It's funny, but I've practically turned into an extrovert in Korea. Every foreigner is immediately visible, and I've begun randomly saying, "Hello," to everyone in the subway, street, grocery store who looks like they'd understand the next several words to come out of my mouth. I met a woman, Jen, who's about to start her Master's in Canada, while attempting to find the correct exit from the Hadan subway station. I gave her my name to look me up on Facebook. She's lived in Korea for four years. I've met a few people through the South Korea FB network, but it's easy enough to approach a foreigner under any circumstance and you end up exchanging info right then and there. Like I would randomly walk up to a stranger back in Vegas or Chicago and say hi. Right.
On a related note, I began "formal" Korean lessons with my co-teacher. I know you can survive just fine knowing nothing but "hello" and "excuse me," but I'm determined to learn the language anyway. I'm pretty good at reading the characters and am getting more fluid all the time.
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