it's been a long weekend for me. i slept in sat, only to wake up with a really bad sore throat. so i've been taking it easy all weekend, just lying around and watching dvds. whoo that 70s show. i seriously wish i had internet in my apartment so i didn't have to go out to other places to get it, even just to send an email or whatever. 

saturday when i went out wandering around migeum with hayley we were asked if we believed in jesus christ by some random koreans. i was wondering if they were going to start preaching to us, but they just asked a couple questions then left. 

hayley and i also made a list of u.s. words vs. new zealand words cause we have been cracking up over the funny things each of us say. here it is:

hamburger vs. mince

trash vs. rubbish

elevator vs. lift

clean up vs. tidy up

candy vs. lolly or lollies

cough drops vs. cough lollies

fries vs. chips

cookie vs. biscuit

crap! vs. bugger!

pickle vs. gherkin

hot dog vs. sausage

convenience stores vs. dairies

bangs vs. fringe

tired vs. knaeckered

rain boots vs. gum boots

flip flops vs. jandals

sweater vs. jersey

freeway vs. motorway

pavement vs. footpath 

drinking (alcohol) vs. piss-up

eraser vs. rubber

go away vs. rack off and stuff off

talking to vs. rark up

sex vs. root (pronounced like route)

chug vs. scull

break vs. smoko

having a tantrum vs. spit the dummy

sweet potato vs. kumara

thanks vs. ta

make fun of someone vs. take the piss out of someone

white-out vs. twink

bathing suits vs. togs

preggers vs. up the duff

forever vs. yonks or donkey's years

z vs. zed

pharmacy vs. chemist

shopping cart vs. trolley

wilderness vs. forest

so, koreans don't so much believe in waiting their turn. for example, whenever i get off the subway, people are waiting right outside the door and walk right on in when the doors open, no matter how many people are trying to get off. same goes for the elevator . . . and most koreans stand right in front of the buttons so they can push the close door button as much as possible. the doors freaking shut on me today cause some guy pushed the button as i was trying to get on. bah. 

you also can't browse anything in stores without a korean salesperson coming up and trying to talk to you and show you things. and don't touch anything! or they'll think that you want it.