and got a cell phone!! I wasn't planning on getting one b.c. my heart is set on waiting for the rumoured iPhone that has yet to arrive... but as time passed while my friend was signing up for one, I thought more and more about the logistics of it all and came to my senses that a free phone was WAY better than an outrageously expensive iPhone (if, and when, it ever comes!) So the plan is way different than in the US... I pretty much have to pay for outgoing txts and calls BUT I can receive as many as I want for FREE... AND I can get email on there... so I'm straight. Only in Korea...
We ate at a mexican place called "Dos Tacos" where I had the best quesadilla in my life! (Beat that- La Napolera!! granted, no one will ever beat your humongous beers :) )
Only in Korea the Koreans can't do nails and charge an arm and a leg... the fake nails are muy $$$ and made of crap craftsmanship.... So, after dinner, we went to a nail place to get our nails done. Now this turned out to be quite the experience. You'd think, coming from America where everyone that owns nail salons are Asian, that when I come to an Asian country, they should be better... well, wrong. Everyone here actually HAS real nails, so acrylic nails aren't as popular AND their fake nail-tips are formed differently so as not to accomodate no-nail individuals like myself. :( So the lady took one look at my nubby fingers and her face was simply indescribable... she spent 45 minutes talking to my Korean friend that was with us about the different possibilities for my fingers... she eventually decided to go with "Silk nails" which is seriously a piece of silk on my nail covered with acrylic powder and then shaped roundly. This eventually hardens, but is WAY weak... Now meanwhile, I'm not going to say how much, but this was THE MOST EXPENSIVE MANICURE IVE EVER HAD IN MY LIFE!!!! fo' sho! Only in Korea....
I copied the following from a site that has advice for foreigners coming to Korea,
"Nail salons are as abundant as gas stations, and there are over 14.6 million registered vehicles on the road here as of 2005. The salons also cost a fraction of the price as compared to back home, I only know this because my Korean girlfriend gets her nails done all the time ;)
Things you wont find easily: high end specialty items, usually required for hobbies and recreation. In my case, lot's of specialty camera and motorcycle gear is difficult if not impossible to track down. Also, if you're over 6 foot and have big feet, forget about finding any kind of selection of shoes, shirts and pants.
Hope that helps, take care,
Greg"
My thoughts on this, GREG, are that:
#1. You're a man, thus you know nothing about nails.
#2. This is the type of stuff I read prior to coming here thinking I would be able to find everything I needed, thus I got rid of everything I owned and only took 4 checked bags at the airport which I why I've intensely regretted that decision numerous times. Esp. when I want to buy stuff. ugh.
Culture shock much?!? Lol... not yet!! (It's supposed to come later... egads!)
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