Sunday, December 17, 2006
korean homestay
Hello people!! Back from Korea yesterday if you didn't know...this post's gonna be part 1 of the whole Korea trip...about the homestay. Most of the skiing pictures are in my friends' camera, so that part of the trip shall be saved for another time.
Homestay!!!!We all went for the homestay with much apprehension...mainly because the YMCA people told us that there was a screwup in the rooming process. Most people would be staying alone with the family, instead of in pairs.
SCARY CAN!!!! Plus, I had to change with another girl, so I didn't even get to have my original buddy. BUT WHATEVER. I got the best buddy la. Clovis, Wan Hsin, Ernest and Jonathan they all were so jealous cos my house had ESPN channel. My buddy, Lee Chang Hun's home had like
657 plus channels la. WHA LAU EH. Plasma tv somemore. Their house was very nice...and I got to use Shuai Ge's ROOM!!! His name is Chang Bum and he's my buddy's brother. Very handsome and his teachers say he's very gentle. *winks*
This is the Chang Bum's bed which I slept in.
I was brought to his house...after which we went to KTV!!! YAYNESS man...sang the goong songs...listened to them sing Korean songs...Sang Bum (no. 1 guy) and his homestay buddy Sharlene was there too. Plus 2 more others. Actually, it was meant to be only 4 poeple going...but then their other friends were so curious about me, they came to the singing club too. Haha...like zoo display like that. Then went back for dinner...
Anyway...the three of us (Chang Hun, Chang Bum and me) walked to the Institute after dinner. The institute is sort of like night school, except that the hours are really flexible, and you can not go if you don't want to. Chang Bum kept asking me "who do you think is better, me or Chang Hun??" hahahahahha...I didn't want to say la...then he happily continued "do you feel sorry for Chang Hun because I'm better??" LOL!!! Chang Hun is 14 and Chang Bum is 16. Chang Bum kept telling me throughout dinner that I didn't have to finish everything if I didn't want to. Heh. (Do I see girls swooning in front of the com??) He couldn't speak English as well as his brother so we settled for him talking to me through his brother. Apparently boys especially in korea can read English but can't speak it.
Our conversations went like this:
Chang Bum: (something in Korean)
Chang Hun: (replies in Korean)
Me: (looks from Chang Bum to Chang Hun like blur sotong)
Chang Hun: (tranlates to English)
Me: (replies in Enlish)
Chang Hun: (laughs and translates to Korean)
Chang Bum: (laughs and replies in Korean and smiles at me)
Me: (smiles back)
Stupid right. -.-" Since Chang Bum couldn't speak English well, we had to keep smiling at each other. LOL LOL LOL. My buddy could speak very good English as he went to Australia to study English for 3 years. I tell you, most people suddenly changed accent during the homestay. HAHAH!! Mine was American. -.-" All the "twenny" all come out. If you don't speak like that, they don't really understand...
Anyway, back to the Institute. We went there, argueing about whether I was 17 or 19. Cos in Korea as I mentioned earlier, the people are 1 years old when they're born. Turned out I was 18 in korea, and Chang Bum immediately asked if I could drive a car. -.-" The koreans were very curious about driving. So...at the Institute, Chang Bum went off to some class, and Chang Hun brought me to meet said teacher. He didn't like her very much, and I'm not sure I do too. Hahahahha...too many questions la. Plus her laugh is like so.......LOL.
Chang Hun's mother was super nice la!! She even put the electric blanket thingy under the sheets to keep me warm. In the middle of the night, it was so warm I started to sweat la. =/ Got up to turn it off. Hahahahahha....
Morning!! We went to Nami Island! Nice and cold place!! Chang Hun's father took one look at me in the morning and brought out an Addidas anorak of Chang Bum's? and made me wear it cos he said it was going to be really cold. So nice right!!! Nami was great...took lots of photos but I think blogger is going to die if I load them all. Chang Hun and Sang Bum bought me this yellow sweet potato freshly steamed. SHIOK! DELICIOUS MAN!
This is Sang Bum (no. 1 guy) and friend. I can't remember his name. Clovis or somebody says he looks like my long lost cousin. I think Sang Bum looks like Edwin. =p
After that we went to their high school for cultural night, but everybody (including the koreans themselves) thought it was rubbish so I won't go into detail here. Sang Bum then asked if I wanted to have pizza for dinner...so we went to his house (I went to like so many houses to be put on display) to wait. We slacked around for abit, took alot of random photos...went up to his neighbour's house where the three daughters giggled at me like nobody's business. @#$%^&*! Thank goodness I didn't get girls for homestay. We got pissed at their incessant snickers so we went back downstairs. *heaves a sigh of relief* It turned out that we were really waiting for the neighbour's mother to cook this dish. Then we ate this spicy dish!! NICE man...but really really spicy.
Chang Hun used Sang Bum's toilet to um....do business. Then he got trapped inside cos he couldn't unlock the door..Sang Bum had to go rescue him. HAHAHAHAHHA. Drama la. Sang Bum and I were playing with the electronic dictionary (which is very high tech and definately nicer than the one my sister is using). He looked up this korean word, translated it to English, and told me "Chang Hun has abnormal sexuality." HAHAHAHAHA. WTH. They love to suan each other like that la. Then Chang Hun came out of the toilet...then Sang Bum went in to wash his hair and immediately let out a Korean expletive (I've learnt alot of these). "SO SMELLY!!!" I went over to take a peek and we immediately dissolved into helpless laughter. "CHANG HUN'S POO IS SO BIG, THE TOILET IS SPOILT!" Sang Bum was pressing the air freshener like nobody's business. Then we took a photo of the clogged toilet. =/ Their toilet is very high tech one leh! Press one button, help you wash your bum, press another and the toilet dries your backside for you. Another button provides in house music. o.O
The clogged toilet. HAHAHAHAHA.
Went to Korea's version of Pizza Hut, where the pizza is like HUGE with a thick ring of cheese, and another ring of sweet potato. WHA LAU. DELICIOUS MAN!!!!!!!!!! The salad also like free for all like that la. Sang Bum practically built a mountain of the salad. Another friend joined us for pizza. He's really camera shy la. Rolled about on Sang Bum's floor to avoid taking a photo.
The guy on the extreme right is the camera shy guy.
Then we went shopping!! Where I discovered that I had happily forgotten to bring my wallet. Sian ji pua. Had to borrow from Amanda...I want to go back to korea!! I didn't do enough shopping la. We had to go back early cos Sharlene (from YMCA Singapore) wanted to go back, plus Sang Bum said I looked tired, although I vehemently denied it. HAHAHA...notice that I haven't mentioned Chang Hun for quite long?? Hahahha...he was busy bullying the camera shy guy. Who was busy biting him back. o.O They kept buying gifts for me la...so pai seh. But so nice of them.
Okay...shall elaborate more later. Got piano lesson.
10:19 AM
;and the DODO has the final say.
