Last weekend we went to the fireworks festival in Busan. I've never been much of a fan of fireworks, but this was definitely the best fireworks show I have ever seen. I didn't bring my camera, but I'm hoping to get photos from other people to give you an idea of how awesome it was. As awesome as the fireworks show was, my experience in Busan was less than thrilling. We couldn't find a place to stay the night, so I ended up sharing a couch with 2 people in a DVD room, which is a room you rent to watch movies.
My limited knowledge of Korean has presented me with a number of problems. One the of the biggest problems so far was paying someone else's phone bill. My coteacher and I are still in awe of how this could have happened, but somehow someone else's bill ended up in my mailbox (addressed to me). We both didn't notice that it was not my bill until the damage had already been done. My coteacher seems to think that is was the cell phone's company's way of trying to take advantage of foreigners, and they seem to have succeeded.
I'm taking a salsa class on Tuesdays, which has become what I look forward to most during the week. However, salsa is definitely different in Korea than in Ecuador. In Ecuador, salsa was all about having a good time and relaxing. In Korea, salsa is about counting, making the right steps, and dancing flawlessly. In a nutshell, that is the biggest difference between Korea and Ecuador as a whole. South Korea seeks perfection while Ecuador seeks disfrutamiento. It's nearly impossible to compare the two countries on any deeper level because they are so completely different (except for the manbags).
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