The year of the Teacher

Experiences teaching for a year in South Korea. Traveling the country and taking pictures everywhere.

Saturday, January 29, 2005

Local business opening

Hmmm, what's that sound? The daily announcements broadcast to the village or apartment? Nope, a local business opening up.

Here in Korea, businesses open with a bang. They hire attractive girls to dance outside and use a loud speaker to announce their opening to the world. At least it seems that way since this pic was taken using the max zoom (12x) on my camera and I could hear them clearly - up 9 floors, through 2 panes of glass, in our living room.

They're dressed for the weather obviously, but the girls in the summer are usually scantily clad in short skirts and revealing tops. They can also be found in Wal-mart pushing food samples. (I'm not complaining, just observing.)

Businesses seem to come and go as frequently as I change my underwear, which is at least once a week. So these events are very frequent. They're also a fan of those freaky air-filled tubes which resemble Jack Skellington from The Nightmare Before Christmas.

P.S. Those arcade games on the right can be quite fun after a few bottles of soju.