Live from the PC Bong!

So I said my next post would be about the new apartment, but I wanted to take pictures of it and post them. Because I am without internet for the time being, posting the pictures and a proper apartment post will have to wait.

Instead, I come at you live from the PC Bong pretty much across the street from my new apartment.

A PC bong is a room full of computers where people are able to use the internet. It is pretty popular in Korea. I am one of the very few actually looking at websites. Most of the people in here are playing online games. A lot of them are hardcore. I've heard from some of my Korean students how addicting these places can become. Some kids and even young adults spend all of their spare time in these places. I can believe it. I lived with someone who was the same way, you would almost love this place Ben. It just lacks one thing, and funny enough it's in the name! You can find at least 1 PC bong on pretty much every block.

They are pretty easy to use. You grab a card with a number when you enter, then you enter the number into the computer and it starts keeping track of the time you spent using the computer. The only troubles I am having is most of the websites automaticly give your options to you in Hangul (Korean characters) and while I can kind of read what it says, I don't know what it means.

After I got myself all moved into the apartment, I headed down town to meet some friends. This was the first event I semi-organized...and it was a pretty good success! We went to play some ultimate frisbee. Felt so good to play again. I'd like to say I wow'd people with my mad skills, but I'm not so sure.

It was a pretty cool day. I met a few new people, including someone I started emailing to organize the game. She left a notice on a bulletin board at the local bar about frisbee and I came a knocking...errr emailing rather. It was also the introduction of the wonderful world of frisbee to 2 Korean friends who had never even thrown one before. It's not a common activity in Korea. I tried finding a frisbee in a couple places with no success. I really regrett not bringing one with me. I'm hoping it becomes a regular event with the ones who do have a frisbee.