Awkward in Korea Round II

Well, I managed to achieve another awkward moment here in Korea, which I'm sure is no surprise to anyone. My friend Kate and I were going to visit the Konkuk University library for the first time, which was a struggle in and of itself. We heard that there was an English section, but we didn't know where. For a while, we wandered around aimlessly, hoping to stumble upon the section on one of the six floors. During our search, we heard an announcement in Korean accompanied by some music, but didn't think much of it. Eventually, we did manage to stumble upon the right section! We looked around for a while, searching for a book for a report we had to write, and then just browsing for fun.

When we were done, we started going down the long flights of stairs. Weirdly enough, they were really dark... And come to think of it, we hadn't seen anyone in the library for a while. Much to our dismay, we found the floors below the one we had been on were completely dark except for the evening light through the windows. When we finally got to the first floor, we discovered with panic that all the exits had been padlocked shut! But it was barely after 9 pm!

Yes, we definitely found ourselves locked in the library.

I guess that was what the announcement we heard earlier was about. A notification that the library was closing. Luckily, we found a kind security guard fairly quickly who was willing to let the stupid foreigners out of the library. Looking back on it, though... I kinda wish we had gotten locked in for the night. Wouldn't that be such a grand adventure? Let's be honest, most of us have dreamed about being locked in a library, a zoo, a mall, etc. overnight at least once.

Maybe next time I'll be lucky enough to be stuck in a foreign building overnight without a bed or any other comfort. One can only hope~!