I got to finally open a bank account, and also got my 300,000 won settlement to deposit into it. However, the banks are only open Mon-Fri 9-4, further proving bank hours are universally moronic. At least I get to leave work to walk down the hill if I need to go during a period off.You can also deposit cash or checks through the ATM's as well as pay your bills with the ATM's, but I heard it isn't easy to figure out, especially if you can't read Hangul.
I met the principal and vice principal, who were both very nice. The vice principal told me I was "cute" and had "good facial expressions" (further showing that Koreans base alot on appearance). After work we had a faculty meeting. I only needed to attend the first 5 minutes in which I was introduced and gave a little "It is nice to meet you speech", even though by this time I already have met or seen a lot of staff (and still have no clue to 99% of their names).I might have mentioned playing rock-paper-scissors in another post. Here it is called "Kai-Bai-Bo", or "Muk-chi-ba" as there are different variations depending on how many people or rounds you do. I saw kids doing this a lot today; during a game of handball, and some girls on deciding who was going to have to sort the teacher's lounge garbage. The kids all do it.
They also love Korean Pop music (K-Pop) which frankly can get annoying, because it is played everywhere - however it is starting to grow on me a little as some of the tunes are catchy. Particularly this one below, as they say "Naega" (translated: I or I am) which sounds like "Nicka" (how Koreans say my name - as they add vowels to the end of everything).
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Hopefully the cell phone is next!
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