On Thursday and Friday I had my first Korean classes. On Thursday we just met our three teachers and finished early though. Our group consists of only seven students who are from Mexico, Ecuador, Ghana, Sri Lanca, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and China. The other three beginners groups are much bigger and most of the students there are Chinese girls.
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c1blag asked: Ah, when I said it's quite alright, it was in response to when you apologized about not putting up any posts for a few days. I'm surprised that fruits and vegetables are so expensive! Is milk expensive there as well? When I lived overseas near South Korea, milk was really expensive and went bad after having it refrigerated for a few days. This was in Okinawa, though, so maybe it's not the same.
Ah, I thought I’d mentioned somewhere that it’s quite alright here in Korea and that you thought that funny^^ It just sounded so much like something I might have said.
Yeah, I was surprised, too, when I realized that fruits and vegetables are expensive here. I don’t really know why it’s like that. Other countries have to import most of the fresh fruit, too, but it’s not that expensive there. The only cheap fruits here are bananas and those are imported as well - it’s just weird.
Milk is expensive, too, that’s right. It’s about twice as much as in Germany (which is not good for me because I used to drink about one liter per day). Most of the milk here isn’t pasteurized (I had to look really hard for it since I don’t have a refrigerator in my room) and it’s also not homogenized. But I don’t care as long as I get milk which doesn’t go bad quickly.
Why did you go to Japan? Also to study or for work?
Here’s something completely unrelated to South Korea: I’ve been using this search engine for almost a year now and some days ago the guys behind it put up a video to promote it. Maybe you can switch to Ecosia, too, and avoid Google from now on… It’s just a little step into the right direction and towards a greener future but I believe that even that can have a great effect on our environment.
c1blag asked: It's quite alright ^^ I'm glad you're doing better, though! Have you gone shopping for clothing in Busan yet? If so, what are the sizes typically like for you? Also, have you bought/found things that would typically cost less in your home-country?
Did I say that it’s quite alright here in one of my posts? I couldn’t find that sentence… But it sounds just like me - my roommate back in Germany used to make fun of me and my negative diction. So ‘quite alright’ actually means ‘good’ when you translate it into ‘normal (positive thinking) peoples’ language’.
Yes, I have gone shopping for clothing, in fact I went today with my roommate. The annoying thing about shopping in South Korea is that the sales persons are a lot more intrusive than the ones in Germany. Therefor I was very happy that I had my roomie with me who could talk to them. So if I just wanted to look around or I needed a different size she was able to help me.
The sizes are a bit different here and up to now I just tried the clothes on to see if the fit or not. I’m usually a size S or M (which is a size 36 or 38 in Germany if that’s any help to you) and I haven’t had great difficulties in finding clothes which fit me. Against all the rumours I’d heard before I came here there are girls in Korea who aren’t exactly bony thin (I mean they’re healthy and normal - just like me) and therefor the clothing industry has to provide clothes for those, too. It could be difficult for someone bigger than a size L though… The sizes for skirts and pants are usually 80, 85, 90 and 95. Size 85 fits me. But I have seen tops with these sizes, too (and here it’s size 80 which fits me although its a little to roomy, actually) - it is just all a bit confusing. I guess I just have to try everything on to find out if it fits or not (which I normally don’t do because I hate shopping and trying things on).
Things which are definitely much more expensive here than in Germany are fruits! They’re almost too pricey to buy (I once bought 1,2 kg of Clementines and paid about 8 euros for it). It’s almost the same with the vegetables but I don’t care about that because I don’t buy them anyway (I’m not allowed to cook them my dorm room).
Stationary, for example, is cheaper than in Germany. That’s good because I needed some stuff at the beginning of the new semester.
In case you meant clothes when you asked about things that are cheaper here than in Germany: I haven’t bought any brand clothes yet, so I don’t know if they are cheaper or costlier here. Also, I haven’t seen any of the usual clothing stores we have in Germany - Korea has just a lot of own brands. The prize level is about the same as in Germany. The quality is good but unfortunately they like synthetic fibers here (which is something I loathe - I prefer natural fibers).
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There’s not much to tell about that day. At 1 p.m. I had an exam to evaluate my Korean level. I was sitting there not able to answer many of the questions. I was finally rescued when a Korean teacher came in and took me and another girl out. There’s no need for us to sit there waiting for the time to be over. Tomorrow my classes will finally start early in the morning.
Another good thing about Korea is that I finally found non-greasy sun blocker for my face (without even looking for it). Let me tell you: they don’t sell stuff like that in Germany (I only once found very greasy sun cream (SFP 20) for the face but my skin kept breaking out because of it). I’ll have to import that stuff from Korea when I’m going back!
My life as a German exchange student in Busan - endlessly struggling with the Korean language and hopelessly trying to understand Korean culture
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