2010년 10월 18일 월요일

Koreans up for healthy living

[Gym]

Recently, I have been going to a local gym that my friend introduced me, and surprisingly, the monthly fee was really cheap. It cost me 20,000 Won, which is equivalent to around 15 Canadian dollars. The gym has everything from hoola-hoop and running machine to dumbbells and squad equipments. And the whole place is anal clean. The lady who works there is so dedicated to her job (and workout as she goes around working out every spare time), that she cleans the whole place at least once an hour.


Some places offer discounts for foreigners but they're still more expensive than 20,000 Won. If you want more information about the facilities around Seoul, visit your local district office.

Here are some of the websites:
Yeong-deung-po-gu: http://www.ydp.go.kr/english/main.do
Song-pa-gu: http://english.songpa.go.kr/eng
Mapo-gu: http://english.mapo.go.kr (It will ask you to install something just close it)

[Job-Gamevil]
Because my job as an English teacher ended after the English academy (Korean: Hakwon) went out of business, I started to look for a job. Today I got a call from the company that I visited three time because of the hierarchy that involved interviewing with the team lead, then the Head of Department, and finally the CEO. I was told that I was hired!:) I never met the CEO while I worked in Canada at CIBC, but although this company is quite large in Korea, I guess everyone goes through the same path and get interviewed three times or even more.