Friday, May 23, 2008
Bette Davis Meets the Creature
Well, my eyes are swollen half-shut again, and now my voice is raspy, varying between sounding like Jimmy Durante and sounding like Bette Davis. This is not attractive! Yesterday was really rough, because I had to load up on Benadryl to keep my eyes from swelling. Thus, I was very sleepy during my classes. It especially didn't help that one of my best classes picked yesterday to be horrid. I gave them a ginormous homework assignment as punishment, hoping that it will deter future bad behavior from them. The really bad part is that my director's daughter is in that class, and she was being the instigator! Not the happiest situation for me.
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this post brings about another curiosity question.. how are the doctors, pharmacy, access to over the counter drugs? I've got really nasty allergies and i'm afraid of this yellow dust business. Should i stock up on antihistamines? Also- what size and weight was you luggage. I have 2 28 inch swissb army suitcase packed to the brim and i still want more stuff to take with me! Did u find the airline restr8ctions hard to deal with?
I would advise bringing Clariton and Benadryl with you. The doctors over here are efficient, inexpensive, and quite nice, and the pharmacies are the same. So, bring enough familiar allergy meds to get you through the first few months, when you'll still be learning your way around. Once you're more familiar with your surroundings and have picked up a bit of Hangeul, you'll have no trouble finding meds. You ought to also bring some Niquil and Musinex DM for the inevitable illness you'll most likely come down with when you first get here (it happens to almost all of us foreigners).
Luggage depends on the airline you're flying. I was lucky to be on Korean Air, so I got to have two suitcases weighing fifty pounds each, and two carryons. I believe that United and American airlines are charging for a second suitcase now, but check to be sure if you're on one of them. If you go to the websites of each airline you'll be flying, they'll have the luggage restrictions on there.
I'm going to post a packing suggestion list either today or tomorrow, as apparently several people who are preparing to come read this blog. Hopefully that will be beneficial to all of you.
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