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I'm sitting here at the guesthouse, resting a little before I go out. It's another Club Night, but I'm not as pumped up about it as last month. I'm tired today... I slept on the bus to Seoul, was falling asleep on the subway, and really contemplated taking a nap before going out tonight. Once I get out there, it'll be a lot of fun, like it was last month.

Today, I had grand plans of going to Lotte World, Namsan Tower, and the aquarium at COEX Mall. I only accomplished the last one. I thought there weren't going to be as many people out today, since it was a workweek, but there were the same amount of people out as during the weekend. Don't these people work?!? Well, I do have to remember, some women are housewives, and students are still on vacation. You'd think that travelling by subway would be fast, but it's still slow, with all the walking and transferring. Like I always say, I like to visit Seoul during the weekends, but I'm happy I don't live there. There's just something about it... I could happily live in a metropolitan city like New York or Barcelona, but Seoul lacks the coolness factor that would counter act the hassles of living in a large city. Yes, Barcelona (or Barthelona, as the locals pronounce it) is an AWESOME city!

Barcelona, Spain

Anyway, the aquarium was cool. One might wonder if it's worth the 14,500 won entrance fee, but it's a nice splurge. They had a lot of sharks, and some of the fish were amazingly beautiful. While there, I was going to see a movie. The ticket line for movies was one floor down. So I looked over the balcony to see how long the line was. I'm not good with estimating, but I would say it was at least 30 minutes. I had never seen a movie in Seoul, and figured that the wait might be worth it, to sit in a better theater than the ones in Kangneung. Plus, it wasn't like I had any pressing matters to attend to. I went down the stairs to find the end of the line. Once at the bottom, I found that there were the same number of people waiting BEHIND the stairs! My god, an hour wait to buy movie tickets! That's when I gave up. The COEX movie theater really looks like a cool place, but I'd recommend catching a matinee, or having lots of patience.

The movie theater at COEX Mall.
See how there's hardly any people waiting in line? Well, imagine the lines completely full to the left of the staircase, and the same amount of people waiting underneath the stairs, out of the cameras view.
It was insane!