After a long 12 hr flight from SFO with the guys (Max and David) we finally arrived at our long awaited destination only to wait another 4 hours for our ride to pick us up, during that time we met up with our other CSUF amiga, Jane and her Dad who are way cool. Then another hour and 30 min bus ride to DIMA. Finally getting to my dorm around midnight our time.
The first day was fun, having breakfast in the dorm cafeteria, not your typical breakfast including rice, korean beef, a calamari and cucumber entree, and spicy kimchi (cabbage). So many different flavors blending together and it felt incredibly light compared to a typical breakfast back home. We also of met up with the cool chicas from our program, Jaymee and Kailey from Illinois State University; as well as, our Korean escort, Min.
Orientation was like walking into an awards show, cameras everywhere, concert sized speakers, jumbo screens on either side of the electrifying center stage. We had special guests including, a comedian, Drum performers and members of a the hit pop-groups 2AM and 2PM. The opening ceremonies were awesome and unlike anything I had ever been apart of.
That afternoon we all took a trip to a buffet that served very unique foods. My mentality is try everything at-least once. Everything was pretty tasty and there were only a few things I didn't care for. I did try and like however, the escargot haha weird right. I never thought I'd try it but you only live once. After lunch we went to Downtown Anseong for a little exploring. We found a 7-Eleven but THEY DONT HAVE SLURPEEES!!!! and we were all very disappointed. Found a couple shady dive bars and enjoyed exploring the outdoor markets, eateries and shops.
Min is awesome and took us to our first chinese food experience where you are required to take off your shoes before stepping onto the seating area. This was a more traditional chinese restaurant with low lying tables with pillows for us sit cross-legged on the padded and comfortably heated floor. He ordered an amazing meal and we all got our shot at trying Soju :] goes down like candy and Min knew how to keep them coming!
Fyi, I'm a day behind but I'll be all caught up by tonight.
