I worked the AM shift and then Rachel and I caught an episode of Big in the afternoon. We finished the episode at 5:13 and then I ran to the train station to catch the KTX at 5:23. I definitely didn't keep track of time as much as I should have. I made it in about seven minutes, which I think set like a world record. Anyway, I made the train, which then didn't leave until after 5:30 so I didn't even need to have freaked out. When I got to Seoul, Minsung met me and we picked up take-out since I hadn't had dinner yet. After that Minsung, her mom, and I went and saw the movie 내 아내의 모든 것 (All About My Wife), which I understood most of, but I didn't really appreciate its humor unlike my friend and her mom, who were about to die from laughter.
Wednesday, July 11th
I finally got my cell phone in the morning, only to find out that my bank account and passport didn't match so they couldn't set up automatic monthly bank payments. But I finally had a cell phone to call my own, so I wasn't going to let that bring me down. It's also really cheap, especially in comparison to the U.S. For about $25 a month, I get unlimited incoming calls and texts along with 150 minutes of outgoing calls, 150 outgoing texts and 2 GB of data. I can also change my plan any month I please if I need less or more. Minsung also took me to the bank afterwards to get my information corrected since the bank workers in Yeosu had apparently done it incorrectly. I still need to go back to the cell phone place though to set up automatic payments.
In the afternoon, I met Emerson for lunch and to recommence my housing search. I felt really bad because it quickly became apparent that the vast majority of the places we looked at were women only, which I was unaware of until that point. It gave me a bit of a reality check though because through all my housing search frustrations, it never occurred to me how hard it must be for guys to find housing since they can only live in co-ed places and those are generally not as clean or nice. Anyway, I ended up finding 2 places I was interested in, which made me feel really relieved since I had had such rotten luck in finding housing earlier.
프라임 원룸텔 (Prime One-Roomtel)
소호 하우스 (Soho House)
In order to catch my train, I left an hour before it was set to depart, but I went to the wrong 신촌역 (Sinchon Station). There are two and one goes directly to 서울역 (Seoul Station), where I had to catch my train. However 신촌역 (Sinchon Station) turned out to be a train station and after waiting for about 10 minutes, I realized no trains actually stop there. So I left the train station and then, worried about whether or not I could make it if I took the subway, I decided to catch a cab. By cab it was only about 15 minutes, but if I had taken the subway, it would have taken a total of 30 or 35 minutes to walk to the station and then take the subway, transfer lines, and arrive. Anyway, I made it with like 15 minutes to spare, so it wasn't a problem. After I got back, Rachel and I watched another episode of Big, but that show is quickly becoming boring. It lacks any sort of plot development.
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