Want to go up to Seoul and visit friends or take in the nightlife? Going to be on the weekend. Korean class at the YMCA? Most classes are either mid-day on select weekdays or Saturday morning. If you want to start an activity, club or organization, then you'll more than likely have to meet up on Saturdays because that's when people will have time for it. There are exceptions, but it can make for some tough scheduling choices.
My own Saturday schedule is this: Band Rehearsal at 2, Salsa at 8, then dinner with friends afterwards. Doesn't sound like much, but before the winter break I took Korean classes early in the morning on Saturdays and went to Fight Club at 1:30. When I joined my band, I had to give up Fight Club (an activity I've done for over a year) because those times overlapped. Then I recently took up an activity on Fridays that goes from 11pm to 3am.
So imagine this schedule once school starts:
Friday: 11-3AM - Get home about 4 AM
Saturday: 11-1 Korean class. 2-4 or 5 rehearsal, get home about 6. Leave house for Salsa lessons around 7 or 7:15 and get there just before 8. Salsa is from 8-10 with social dancing afterward. Dinner with friends around 11. THEN you get to go out for the rest of the evening. Add in travel times (train, walking, cab, etc) and you have a full day ahead of you.
I used to have Sundays to recover, but now there is another activity that started on Sundays that starts at 1pm. Yikes!
Doesn't leave much space for any unexpected events like birthday parties, going away parties and other activities (all common things here). This leaves me with a lot of free weekday evenings. I would much rather spread out some activities during the week and free up weekend time.
I am looking at options. There is a new hagwon that teaches Korean to foreigners here and they are open on weekdays. The downside is the prices are high for classes. The YMCA 12 week course is the about the same price as one month at this school. Granted, classes are several times a week and the YMCA classes are once a week, so it evens out a bit. So it's a dilemma I'm trying to settle here.
As for fight club, I plan on going back to Daegu MMA for weekday workouts. While I would love to have that extra day on Saturdays to work out with my friends, it's not required if I renew my membership. I will see my friends later on that evening on Saturdays.
I had planned on taking some vacation time and going up to Seoul to visit a friend who is leaving Korea soon. Due to obligations, I wasn't able to go. I also had to pass on participating in an event because of scheduling conflicts. Most of the participants were Hagwon teachers and rehearsal times would have been during the day.
I'm not so much complaining as I'm trying to look for a medium for all of this. It's getting a bit out of hand and stretching me thin. I felt it this past weekend when I found myself face down in my bed with little motivation to move on Sunday (and none of it was influenced by alcohol!). I have friends who are active in other things and they too have expressed their own frustrations with keeping such schedules. I honestly like having things to do. Just not on top of each other. Now if I could clone myself, then I wouldn't have this issue.
Friday: 11-3AM - Get home about 4 AM
Saturday: 11-1 Korean class. 2-4 or 5 rehearsal, get home about 6. Leave house for Salsa lessons around 7 or 7:15 and get there just before 8. Salsa is from 8-10 with social dancing afterward. Dinner with friends around 11. THEN you get to go out for the rest of the evening. Add in travel times (train, walking, cab, etc) and you have a full day ahead of you.
I used to have Sundays to recover, but now there is another activity that started on Sundays that starts at 1pm. Yikes!
Doesn't leave much space for any unexpected events like birthday parties, going away parties and other activities (all common things here). This leaves me with a lot of free weekday evenings. I would much rather spread out some activities during the week and free up weekend time.
I am looking at options. There is a new hagwon that teaches Korean to foreigners here and they are open on weekdays. The downside is the prices are high for classes. The YMCA 12 week course is the about the same price as one month at this school. Granted, classes are several times a week and the YMCA classes are once a week, so it evens out a bit. So it's a dilemma I'm trying to settle here.
As for fight club, I plan on going back to Daegu MMA for weekday workouts. While I would love to have that extra day on Saturdays to work out with my friends, it's not required if I renew my membership. I will see my friends later on that evening on Saturdays.
I had planned on taking some vacation time and going up to Seoul to visit a friend who is leaving Korea soon. Due to obligations, I wasn't able to go. I also had to pass on participating in an event because of scheduling conflicts. Most of the participants were Hagwon teachers and rehearsal times would have been during the day.
I'm not so much complaining as I'm trying to look for a medium for all of this. It's getting a bit out of hand and stretching me thin. I felt it this past weekend when I found myself face down in my bed with little motivation to move on Sunday (and none of it was influenced by alcohol!). I have friends who are active in other things and they too have expressed their own frustrations with keeping such schedules. I honestly like having things to do. Just not on top of each other. Now if I could clone myself, then I wouldn't have this issue.
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