Merry Christmas to all
Good times,
Well, not a lot of actual 'news' per se this time around, but a couple pictures from the last week and a bit. Alright, Christmas Eve was pretty fun, we had a late night though, which made Christmas day pretty darn relaxed, which was nice. I got this whole week off, and I have yet to meet one other person who does, so I might be doing some solo sightseeing during the days this week, there is supposed to be the 5th biggest museum in the world that is really brand new and its free, so that might be fun, hopefully some stuff will be written in english though, or I might get bored fast of some of the stuff. I also hope its not just pots and vases, give me something that has helped win (or lose) a war any day.
Oh! I did buy a guitar this week for a dirt cheap price, which was quite the experience. I got directions to go to a place where they sold them, except wasn't told what exit to leave the subway station at. For those of you who don't know (which is probably everyone), Korean subway stations are massive, and at this particular one, there were 15 separate exits spread out over a several-block radius, so I was up that one creek without a paddle. But I found a guy who was very friendly (but not the brightest guy, due to the fact that I'm pretty sure he was really drunk) and helped me find the place for about 20 minutes. Then when I was there, I found a group of actually helpful girls who showed me to the building (which is like a wal-mart filled with 100s of tiny little guitar shops) and then said they would come back in a little while to help me shop around. I used a pretty good bargaining technique that I picked up in china which was to find the cheapest price for any crappy guitar i could find, and then use that price to go the other shops and tell them that 'well at that place they sold a good guitar for this much,' and that worked pretty good. When the girls came back, I had already found a really nice guitar and a pretty cool salesman as well (seemed like more of a musician than a businessman, which is good) and got it for about half price, which I'm told is really good in Korea. It sounds really nice, came with a case, has got a pickup, and (my favorite part) an electric tuner built into it, which I have never seen before and is really convenient. And all for about $120. I was pretty pumped. There might still be a picture of me with it that the guy took at guitarline.co.kr, but I'm not sure.
Well, there you go, instead of a bunch of stories, you got one detailed story
Thanks for all the comments, by the way.
Well, not a lot of actual 'news' per se this time around, but a couple pictures from the last week and a bit. Alright, Christmas Eve was pretty fun, we had a late night though, which made Christmas day pretty darn relaxed, which was nice. I got this whole week off, and I have yet to meet one other person who does, so I might be doing some solo sightseeing during the days this week, there is supposed to be the 5th biggest museum in the world that is really brand new and its free, so that might be fun, hopefully some stuff will be written in english though, or I might get bored fast of some of the stuff. I also hope its not just pots and vases, give me something that has helped win (or lose) a war any day.
Oh! I did buy a guitar this week for a dirt cheap price, which was quite the experience. I got directions to go to a place where they sold them, except wasn't told what exit to leave the subway station at. For those of you who don't know (which is probably everyone), Korean subway stations are massive, and at this particular one, there were 15 separate exits spread out over a several-block radius, so I was up that one creek without a paddle. But I found a guy who was very friendly (but not the brightest guy, due to the fact that I'm pretty sure he was really drunk) and helped me find the place for about 20 minutes. Then when I was there, I found a group of actually helpful girls who showed me to the building (which is like a wal-mart filled with 100s of tiny little guitar shops) and then said they would come back in a little while to help me shop around. I used a pretty good bargaining technique that I picked up in china which was to find the cheapest price for any crappy guitar i could find, and then use that price to go the other shops and tell them that 'well at that place they sold a good guitar for this much,' and that worked pretty good. When the girls came back, I had already found a really nice guitar and a pretty cool salesman as well (seemed like more of a musician than a businessman, which is good) and got it for about half price, which I'm told is really good in Korea. It sounds really nice, came with a case, has got a pickup, and (my favorite part) an electric tuner built into it, which I have never seen before and is really convenient. And all for about $120. I was pretty pumped. There might still be a picture of me with it that the guy took at guitarline.co.kr, but I'm not sure.
Well, there you go, instead of a bunch of stories, you got one detailed story
Thanks for all the comments, by the way.
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