Firstly, no one holds the door open for you. Well, none of the local students do anyway. The teachers, other international students and exchange students do, but if you're walking behind a bunch of people then expect to get door swung into your face if you're not careful.
Secondly, almost all the professors (almost of all of mine anyway) will discourage you from taking their class. I think it might be because all my classes are the ones being taught in English so they don't want that many people, but I don't really know about that. Lots of professors who are teaching the English classes openly say that they don't want to do it - they were 'forced' to do it by the university. So I think local people don't really like to speak English.
Thirdly, every girl pretty much dresses the same except for their shoes. There are four types - high heels, converse sneakers, boots/booties or ugg boots. For the boys it's almost like a uniform - cap, baseball jacket and jeans. You'll get some guys looking fashionable but they're mostly in the Arts department so go figure.
And lastly? All the things you've seen in dramas? The coffee cups with straws, the modification of faces, the super-packed subways, the drunk ahjusshis who go very red in the face? IT'S ALL TRUE. Oh, but no crazy, four-way love story.
Here, have a bagel.
only /some/ boys looking fashionable...? :( hm, i guess it's like that in tokyo too unless you go to harajuku or shibuya. but i prefer living in my little dream world where all tokyo&seoul boys dress well :p
ReplyDeletei've hear korea is much less "polite" than japan, or at least that people are more straight forward and brash - but no one here holds the door open either! :p
no crazy four-way love story... yet! ;)
i know, right?! i came here thinking a lot of the boys would be dressing up, but i guess its only when they're out with their girlfriends. or maybe in the shopping districts, i dunno. i've yet to go out to the 'richer' areas like apgujeong and gangnam, so we'll so how that goes.
ReplyDeletemm i'm not sure about that. most of the people i've seen are polite but just not chivalrous?
and uhh hopefully no crazy four-way love story everrrr haha.