At this point, I expect to arrive in Incheon Airport at nightfall, homeless.
Have I mentioned I've no friends or family who live in Korea? And I'm about to leave Albany International Airport on Memorial Day and I've found no place to stay in Seoul. I speak Korean only slightly better than my hamster and the only security is the $1000 wad of cash strapped to my fanny pack.
Here's a recipe for What-The-Hell-Was-I-Thinking? The best method to search for Korean housing in 24 hours:
1. Try to reserve a Hasukjib room by international call at 1 in the morning
2. Discover ajummas hate reservations
3. Find out wire transfer is the only option to convince ajummas
4. Email 5 classmates and my Korean professor with a Korean bank account
5. Ask them all to transfer 400,000 won to the same hasuk
6. Fail
7. Beg the director of Richard Light Fellowship study abroad for help
I can't believe my idiocy. I can't believe what I'm about to face in 24 hours. I can't believe I procrastinated this far to prepare for my first trip abroad.
Something tells me it's time...
...to eat more truffles.
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Can't wait for the blog update! =)
ReplyDeleteHi,
ReplyDeleteThis is Pearlyn from Singapore. I arrive at your blog while searching for Hasukjib and have difficulty finding one near Korea University? Do you have any recommendations or channels to get one? Pls email me at pearlynyap.Jling@gmail.com
Hope to hear from you soon. Thanks for your help in advance.
Regards,
Pearlyn