Join us today on another episode of How to Korea where we tell you what it takes to live in South Korea.
Did you know that public entrance passwords for villas are normally written down near the entrance? It's usually for the food delivery and other delivery people so that they don't have to call you every time they need to enter your building, but go ahead and use it next time to surprise your friends and show up at their front door! (Keep it legal folks)
For some reason, we started with shopping but we end up going into James's wedding plans! He discusses the process of booking the wedding, and some do's and don't's to follow South Korean wedding etiquette. He also updates you on some more recent scams that have been happening in weddings, so keep your eyes peeled for these suspicious trolls and make sure they don't ruin what is supposed to be one of the happiest days in your life!
You can also hear about meetup groups as an excellent way to meet new people in South Korea. As a foreigner, you have a distinct advantage over Koreans because people will naturally be interested in what you have to say, and especially what you look like. It's almost like a point of pride to hang out with a foreigner for some people.
We jump into how similar screen golf is to regular golf in South Korea, and how sophisticated it is in trying to replicate the actual experience of golf as close as technologically possible.
There is a short segment where we are appalled and outraged at the stupid prices of fruit in Korea, to the point where you'd almost think fruit is literal gold growing on trees! Along these lines, you'd also figure that they feed gold-covered truffles to the cows in Korea because their pricing structure is no joke either. That's not to say that the Korean Beef (a.k.a hanu) doesn't melt in your mouth, but they say that too much of a good thing also isn't a good thing.
Finally, we discuss some of the issues we've had as foreigners, (More Ian than James) especially when we feel like we've been discriminated against when we enter restaurants and they reject you because as foreigners, we fail to understand that some restaurants won't serve just one person. They're not being racist against you, they're just being discriminatory against single folks. So make sure you pick up a friend or a significant other when dining out!
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Chapters:
00:00 - Welcome to How to Korea
01:08 - Wipe those oily fingerprints!
02:33 - The secrets of villa door codes
03:19 - The meat of today's episode
05:36 - Screen golf in South Korea
10:21 - Bunker and fairway photo in screen golf
16:44 - Don't be alone, join a meetup!
18:44 - I now pronounce you Korean and Foreigner
21:04 - Sure, take my arm and leg to pay for this wedding
28:29 - At least the food is worth it... sometimes
35:23 - How to get rich robbing weddings
42:09 - Food shopping, one of South Korea's luxuries
46:02 - Get married, get discounts on appliances!
49:05 - Pay for your new TV with 60 months, interest-free payments! (Not really)
50:19 - Some food for thought
50:46 - Fruit grown in golden shrubs
53:26 - South Korean cows fed golden truffles
54:47 - Costco for the win! Along with other Korean supermarkets
58:28 - Coming soon to a supermarket near you
01:00:16 - Thank you, come again
01:02:02 - All about those membership points, yo
01:04:28 - A nice cup of espresso in the midst of fine dust
01:05:38 - You will get caught.
01:06:34 - It's not you, it's just all of South Korea
