Spicy and fun, what else can you ask from the mid-term week?

It's mid-term week now and damn boring. I wouldn't want to study for the exams at all... And I really hate this Korean style of studying. A few days before the exams they move to the library, read like crazy and try to memorize, not understand or get the big picture, memorize all the small details for the exam. They might even be extremely good students and stay up studying all night before the exam. That is, probably a few hours of studying and rest of the time well spent not sleeping and getting a rest. After the multiple-choice exam they get wasted and forget everything they memorized.

This is a university. Here you shouldn't study just for the exam but for your freaking future job! Well, here it doesn't matter what you know. Your career is, roughly put, defined by which university you graduate from and who you're related to.

My style to study for the exams is to go through the stuff I've already learned in the class. And I found a really nice place to do that. Holly's Coffee, where you can choose a "grande" size, which is a BIG cup of coffee.

Well, well. Aside the studies. Yesterday we had lunch in a restaurant called "Persian Palace" that serves the most spicy food you'll find. Like ever. After choosing your dish you have to choose how spicy you want it to be. The scale is from 1 to 10 and if you wish to have number 5 or more, you have to consult the owner.

Number 2 was described very mild, number 2.2 mild and 2.5 "good choice for most foreigners". So me and Ho Yiu we went for 2.5. After that the scale doesn't go "straight" though. 2.7 is twice as spicy as 2.5, 3.0 is twice as spicy as 2.7, 3.5 is twice as spicy as 3.0 etc... Ville wanted to be bold and he ordered 2.7.

The food was spicy. I ate my chicken and rice and some of the sauce. It was burning in my mouth and my throat and it felt like even my ears were burning! That sure killed all the bacteria... But I was still okay compared to Ville. His 2.7 was truly hot. He was sweating, caughing and his nose was running. After a while also his eyes turned bit red! He said that the food was still burning in his stomach and even breathing hurt! Whatta hell, 2.7?? What are the spicier ones then?

We asked the owner if anyone had ever had number 10, and no one has. The highest anyone has eaten is number 5 by drunken Koreans. After eating that they fall down and pass out according to the owner. What a culinaristic experience!

Today we realized that on this shopping street next to our university is the coolest shop ever! If you wanna have a good time and just get to laugh, that is the place to go :) They sell all kinds of junk you can - or let me correct - can't imagine. My favourite products are: Moomin vacuum cleaner for cleaning your table or other small levels, USB hand warmer and massager, a calendar that says "Let's trip together" on the cover, a monkey sitting on a toilet seat nodding its head with solar power, a never-expiering toast you can write a love letter on and use as a wrist pillow when using computer, and many, many others. I bought from there a green, pig-shaped flashlight, that runs with manpower. You have to continuously and quickly squeeze it to generate light, that comes from its nostrils. I'm telling you, your souveniers are gonna be from that store! I'm gonna send a package home from here, because I wont be able to fit all the junk I want into my luggage. :)