GRRRRRRR!!

Ok so I know you guys were waiting for an update on all the cool/fun stuff I've been doing here in Korea, but quite frankly I feel like ranting. So that's exactly what I'm going to do. What am I going to rant about you may wonder? I'll tell you it's bus 155! This is the most jam packed mother @#$%^& bus in all of South, Korea. In the morning on my way to school I push my way through a sea of people just to barely make it onto the steps of the bus where I end up standing for at least 5 stops. After these 5 stops I have the "pleasure" of pushing through another sea of people just so I can finally pay and hear "Gamsamnida" (thank-you) the wretched voice that steals my 950 won! lol (actually the voice is quite pretty and nice, but i'm hey this is a rant). In any event this is the time where the bus driver nearly gets into 5 accidents because all korean drivers don;t seem to care whether they live or die. And of course i'm standing during all of this clinging to a hook for my dear life because of course there are no seats available. Then about 15 minutes into the bus ride a miracle occurs, we hit Tongmyong University, and all of those wretched university students occupying all of the seats, finally get off! and I get to sit down for 4 minutes before I arrive at school.

Then, there's the bus ride home. Lovely at first, the "gamsamnida" and the loss of 950 won don't seem so bad, as mine is the first stop and I always get a seat on the relatively empty and spacious bus. Then about 5 minutes into the ride we pass the wretched university and *Sigh* the bus is once again crowded in an appauling way. Today a first happened, and as they say there is always a first for everything. I was holding a box [thanks mom! =)] and was sitting just a little to far from the exit than planned. In any event I saw my stop comming close, so I pressed the stop button and got up. Despite shoving people with my box (ppl shove here..i'm not being rude... it's ok) I still did not manage to exit the bus. I even missed the stop after that! I was sooooo pissed, now I was going to have to walk ALL the way home, despite spending 950 won (95 cents btw) all while holding a box, with my backpack on and holding my purse??? I DON'T think so...luckily this stop was by the subway so pushed ppl hard out of anger, made it to the doors, touched my pass to transfer "gamsamnida" and hopped on the subway spending another 240 won (24 cents...it's cheaper when you transfer...it's usually 990 won). Only reason why I was super annoyed is that the subway has an unreasonable number of stairs to climb, the way down is fine but the way up is not fun when you are tired after a long day of work, have just beat down a few Koreans on a bus with a box, and are still holding that very same box!

But hey as they say "Korea is Dynamic". In reality I'd be lost without bus 155, and I slightly enjoy the thrill of not knowing whether or not i'll make to school alive each morning!