Since my arrival in Korea, I have not had the Internet in my home or any channels on my T.V. I have however had a DVD player with a select few DVDs that I brought from home - most of the collection being what I like to call "the bible": the complete set of Sex and the City DVDs. The past eight months of Carrie Bradshaw and the gang has been great, but I'm ready for some different background noise. So yes folks, I have buckled down and installed 70 Korean channels in my home. The best part is this cable package is only costing 5,000 won per month. Most of the channels are in Korean, but there are 7 or 8 English-speaking channels that I find very entertaining. Now you may be wondering why I waited so long. To tell you the truth, I decided early on that I didn't move all the way to Korea to stay in my house and watch television. But lately as close friends are starting to leave and my time is running out, I'm kind of looking at it as something to:
A. Keep me busy.
B. Keep me from drinking myself into a drunken stupor at the bars.
and C. As an effort to save some money before I leave.
Plus, now that I've been watching TV the last few days, I feel like I'm experiencing a whole new side of Korean culture. Before you know it, I'm going to know all of the choreography to every popular music video and be able to jump right in with the Koreans when they have their random dance outbreaks. I know you're picturing it now. Me, home alone in my makeshift living room/bedroom, dancing and singing away to my own television set. Well believe it because this is what my life has come down to. And quite frankly, I see nothing wrong with it.
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