Another weekend in Busan

I went into Busan again this saturday.  I didn't do anything particularly significant.  I met up with a friend and another guy and we went down to haeundai beach and took a wander around, it was bloody freezing, but it was still pretty nice, even though it is the winter.  Later we went to the Wolfhound and had their variation of fish and chips, not too bad all round.  This place is a western bar run by an Irish fella, so homish.  The place had a few different beers, largers and an actual cider, so in all it was a nice change.  I think I will go back at some time, but generally I prefer Korean places, I think realistically though it will be a welcome change every so often, once I have been a bit longer.

A couple of random things from yesterday.  First of all I was in one of their huge supermarket/mal places called lotte (pronounced lott-e) and I came across what I assume should have been instant coffee, but instead had been translated as income coffee.

 

Secondly I was just waiting for my friend to arrive in one of the subway stations and a fella walked past making a sort of cukoo sound.  Nothing massive, but something a bit weird, even for Korea.

By the end of the day I was taking the long journey back along the subway and onto the bus, but while I was on the subway I eneded up talking to this Korean guy next to me.  It turns out he used to be an English Teacher at a middle school. I was a little suprised because although he could speak some Korean, he was not as well versed as I would have expected, but it turned out that he was 79, which really suprised me and he had not really spoken English since he retired.  So I am guessing that it has probably been at least 15 years out of common use.  Anyway I found out that he now runs a little motel, just as something to do.  It was really good talking to him and I hope in the future I'll get the chance to have many more random conversations with Koreans.

I have been more Kimbap recently, it is not something that I have only just discovered, but I found it more valuable of late, it can be taken away and fairly easy to transport, it's pretty filling and it's also quite cheap.  For those that don't know its, rice, some veg, egg, a type of radish and in some tuna, all wrapped up in seaweed.  When I first saw it, I was dubious, but it's actually really good, so I'm sure I will be eating plenty of it in the future.

Today I have not really done all that much, I have just achieved the standard sort of Sunday stuff, preparing for work, washing my clothes, etc and relaxing, which is always welcome.  One day out on the weekend, one day relaxing and then the week days at work.  Looks like this will generally be my life for the next 11 months, but it's not all that bad really.

Right well that's that.  I start just after school classes tomorrow, so I'll see how they play out and I'll have to talk to my Co-teacher about when I can take my holiday.  I know I haven't been in the job long, but I can only take it at certain time and I would not want to miss it.  Alright, in a bit.