So, train ride back from Daegu after buying my cereal was a lot more enthralling than I originally planned.
I got to my seat and was listening to my music as I normally do when I was joined by a Korean gent who asked me to cal him Ray. He is a University Student in Deagu and was on the train home back to Gyeonju where he lives with his family. He is studying computers and management, hoping to revolutionise shopping malls. Or at least this is his end goal. We just chatted the entire 35min back to my stop in YC. He enjoys talking to foreigners as he wants to improve and practice his English. He learnt his English from the TV, Radio, Movies and going to private academies. He was a very nice guy. We talked about politics and Education in SA and Korea and he told me some of the history of Korea – the most interesting of which was the origins of the Mugunghwa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibiscus_syriacus) and Saemaul trains in Korea. The former is the national flower of Korea and the latter is a social movement that was started in the 1970’s (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saemaeul_Movement) meaning that you can only help yourself be prosperous but the community is there to help you so in working for yourself you should help each other. We talked about Why I came to Korea and that we both want to travel and where we want to travel to.
It was a really enjoyable train ride at the end of which we exchanged email addresses and have already exchanged an email or two between each other. VERY COOL!
This has been Geoff’s Asian Adventures – Adventures to come: My Trips to Ulsan and Gwangju to visit Lauren Andreya and Soekie, My Birthday Weekend, the arrival of new friends, and so so many more. Stay tuned folks :)
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