your time on a bus or subway to get around and it almost always takes about an hour to get anywhere because of the wait time, travel time, and walking time.

Last Thursday I decided to try the bus in the morning to go to my internship instead of the subway. The subway is soooo crazy and packed during rush hours. Little did I know, there was insane traffic during rush hour too so it took me abut 90 minutes to get to work in the morning. I had to call my boss to tell him I was going to be late. Never taking the bus to work again...