Saturday.
On Saturday I didn’t really do a lot considering the fact that I almost had to sleep on the street the day before.
You would expect me to go out and do fun stuff on Saturday but I just didn’t feel like it.
I was walking back from the student union area to my dorm as I heard someone whistling to me.
Asian people might not know what I’m talking about unless you are an Asian living in America or Europe or whatever.
I’ll explain either way : You might have seen a movie where some builders are whistling at some pretty girl walking by.
It’s that kind of whistle that goes : Phietphew.
And I just know. This person whistling at me can NOT be Korean since Korean people (or probably Asian in general) don’t do this.
So I decided to walk some more and look back after 10 seconds.
And I saw.. some black kid who looked like he was 16.
I was so offended.
I might look like I’m 18 or whatever but I am 23 years old (24 Korean age) and I do not feel comfortable being whistled at by some kid who is probably more than 4 years younger than me.
It’s annoying and embarrassing.
Sunday.
I got invited to a Peace event on Sunday somewhere earlier that week.
A girl named Sarah (I think her name is Saebom cause that’s how she’s called on Kakaotalk) approached me on the street and convinced me to go.
I thought : Why not? Since I didn’t have anything to do on Sunday anyway!
I didn’t know much about the event besides that it was supposed to take place in Daegu’s Citizen’s Hall at 15:30.
Until.. I got a katok from Sarah saying they changed the place and time: Somewhere in Suseong at 15:00.
I got instructions from her on how to get there: I had to take the bus towards Yeungnam University (840) which was already a mystery to begin with.
I went to the bus stop but the sign said it went towards the wrong direction so I went to the opposite road. But when I talked to the bus driver he said it was the opposite stop. (EVEN THOUGH THE SIGN SAID DIFFERENT) I am still confused about this matter.
Is this some Sunday shift routine? If someone knows.. please tell me.
Again the rule : bus drivers words are holy.
From Yeungnam I saw supposed to take the subway towards Daegu Bank station, which I did.
On the way there I got approached by the second Jezus girl by now.
They’re the people who come to you with flyers about Jezus and God and what not.
So out of politeness I took her flyer (and because it’s in English it might be funny to read)
From Daegu Bank I was supposed to meet Sarah at 14:30 but I was late 15 minutes..
So I katok’d Sarah and she told me I had to take a bus there.
Mind the fact that it was already 15:00 and the ceremony already began.
So I walked up to the bus 403 and I had to get off at Dusan community centre.
While I was looking for the right stop on the sign, two girls asked me where I wanted to go.
I showed them my katok from Sarah and they said they were going there as well!
That was so convenient because I could just follow them to my destination.
We got off at Dusan Community Centre and I got to talking with one of the girls.
I think her name was Eunjo, but I might have gotten it wrong.
But I’m just going to call her Eunjo for the rest of this post.
We talked about all kinds of stuff.
We went towards the peace event and there were SO many people there.
On the screen was the founder of the peace association and everyone was cheering loudly.
Eunjo translated for me: He has traveled 10 times across the world in 2 years to speak to religious leaders and country’s leaders to convince them to sign a peace agreement.
Apparently he got them to sign the declaration of world peace last year the 25th of May.
This year was the first anniversary for this event.
I’m surprised I never even heard about this, because this seems like a very big thing if you are able to convince leaders of religions to sign a declaration of world peace.
Apparently this event was broadcasted on a lot of different places in Korea.
The event itself on the screen was in Seoul but some of the commentary was being broadcasted by Busan.
Because of the Sewol ferry disaster the colors of the event were yellow.
Many people carried around the balloons saying : Cheer up Korea! And You are our leader of peace!
After the speeches of the association in Seoul they continued the speeches of speakers in Daegu:
An High school student, Followers of the association from Congo and the Philippines and an University student.
After the speakers they had a choir which was very nice.
They sang their songs loudly and with a lot of enthusiasm.
After the choir they invited everyone to do a walk around the giant lake.
Everyone carried their signs and balloons and marched behind the marching band.
People were waving around their balloons and signs while many photographers took their photos.
It was amazing to see how many joined this march around the lake.
You were able to see people with yellow balloons from all the way across the lake.
While walking I talked a lot to Eunjo about her studies and about many Korean idols and actors.
Of course we also talked about food and about the Netherlands.
Then we also talked about Deux, S.E.S and H.O.T.
She laughed and she told me : “You’re exactly like a Korean!”
After the march Eunjo took me to the bus stop since I still wanted to go to Kyobo bookstore and see if there were any interesting non-fiction books.
So I went to Kyobo and I found no interesting non-fiction books.. bummer.
Well actually I did, but they were too expensive.
So after that failure I went to Gugi since I go there at least once every year.
They’re a really good fusion restaurant in the Donseongno area and they’re not expensive.
So I went home and took the right bus!
WOO!
Roommate report: Do I even have to tell you..?
On Saturday I didn’t really do a lot considering the fact that I almost had to sleep on the street the day before.
You would expect me to go out and do fun stuff on Saturday but I just didn’t feel like it.
I was walking back from the student union area to my dorm as I heard someone whistling to me.
Asian people might not know what I’m talking about unless you are an Asian living in America or Europe or whatever.
I’ll explain either way : You might have seen a movie where some builders are whistling at some pretty girl walking by.
It’s that kind of whistle that goes : Phietphew.
And I just know. This person whistling at me can NOT be Korean since Korean people (or probably Asian in general) don’t do this.
So I decided to walk some more and look back after 10 seconds.
And I saw.. some black kid who looked like he was 16.
I was so offended.
I might look like I’m 18 or whatever but I am 23 years old (24 Korean age) and I do not feel comfortable being whistled at by some kid who is probably more than 4 years younger than me.
It’s annoying and embarrassing.
Sunday.
I got invited to a Peace event on Sunday somewhere earlier that week.
A girl named Sarah (I think her name is Saebom cause that’s how she’s called on Kakaotalk) approached me on the street and convinced me to go.
I thought : Why not? Since I didn’t have anything to do on Sunday anyway!
I didn’t know much about the event besides that it was supposed to take place in Daegu’s Citizen’s Hall at 15:30.
Until.. I got a katok from Sarah saying they changed the place and time: Somewhere in Suseong at 15:00.
I got instructions from her on how to get there: I had to take the bus towards Yeungnam University (840) which was already a mystery to begin with.
I went to the bus stop but the sign said it went towards the wrong direction so I went to the opposite road. But when I talked to the bus driver he said it was the opposite stop. (EVEN THOUGH THE SIGN SAID DIFFERENT) I am still confused about this matter.
Is this some Sunday shift routine? If someone knows.. please tell me.
Again the rule : bus drivers words are holy.
From Yeungnam I saw supposed to take the subway towards Daegu Bank station, which I did.
On the way there I got approached by the second Jezus girl by now.
They’re the people who come to you with flyers about Jezus and God and what not.
So out of politeness I took her flyer (and because it’s in English it might be funny to read)
From Daegu Bank I was supposed to meet Sarah at 14:30 but I was late 15 minutes..
So I katok’d Sarah and she told me I had to take a bus there.
Mind the fact that it was already 15:00 and the ceremony already began.
So I walked up to the bus 403 and I had to get off at Dusan community centre.
While I was looking for the right stop on the sign, two girls asked me where I wanted to go.
I showed them my katok from Sarah and they said they were going there as well!
That was so convenient because I could just follow them to my destination.
We got off at Dusan Community Centre and I got to talking with one of the girls.
I think her name was Eunjo, but I might have gotten it wrong.
But I’m just going to call her Eunjo for the rest of this post.
We talked about all kinds of stuff.
We went towards the peace event and there were SO many people there.
On the screen was the founder of the peace association and everyone was cheering loudly.
Eunjo translated for me: He has traveled 10 times across the world in 2 years to speak to religious leaders and country’s leaders to convince them to sign a peace agreement.
Apparently he got them to sign the declaration of world peace last year the 25th of May.
This year was the first anniversary for this event.
I’m surprised I never even heard about this, because this seems like a very big thing if you are able to convince leaders of religions to sign a declaration of world peace.
Apparently this event was broadcasted on a lot of different places in Korea.
The event itself on the screen was in Seoul but some of the commentary was being broadcasted by Busan.
Because of the Sewol ferry disaster the colors of the event were yellow.
Many people carried around the balloons saying : Cheer up Korea! And You are our leader of peace!
After the speeches of the association in Seoul they continued the speeches of speakers in Daegu:
An High school student, Followers of the association from Congo and the Philippines and an University student.
After the speakers they had a choir which was very nice.
They sang their songs loudly and with a lot of enthusiasm.
After the choir they invited everyone to do a walk around the giant lake.
Everyone carried their signs and balloons and marched behind the marching band.
People were waving around their balloons and signs while many photographers took their photos.
It was amazing to see how many joined this march around the lake.
You were able to see people with yellow balloons from all the way across the lake.
While walking I talked a lot to Eunjo about her studies and about many Korean idols and actors.
Of course we also talked about food and about the Netherlands.
Then we also talked about Deux, S.E.S and H.O.T.
She laughed and she told me : “You’re exactly like a Korean!”
After the march Eunjo took me to the bus stop since I still wanted to go to Kyobo bookstore and see if there were any interesting non-fiction books.
So I went to Kyobo and I found no interesting non-fiction books.. bummer.
Well actually I did, but they were too expensive.
So after that failure I went to Gugi since I go there at least once every year.
They’re a really good fusion restaurant in the Donseongno area and they’re not expensive.
So I went home and took the right bus!
WOO!
Roommate report: Do I even have to tell you..?
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