Sounds like something I should've posted on the first day, except now I feel like we've gotten used to it by now. As evidenced by me waking up about 20 minutes before class and somehow still making it on time (despite not eating breakfast).
The real reason why I say this is a time zone shake-up: we caught the last Harry Potter movie here in Seoul two days before its scheduled American release. And while I love that I can brag about having seen it before my states-side friends can, I must say I was...well, I'll keep quiet until it comes out in the States before I say anything.
I will say this, though: the Korean subtitles were distracting, but if I don't learn another speck of Korean while I'm here, at least I've learned "시끄러워" (shi-keu-ruh-wuh) means "shut up," and "미쳤어" (mi-chyuhs-suh) means "Are you crazy?"
Now you can't say I didn't learn any Korean while I've been here. Nyaahhh.
Also, for our class, we watched "Taegukki," a Korean War-era film. Easily one of the saddest films I've ever seen. I nearly cried during this one. And that's saying a lot, considering I virtually don't cry at all during movies. There was a rather awkward silence after the film was actually over...our TA, Lucy, was bawling her eyes out. Some of us were wrecks.
And then Hao-Hua and I each had a bowl of sullungtang (설렁탕) and forgot about it completely. Korean soul food for the win.
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