The fact that you can read this means I am finally connected
to the great WWW.
“Finally” seems a little … wrong in the most connected part
of the world (that’s South Korea, by the way). Let me start, all the way from
the beginning.
Part 1: The-great-travelling-adventure-that-wasn’t-to-be
I had been super stressed out and daunted by my journey to
my apartment which isn’t any walking distance to any station. Also, I was going
to lug around some 32kg of stuff (distributed over 3 bags) … wasn’t that
confident I could do it. Anyway, I gritted my teeth and did exactly what I was
told to: take the Airport Railway to Hongik University station (3950 won), and
then a cab to my place (7700 won). It was a long cab journey only coz the GPS
gave the driver a super long roundabout way – by the time he (and I too, for
that matter) realised, we were too near our destination to make any drastic
changes. To make a long story short, I arrived at my apartment in one piece,
and it was so much easier than I had thought. -.-
Checked in (long complicated process that I’m too lazy to
write about), and to my horror my landlord told me there was no … WIFI. No WIFI
in Seoul?! He then handed me a LAN cable and asked me to use that instead, but
I showed him my Ethernet-less ultrabook with a helpless expression. Darn. He
had to leave, so I made the quick decision to quickly rush out and look for a
computer accessories shop, get my Ethernet adapter, and live happily ever
after.
Not … so … easy.
Firstly, it was raining. Secondly …
… THERE WAS NO COMPUTER ACCESSORIES SHOP. I walked into a
few places and with my very limited Korean, some English and lotsa gestures, I
tried to convey my intention but no one understood me. Finally, I decided to go
home, a dejected and unconnected person.
I thought then that I could go look for one the next day
after my placement test. Oh, that’s another story in itself …
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