My Trip to Seoul

Finally!!! I found the adapter I need to get my gadgets functioning!!! Now I'm using my laptop here in my room for the first time. It's been such a busy week since my first step at Incheon and now at Seoul. I was 1 day absent to my class coz they started June 30 and I arrived June 30 6pm. Wehehe! I wish I can upload some pix here so my family and friends can check out what's happening to me here. Well, obviously, Im not fond of blogging about my personal life... but looks like i have to open a lil bit just this time to keep people updated. I'll see once I get enough time then. I'm still finishing 2 productions from the Philippines while I'm here in Korea for the Asian Filmmakers Training Program.

6 mos. of Seoul wouldn't be bad I guess.. but of course I miss the Pinas and all my loved ones and friends there. even the food and the work.

i'll be using this multiply blog and my film blog for my korean experiences.

incheon international airport is like an hour away from seoul. it's actually a good idea to have the airport far from residencial and commercial areas. and oh, the view from the airplane while landing is so much beautiful... seeing all those small islands and seeing incheon...

after many issues with my Smart phone as they were saying I have to rent a phone in Korea because GSM is not compatible, well thank goodness for Sony Ericsson P1i, my roaming is alive and kicking! and i got a free korean mobile phone too, so i have two phones here, sosyal! in the philippines im better off having just one, hehehe!

Seoul is quite similar to Pinas, it's like our Makati, there are so many vehicles in the streets, a little traffic, but bearable, coz the traffic is mainly caused by the traffic lights only. the highways are really wide, at least 4 lanes per direction. and above all, what i love best is that no matter how many vehicles there are in the streets, the city is not polluted. i havent had the experience of having to walk and cover my nose due to pollution - which i always do when im in Manila.

It's summer here. i wear my clothes like i wear them in Manila. It's almost the same temperature that i really didnt have to adjust... well not yet... come winter on december, im sure it would be freezing cold, i wish i could learn how to ski by then. hehehe!

i live at the foot of the mountain, i climb a bit like trekking for a few minutes just to get to my house. it's cool, i have free breakfast and dinner, i have free internet... and i have my own room weeee!!!

i have a class at korea university, it's soooooo beautiful... i wish UP can become like it in terms of facilities. it's so high tech, it looks so good and the architectural design of this school is so amazing, and it's such a big campus! and they have more than one campus within seoul.

good thing i have free food and accommodation. and i have some allowance... because cost of living here is quite high. imagine my books cost me almost 50,000 won. a typical lunch would cost me at least 2,000 won inside school and 4,500 won outside. and i think 1 dollar equals around 1,200 won... sheeeeshhh!!!

for the korean language program, there are many japanese in my class. they're good with the language already, im so kindergarten compared to them. well, i always get the compliment that i speak english the best though hehe! so far, i have a belgian seatmate named hanna and a japanese who talks in filipino so damn well i thought she was filipina, but she's actually japanese. her name is yumi. she said she has lots of filipina friends in japan. and really, she's so damn good in speaking filipino. im so impressed hehe! hopefully once im all settled here i can post some pix :D

Till next time when I have time... hopefully i can upload ssome pix then... anyone who has an idea on a software to be used to easily convert hi res photos to low res that is functioning when using a mac?? it's hard converting a hi res photo to low res for internet purposes. i want my other portfolio pix kept at low res when i have it up in the net :) hope i get some help... thanks!