Another fine day in Seoul. The temperature hit 25C today and it was rather hot.

I caught the subway to the school today with the other teacher who lives in my building. She's from Adelaide and has been here for about 6 weeks already. Although she did warn me that we would be facing a crowd when we changed trains I had no idea it would be a sea of people that I had to swim against. She suggested that the best way to deal with it is to hide in some nook or cranny until the surge passes.
Even though this week is the first 'real' teaching week (they just finished summer vacation) and we finish early to beat the rush hour the trains are still pretty full. I guess that is to be expected in a city of 11 million people ( about half of the nations population I believe).

Speaking of transit systems, I bought my transit card yesterday. It cost 5000 won but it does you a discount on train fares and can be loaded with any amount of money as many times as you like. It's great, especially when all you need to do is pass it over the sensor at the gate. It also displays the cost of the fare (800 won lets you go pretty much anywhere) and the amount remaining on your card.

I have it on my phone as a fashion accessory :P (sorry Sony, but your default strap just doesn't cut it these days).