Wednesday August 10th (Day 46)
The days are getting shorter and I'm sitting here wishing I could stay in Korea longer but alas, it cannot happen. We had the final exam today and it was okay...I think. I'm hoping that it went well because I do want to pass. Anyway, I'll find out whether or not I passed on Friday. We had this college student sit and watch us take the test and he was admittedly cute. Anyway, so people finished way ahead of time so they wanted me to ask whether we could leave or not if we were done with the test and the interview. No one could ask that so they sat there fir a while until he mentioned it in Korean and I understood and then I asked and then everyone had a mass exodus to the doors and the exits around that time. After that my supporter, Nhi, Tai and I went to go take sticker pictures. It was pretty fun. Then, we went to the Banpo Bridge. The bridge was pretty cool when it lit up in a bunch of colors. We took a ton of pictures with the bridge in attempts to get the bridge in the picture.
Thursday August 11th (Day 47)
We went to Boguensa Temple this morning. It was pretty fun and we saw the whole temple and the many Buddhists praying. It was quite interesting. Then we went to COEX and ate lunch there. Afterwards we went to school and didn't do anything but play games. I passed the test ^^. Anyway, after that I went to Ewha and met up with some Bucheon friends and we ate donkatsu. Afterwards we just walked around and had fun. Then we took sticker pictures also. Then I went home and moved to my aunt/uncle's house. It was pretty cool.
Friday August 12th (Day 48)
Today was the completion ceremony. However we had to be at YES by 9:30AM. I tried to pretend I was still mad at Gooseul but she was like...you know you aren't (and I wasn't so...yeah). We filled out evaluations and then walked to the subway station. We walked together which was fun. Anyway, so then we got to Sogang first because we got on the subway and although we were supposed to do to the Ewha stop we ended up going to Sincheon and then we actually got to the location before the other group. Anyway, so we had the ceremony and then the talent show in which Caroline and I did a little presentation which apparently was "cute.". We also got gifts from Sogang (도장) which is pretty cool. After the talent show I took pictures with everyone and gave people letters. Then I ended up leaving Caroline and going with Gooseul and Kaitlyn to a hostel that Kaitlyn did not want to stay in. I ended up getting some money from Gooseul although I really didn't need it. Anyway so I ended up walking up and down Insadong buying gifts and such. I bought Gooseul and Haemi goodbye presents. I bought Haemi a set of face packs and a scarf. The scarf took me a while to pick but I picked it...it was white with blue pokadots. I got Gooseul a bunch of packs and a pin. Anyway, after that I went home and had ddukbokkie and then sangeupsal. It was all pretty good. Oh and that night I did a lavender pack. It was really nice.
Saturday August 13th (Day 49)
Last day. I woke up and my cousins and i went to go buy the Super Junior cd. Unfortunately I have the one with Shindong on it. Bleh. Anyway, after that I went to go meet up with Youngmin, Kangyou and Caroline. We ate lunch at Insadong and then we took sticker pictures and then went to the Cheonggechun stream and walked around. Then we went to this cafe where Youngmin proceeded to break everything (but it is okay). Anyway. after a tearful goodbye I got back home and ate dinner and got ready to go to the hostel. I got to the hostel and dragged all my stuff in and then Junghyun and Jason helped me take it to my room. Then afterwards, I ended up not Doug anything fun and staying with Gooseul and Haemi and everyone else. Anyway, they actually are a lot of fun but that is totally besides the point. Basically I stayed up all night since we had to leave at 5:30 AM...so yeah. Everyone's host families were sad to depart with their host child and they actually did things with their host kids except mine since I never did anything with them. This made me really sad for the first time ever and I kind of started tearing up because you have all these host families like bawling over their kids and you had mine where it was just like "bye"... and Haemi and Gooseul happened to be there and they were like it's okay, that's why you had us. Which really is true, I don't know what I would have done without them. They were like my host family to me. Anyway- I stayed up all night with like everyone else. I did all sorts of things like carry around a bag of returned cellphones. Anyway, on a random note- Kyungnam called me. That was really a surprise (as I didn't see that coming). He wished me a safe trip and then was like...you don't sound enthusiastic that I called you and I was like...it's not that, I just didn't expect it had a lot of fun. We even had a random ice cream rub at 2:30AM. I won't forget all the memories I've made ever.
Sunday August 14th (Day 50)
So we got on the bus and drove to the airport and then we waited to check in our baggage and then we checked in our baggage and said our goodbyes. At first I was slightly too tired to register everyone frying. I said bye to Haemi who was perfectly fine and was also wearing the scarf I bought hehe. Then, I went over and said goodbye to Gooseul. I think this was harder for me than it was for me to say goodbye to Haemi because Gooseul is much more emotional. I was like...bye and then she started tearing up and then we hugged and she told me "네가 잘 뫁했어" which she was probably referring to the time she didn't show up for the cake I bought until after the cake was eaten. (update: she said this because she thought she wasn't good to me which is BULL. she was the best :) ] This hit me the most because she still felt bad for that. After I walked away I started tearing up too. I also said bye to Hyemin who told me that I always think of others and am kind. It was hard to leave them all. I don't know when I'll see them again but I will one day. One day we will meet again and until that day, I will live with the happy memories of the past while making happy memories in the future. I would love to study abroad for a year but I don't know if I ever could. Now I'm on a plane. My butt and my legs hurts. Yeah. I don't really want to go back to the US....I'm going to miss my life in Korea a little too much.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
BOOO TO LEAVING!
Monday August 1st (Day 37)
Today I had lunch with 혜미샘. She took me to this place that had all sorts of good food with their specialty being different kinds of fried rice. It was pretty good. We sat there and talked while we also enjoyed our meals. I really like her. She's super nice and rather funny and calm. She reminds me of like a person at a Buddhist temple hitting a gourd...don't ask how I got this image. I feel like I got to know her better from the day at the youth hostel before I got picked up to the day she called me over to the YES Int'l office to now. Next week we are going to go eat some pasta and get sticker pictures (hehehe sticker pictures). She is definitely going to be one of the several people I will miss the most at the end of this trip. After school Nhi, Robbie and I went to go find a hair salon for Robbie and Nhi to get their hair cut. While Nhi got her hair cut, Robbie and I went for some burgers which actually were pretty good. Then I made yet another impulse buy and bought some shoes...eh heh...
I really need to go get gifts and finish shopping. How is school in two weeks? Why am I leaving Korea in two weeks? I don't ever want to leave. If only...
On a side note, my digital perm is holding up ^^
Tuesday August 2nd (Day 38)
So yesterday we went ice skating. I got booted off the subway at Sindorim which sucked because I've never had to do a transfer there. It was quite confusing too since I didn't know where to go but I found out where to go eventually. We got to the ice rink and we rented ice skates. It was actually rather convenient because the skates had adjustable straps instead of laces. The bad part though was that the whole skate was made out of plastic so it was rather heavy and it slightly hurt my legs. It was fun though. I skated around and for a while I helped 선 언니 too. Then we went to eat at the Hyundai Department store...which was chaotic. I ended up eating ramen (nomnom). Then we got to school late since the subway was slow at arriving at the station. Our teacher was perfectly fine with it though. She is really nice and calm. (personally I like her more than our second teacher...ㅋㅋㅋ). I also liked my first teacher in my first class before I switched. She was really entertaining. Anyway, after school we went to 동대문 where I ended up buying a dress, a thin jacket and a watch. Now you may ask why a watch? Well. Everyone who is anyone in Korea wears a watch. I'm not even kidding. I've seen lots of Americans wear watches but it's nothing compared to Korea. So I bought a watch but as soon as I bought that one, I saw one I liked better :/ but it is okay because this one is pretty. Anyway. I also bought presents for my friends. It's not all that great but I think they'll like it. On a side note, I looked at the list of who I have together presents for and I still need a lot more. Bah. We'll see how his goes.
Wednesday August 3rd (Day 39)
I think I'm going to have an ice cream waffle for lunch. Yum. Man, only 11 days left? This is getting really depressing.
Yeah I went shopping at Ewha after school and bought pretty much all the random gifts I had to get for people. Mission accomplished but wallet = sad
Thursday August 4th (Day 40)
On my way to the Hanok village and I just got kicked off the subway AGAIN. I really hate these shady transfer areas.
The Hanok village was really fun. We looked at all the places and saw the time capsule thing that is to be opened when Seoul turns 1000 years old. Then we went and tried on hanboks and we took pictures in them also. I'm using at least one of the pictures for my soon to be wide collection of senior pictures. After school Nhi, Tai, Robby and I went to Insadong. Nhi and I lost Robby and Tai for a while but they found us and we went to go eat at some random restaurant where we "rated" people...it was awkward but quite entertaining.
Friday August 5th (Day 41)
Today Caroline and I went to Olympic Park and we rented a two people bike and we biked around. It was a side by side bike with like shade above the bike and a steering wheel. It was quite fun and difficult going uphill and trying not to end up in the lake going down hill. Then we ate at Lotteria and then headed toward school where Caroline just had to ask everyone if she is ugly or not...(oh Caroline). Anyway, after school Caroline, Valerie, Dean, Ellen and I went to Dongdaemun where we went shopping and then ate at a restaurant. After eating there, Ellen and I got the fish shaped bread things (boongohpang) which was filled with blueberries and then came with ice cream. It was quite delicious. Then we watched some admittedly cute guys breakdance on a stage and some other guys freestyle. It was pretty cool. Tomorrow I'm going to Lotte World with a lot of people including my supporter. Then we will be going to the Banpo Rainbow Bridge. It lights up at night ^^
Saturday August 6th (Day 42)
Today I went to Lotte World with Kangyou, Caroline, Nhi, Kaitlyn, Emma, Hajin, Valerie, Hajin's brother and Hajin's friend (guy). We spent like 13 hours there riding all the rides and having fun. I have to say, one highlight on this trip was when we rode the gyrodrop (which is just a really tall drop tower and I was sitting next to Hajin's friend (I don't really know his name since we all referred to him as "oppa") and I was also sitting next to Kangyou who was going "WHY AM I DOING THIS I HATE THIS RIDE OMGOMGOMG" and while this was going on to my left, Oppa was freaking out but trying to be manly but in the end he grabbed my hand and pulled it toward him and held it as the drop tower reached the top and went down by the force of gravity and magnets. It was pretty funny because he tried to act chill afterwards. He really doesn't like heights because he was flipping out on the Viking Ship and I happened to be sitting next to him. It was hilarious. :D. I also enjoyed the safari adventure, "ATULANTISU" or also known as Atlantis, Sindbad (boat ride) and a few other rides also. The rollercoaster indoors was pretty awesome too. We did a 360 loop which is always fun. We left after the "Snow Party" where fake snow fell down from the sky. Truly magical ;)
Sunday August 7th (Day 43)
Oh my gosh. Next week I will be back in Indiana...WHYYYY? 왜??? I mean sure I miss everyone and all but Korea is just so amazing. It is going to be hard to leave. So today I went to my aunt's house again and we all went out for lunch with my other aunt, uncle, etc. It was pretty fun/tasty. After that I went shopping ...yet again. This time for makeup, and paper. Then I had dinner there at my aunt's house. When I got back home I started to pack T T...
Monday August 8th (Day 44)
I tried folding my umbrella before I got on the bus and IT BROKE. Stupid typhoon winds. I threw it away and now I need to buy an umbrella in the subway station...I really do. Gar. Korea is eating my umbrellas up. One is rusty, one I left at the hair salon and one the typhoon winds broke. Anyway, they sell umbrellas practically everywhere...I'm sure I'll find one...somewhere. Hopefully. Anyway, tonight I'm having dinner with 혜미샘 and ...STICKER PICTURES. On a side nite, there's some middle aged guy who was doing push ups using the subway bar and some foreign gorilla-esque man jumped in front of this old Korean lady for a seat lol...and her husband is just following her around as she tries to find a seat. More later ^^
Nhi just told me a hilarious story I think I need to mention. There was this FOB Chinese girl that came to her class in 2nd grade and she couldn't speak any English. So they made Nhi sit next to her as some sort of translator (Nhi is Vietnamese)...so racist lol. Just a random edition hehe.
So I got to the YES Int'l office and typed my 6 weeks reflection paper and then 혜미샘 and I walked to the pasta shop and had delicious pasta. Man, I don't usually eat pasta but that pasta was amazing. Then we had ice cream too. We sat there and talked for a while and then we went for sticker pictures. ㅋㅋㅋ 혜미샘 looked like a kid in a candy store as she messed with all the machines. She hadn't been in one of those shops in 5 years ㅎㅎㅎ but anyway we had fun taking and decorating those pictures. If anyone sees those pictures, 샘's image will be changed for life. Anyway, she also stuck one on the wall...which the next time I come to Korea we will come and find. She also said she would take me to Caribbean Bay. We shall see what the future entails. Tomorrow/today = surprise attack! ㅋㅋㅋ
Tuesday August 9th (Day 45)
So this morning we went to work on our presentation with our lovely supporter at this cafe called Minto. It was a pretty classy outdoorsy cafe with several floors and private study rooms. There was a cute guy that looked like Micky Yoochun there too. Anyway we worked on all that stuff and then we went to go buy a cake at Baskin Robbins which I paid for (and Caroline later contributed 10%). Anyway, so then we randomly ran into 선언니's group and we all ended up eating at the Hyundai Department store. I got some Japanese ramen which didn't taste all that great honestly. 겅현오빠 agreed. Anyway, so then we called 구슬샘 and told her Caroline was sick and needed to go to the hospital but she didn't believe it and refused to meet us at 서강. So then 혜미샘 said she would try helping us but that didn't work out too well and 구슬샘 said we should enjoy the ice cream cake without her and that she was "sorry." I told her i would hate her forever if she didn't show up. So basically I'm feeling cruddy now because I bought a cake for nothing. I didn't feel great at all. So we did the cake and we video taped it...and everyone ate the cake. It was a very interesting ice cream cake. Then, we went to class and sat in class and did a practice test. I don't know...I just didn't feel too great about buying an expensive cake for nothing. Then after the practice test ended we had break so I walked out and went to the lounge area and 구슬샘 was there and I saw her and then gave her the look and started to walk back and I would have kept going had she not called me. I found it to be a tad rude to completely ignore her so I just went back and then I started to leave and then I had to go back. She had me sit next to her for a while and I was just like ........ Seriously. Anyway, then she dragged me away (attempting to cool my underlying anger) ...yeah not working out too well. Anyway, I went into my class and sat there and then said she wouldn't leave until I smiled/laughed. I told her that wasn't possible and that she should just leave but she was very ...persistent. Lol I said I had to go to the bathroom (look at the mirror haha) Anyway, she decided to follow me there too as I attempted to do damage control on my face. :P Then I went to go get water and she decided she had to get me water and stick it down my throat. .... -_-* yeah and then she asked me if I was still angry and I said that earlier I said I would be angry for life and she said 뻥을친다 which I cracked up because she used 뻥...anyway. Then I went back to my class and sat there. Anyway, after all that Nhi, Valerie and I went to go try on wedding dresses at this one cafe. Dean and Tai came too and then left to avoid paying. We tried them on and then took tons of pictures. After that we went shopping and I got a white shirt that should have been shipped to me by now but alas it is backordered. Anyway, while I was shopping for that white shirt, 구슬샘 called I guess to check up on what I was doing. I told her I was at 이대 waiting to get kidnapped and then she asked me if I was still mad and I told her that I was planning on being mad forever. She told me that it wouldn't happen and I said that 혜미샘 is nicer to me anyway and then I told her how much fun we had yesterday. Anyway, she said she would pay for the cake but I said 치사해요 so yeah. Anyway....she asked me about Thursday/Friday and I told her whatever...I still have to think about this. Now I'm on the subway about to get off...now. The end. Final exam tomorrow ㅠㅠ WAHH
Today I had lunch with 혜미샘. She took me to this place that had all sorts of good food with their specialty being different kinds of fried rice. It was pretty good. We sat there and talked while we also enjoyed our meals. I really like her. She's super nice and rather funny and calm. She reminds me of like a person at a Buddhist temple hitting a gourd...don't ask how I got this image. I feel like I got to know her better from the day at the youth hostel before I got picked up to the day she called me over to the YES Int'l office to now. Next week we are going to go eat some pasta and get sticker pictures (hehehe sticker pictures). She is definitely going to be one of the several people I will miss the most at the end of this trip. After school Nhi, Robbie and I went to go find a hair salon for Robbie and Nhi to get their hair cut. While Nhi got her hair cut, Robbie and I went for some burgers which actually were pretty good. Then I made yet another impulse buy and bought some shoes...eh heh...
I really need to go get gifts and finish shopping. How is school in two weeks? Why am I leaving Korea in two weeks? I don't ever want to leave. If only...
On a side note, my digital perm is holding up ^^
Tuesday August 2nd (Day 38)
So yesterday we went ice skating. I got booted off the subway at Sindorim which sucked because I've never had to do a transfer there. It was quite confusing too since I didn't know where to go but I found out where to go eventually. We got to the ice rink and we rented ice skates. It was actually rather convenient because the skates had adjustable straps instead of laces. The bad part though was that the whole skate was made out of plastic so it was rather heavy and it slightly hurt my legs. It was fun though. I skated around and for a while I helped 선 언니 too. Then we went to eat at the Hyundai Department store...which was chaotic. I ended up eating ramen (nomnom). Then we got to school late since the subway was slow at arriving at the station. Our teacher was perfectly fine with it though. She is really nice and calm. (personally I like her more than our second teacher...ㅋㅋㅋ). I also liked my first teacher in my first class before I switched. She was really entertaining. Anyway, after school we went to 동대문 where I ended up buying a dress, a thin jacket and a watch. Now you may ask why a watch? Well. Everyone who is anyone in Korea wears a watch. I'm not even kidding. I've seen lots of Americans wear watches but it's nothing compared to Korea. So I bought a watch but as soon as I bought that one, I saw one I liked better :/ but it is okay because this one is pretty. Anyway. I also bought presents for my friends. It's not all that great but I think they'll like it. On a side note, I looked at the list of who I have together presents for and I still need a lot more. Bah. We'll see how his goes.
Wednesday August 3rd (Day 39)
I think I'm going to have an ice cream waffle for lunch. Yum. Man, only 11 days left? This is getting really depressing.
Yeah I went shopping at Ewha after school and bought pretty much all the random gifts I had to get for people. Mission accomplished but wallet = sad
Thursday August 4th (Day 40)
On my way to the Hanok village and I just got kicked off the subway AGAIN. I really hate these shady transfer areas.
The Hanok village was really fun. We looked at all the places and saw the time capsule thing that is to be opened when Seoul turns 1000 years old. Then we went and tried on hanboks and we took pictures in them also. I'm using at least one of the pictures for my soon to be wide collection of senior pictures. After school Nhi, Tai, Robby and I went to Insadong. Nhi and I lost Robby and Tai for a while but they found us and we went to go eat at some random restaurant where we "rated" people...it was awkward but quite entertaining.
Friday August 5th (Day 41)
Today Caroline and I went to Olympic Park and we rented a two people bike and we biked around. It was a side by side bike with like shade above the bike and a steering wheel. It was quite fun and difficult going uphill and trying not to end up in the lake going down hill. Then we ate at Lotteria and then headed toward school where Caroline just had to ask everyone if she is ugly or not...(oh Caroline). Anyway, after school Caroline, Valerie, Dean, Ellen and I went to Dongdaemun where we went shopping and then ate at a restaurant. After eating there, Ellen and I got the fish shaped bread things (boongohpang) which was filled with blueberries and then came with ice cream. It was quite delicious. Then we watched some admittedly cute guys breakdance on a stage and some other guys freestyle. It was pretty cool. Tomorrow I'm going to Lotte World with a lot of people including my supporter. Then we will be going to the Banpo Rainbow Bridge. It lights up at night ^^
Saturday August 6th (Day 42)
Today I went to Lotte World with Kangyou, Caroline, Nhi, Kaitlyn, Emma, Hajin, Valerie, Hajin's brother and Hajin's friend (guy). We spent like 13 hours there riding all the rides and having fun. I have to say, one highlight on this trip was when we rode the gyrodrop (which is just a really tall drop tower and I was sitting next to Hajin's friend (I don't really know his name since we all referred to him as "oppa") and I was also sitting next to Kangyou who was going "WHY AM I DOING THIS I HATE THIS RIDE OMGOMGOMG" and while this was going on to my left, Oppa was freaking out but trying to be manly but in the end he grabbed my hand and pulled it toward him and held it as the drop tower reached the top and went down by the force of gravity and magnets. It was pretty funny because he tried to act chill afterwards. He really doesn't like heights because he was flipping out on the Viking Ship and I happened to be sitting next to him. It was hilarious. :D. I also enjoyed the safari adventure, "ATULANTISU" or also known as Atlantis, Sindbad (boat ride) and a few other rides also. The rollercoaster indoors was pretty awesome too. We did a 360 loop which is always fun. We left after the "Snow Party" where fake snow fell down from the sky. Truly magical ;)
Sunday August 7th (Day 43)
Oh my gosh. Next week I will be back in Indiana...WHYYYY? 왜??? I mean sure I miss everyone and all but Korea is just so amazing. It is going to be hard to leave. So today I went to my aunt's house again and we all went out for lunch with my other aunt, uncle, etc. It was pretty fun/tasty. After that I went shopping ...yet again. This time for makeup, and paper. Then I had dinner there at my aunt's house. When I got back home I started to pack T T...
Monday August 8th (Day 44)
I tried folding my umbrella before I got on the bus and IT BROKE. Stupid typhoon winds. I threw it away and now I need to buy an umbrella in the subway station...I really do. Gar. Korea is eating my umbrellas up. One is rusty, one I left at the hair salon and one the typhoon winds broke. Anyway, they sell umbrellas practically everywhere...I'm sure I'll find one...somewhere. Hopefully. Anyway, tonight I'm having dinner with 혜미샘 and ...STICKER PICTURES. On a side nite, there's some middle aged guy who was doing push ups using the subway bar and some foreign gorilla-esque man jumped in front of this old Korean lady for a seat lol...and her husband is just following her around as she tries to find a seat. More later ^^
Nhi just told me a hilarious story I think I need to mention. There was this FOB Chinese girl that came to her class in 2nd grade and she couldn't speak any English. So they made Nhi sit next to her as some sort of translator (Nhi is Vietnamese)...so racist lol. Just a random edition hehe.
So I got to the YES Int'l office and typed my 6 weeks reflection paper and then 혜미샘 and I walked to the pasta shop and had delicious pasta. Man, I don't usually eat pasta but that pasta was amazing. Then we had ice cream too. We sat there and talked for a while and then we went for sticker pictures. ㅋㅋㅋ 혜미샘 looked like a kid in a candy store as she messed with all the machines. She hadn't been in one of those shops in 5 years ㅎㅎㅎ but anyway we had fun taking and decorating those pictures. If anyone sees those pictures, 샘's image will be changed for life. Anyway, she also stuck one on the wall...which the next time I come to Korea we will come and find. She also said she would take me to Caribbean Bay. We shall see what the future entails. Tomorrow/today = surprise attack! ㅋㅋㅋ
Tuesday August 9th (Day 45)
So this morning we went to work on our presentation with our lovely supporter at this cafe called Minto. It was a pretty classy outdoorsy cafe with several floors and private study rooms. There was a cute guy that looked like Micky Yoochun there too. Anyway we worked on all that stuff and then we went to go buy a cake at Baskin Robbins which I paid for (and Caroline later contributed 10%). Anyway, so then we randomly ran into 선언니's group and we all ended up eating at the Hyundai Department store. I got some Japanese ramen which didn't taste all that great honestly. 겅현오빠 agreed. Anyway, so then we called 구슬샘 and told her Caroline was sick and needed to go to the hospital but she didn't believe it and refused to meet us at 서강. So then 혜미샘 said she would try helping us but that didn't work out too well and 구슬샘 said we should enjoy the ice cream cake without her and that she was "sorry." I told her i would hate her forever if she didn't show up. So basically I'm feeling cruddy now because I bought a cake for nothing. I didn't feel great at all. So we did the cake and we video taped it...and everyone ate the cake. It was a very interesting ice cream cake. Then, we went to class and sat in class and did a practice test. I don't know...I just didn't feel too great about buying an expensive cake for nothing. Then after the practice test ended we had break so I walked out and went to the lounge area and 구슬샘 was there and I saw her and then gave her the look and started to walk back and I would have kept going had she not called me. I found it to be a tad rude to completely ignore her so I just went back and then I started to leave and then I had to go back. She had me sit next to her for a while and I was just like ........ Seriously. Anyway, then she dragged me away (attempting to cool my underlying anger) ...yeah not working out too well. Anyway, I went into my class and sat there and then said she wouldn't leave until I smiled/laughed. I told her that wasn't possible and that she should just leave but she was very ...persistent. Lol I said I had to go to the bathroom (look at the mirror haha) Anyway, she decided to follow me there too as I attempted to do damage control on my face. :P Then I went to go get water and she decided she had to get me water and stick it down my throat. .... -_-* yeah and then she asked me if I was still angry and I said that earlier I said I would be angry for life and she said 뻥을친다 which I cracked up because she used 뻥...anyway. Then I went back to my class and sat there. Anyway, after all that Nhi, Valerie and I went to go try on wedding dresses at this one cafe. Dean and Tai came too and then left to avoid paying. We tried them on and then took tons of pictures. After that we went shopping and I got a white shirt that should have been shipped to me by now but alas it is backordered. Anyway, while I was shopping for that white shirt, 구슬샘 called I guess to check up on what I was doing. I told her I was at 이대 waiting to get kidnapped and then she asked me if I was still mad and I told her that I was planning on being mad forever. She told me that it wouldn't happen and I said that 혜미샘 is nicer to me anyway and then I told her how much fun we had yesterday. Anyway, she said she would pay for the cake but I said 치사해요 so yeah. Anyway....she asked me about Thursday/Friday and I told her whatever...I still have to think about this. Now I'm on the subway about to get off...now. The end. Final exam tomorrow ㅠㅠ WAHH
BOOO TO LEAVING!
Monday August 1st (Day 37)
Today I had lunch with 혜미샘. She took me to this place that had all sorts of good food with their specialty being different kinds of fried rice. It was pretty good. We sat there and talked while we also enjoyed our meals. I really like her. She's super nice and rather funny and calm. She reminds me of like a person at a Buddhist temple hitting a gourd...don't ask how I got this image. I feel like I got to know her better from the day at the youth hostel before I got picked up to the day she called me over to the YES Int'l office to now. Next week we are going to go eat some pasta and get sticker pictures (hehehe sticker pictures). She is definitely going to be one of the several people I will miss the most at the end of this trip. After school Nhi, Robbie and I went to go find a hair salon for Robbie and Nhi to get their hair cut. While Nhi got her hair cut, Robbie and I went for some burgers which actually were pretty good. Then I made yet another impulse buy and bought some shoes...eh heh...
I really need to go get gifts and finish shopping. How is school in two weeks? Why am I leaving Korea in two weeks? I don't ever want to leave. If only...
On a side note, my digital perm is holding up ^^
Tuesday August 2nd (Day 38)
So yesterday we went ice skating. I got booted off the subway at Sindorim which sucked because I've never had to do a transfer there. It was quite confusing too since I didn't know where to go but I found out where to go eventually. We got to the ice rink and we rented ice skates. It was actually rather convenient because the skates had adjustable straps instead of laces. The bad part though was that the whole skate was made out of plastic so it was rather heavy and it slightly hurt my legs. It was fun though. I skated around and for a while I helped 선 언니 too. Then we went to eat at the Hyundai Department store...which was chaotic. I ended up eating ramen (nomnom). Then we got to school late since the subway was slow at arriving at the station. Our teacher was perfectly fine with it though. She is really nice and calm. (personally I like her more than our second teacher...ㅋㅋㅋ). I also liked my first teacher in my first class before I switched. She was really entertaining. Anyway, after school we went to 동대문 where I ended up buying a dress, a thin jacket and a watch. Now you may ask why a watch? Well. Everyone who is anyone in Korea wears a watch. I'm not even kidding. I've seen lots of Americans wear watches but it's nothing compared to Korea. So I bought a watch but as soon as I bought that one, I saw one I liked better :/ but it is okay because this one is pretty. Anyway. I also bought presents for my friends. It's not all that great but I think they'll like it. On a side note, I looked at the list of who I have together presents for and I still need a lot more. Bah. We'll see how his goes.
Wednesday August 3rd (Day 39)
I think I'm going to have an ice cream waffle for lunch. Yum. Man, only 11 days left? This is getting really depressing.
Yeah I went shopping at Ewha after school and bought pretty much all the random gifts I had to get for people. Mission accomplished but wallet = sad
Thursday August 4th (Day 40)
On my way to the Hanok village and I just got kicked off the subway AGAIN. I really hate these shady transfer areas.
The Hanok village was really fun. We looked at all the places and saw the time capsule thing that is to be opened when Seoul turns 1000 years old. Then we went and tried on hanboks and we took pictures in them also. I'm using at least one of the pictures for my soon to be wide collection of senior pictures. After school Nhi, Tai, Robby and I went to Insadong. Nhi and I lost Robby and Tai for a while but they found us and we went to go eat at some random restaurant where we "rated" people...it was awkward but quite entertaining.
Friday August 5th (Day 41)
Today Caroline and I went to Olympic Park and we rented a two people bike and we biked around. It was a side by side bike with like shade above the bike and a steering wheel. It was quite fun and difficult going uphill and trying not to end up in the lake going down hill. Then we ate at Lotteria and then headed toward school where Caroline just had to ask everyone if she is ugly or not...(oh Caroline). Anyway, after school Caroline, Valerie, Dean, Ellen and I went to Dongdaemun where we went shopping and then ate at a restaurant. After eating there, Ellen and I got the fish shaped bread things (boongohpang) which was filled with blueberries and then came with ice cream. It was quite delicious. Then we watched some admittedly cute guys breakdance on a stage and some other guys freestyle. It was pretty cool. Tomorrow I'm going to Lotte World with a lot of people including my supporter. Then we will be going to the Banpo Rainbow Bridge. It lights up at night ^^
Saturday August 6th (Day 42)
Today I went to Lotte World with Kangyou, Caroline, Nhi, Kaitlyn, Emma, Hajin, Valerie, Hajin's brother and Hajin's friend (guy). We spent like 13 hours there riding all the rides and having fun. I have to say, one highlight on this trip was when we rode the gyrodrop (which is just a really tall drop tower and I was sitting next to Hajin's friend (I don't really know his name since we all referred to him as "oppa") and I was also sitting next to Kangyou who was going "WHY AM I DOING THIS I HATE THIS RIDE OMGOMGOMG" and while this was going on to my left, Oppa was freaking out but trying to be manly but in the end he grabbed my hand and pulled it toward him and held it as the drop tower reached the top and went down by the force of gravity and magnets. It was pretty funny because he tried to act chill afterwards. He really doesn't like heights because he was flipping out on the Viking Ship and I happened to be sitting next to him. It was hilarious. :D. I also enjoyed the safari adventure, "ATULANTISU" or also known as Atlantis, Sindbad (boat ride) and a few other rides also. The rollercoaster indoors was pretty awesome too. We did a 360 loop which is always fun. We left after the "Snow Party" where fake snow fell down from the sky. Truly magical ;)
Sunday August 7th (Day 43)
Oh my gosh. Next week I will be back in Indiana...WHYYYY? 왜??? I mean sure I miss everyone and all but Korea is just so amazing. It is going to be hard to leave. So today I went to my aunt's house again and we all went out for lunch with my other aunt, uncle, etc. It was pretty fun/tasty. After that I went shopping ...yet again. This time for makeup, and paper. Then I had dinner there at my aunt's house. When I got back home I started to pack T T...
Monday August 8th (Day 44)
I tried folding my umbrella before I got on the bus and IT BROKE. Stupid typhoon winds. I threw it away and now I need to buy an umbrella in the subway station...I really do. Gar. Korea is eating my umbrellas up. One is rusty, one I left at the hair salon and one the typhoon winds broke. Anyway, they sell umbrellas practically everywhere...I'm sure I'll find one...somewhere. Hopefully. Anyway, tonight I'm having dinner with 혜미샘 and ...STICKER PICTURES. On a side nite, there's some middle aged guy who was doing push ups using the subway bar and some foreign gorilla-esque man jumped in front of this old Korean lady for a seat lol...and her husband is just following her around as she tries to find a seat. More later ^^
Nhi just told me a hilarious story I think I need to mention. There was this FOB Chinese girl that came to her class in 2nd grade and she couldn't speak any English. So they made Nhi sit next to her as some sort of translator (Nhi is Vietnamese)...so racist lol. Just a random edition hehe.
So I got to the YES Int'l office and typed my 6 weeks reflection paper and then 혜미샘 and I walked to the pasta shop and had delicious pasta. Man, I don't usually eat pasta but that pasta was amazing. Then we had ice cream too. We sat there and talked for a while and then we went for sticker pictures. ㅋㅋㅋ 혜미샘 looked like a kid in a candy store as she messed with all the machines. She hadn't been in one of those shops in 5 years ㅎㅎㅎ but anyway we had fun taking and decorating those pictures. If anyone sees those pictures, 샘's image will be changed for life. Anyway, she also stuck one on the wall...which the next time I come to Korea we will come and find. She also said she would take me to Caribbean Bay. We shall see what the future entails. Tomorrow/today = surprise attack! ㅋㅋㅋ
Tuesday August 9th (Day 45)
So this morning we went to work on our presentation with our lovely supporter at this cafe called Minto. It was a pretty classy outdoorsy cafe with several floors and private study rooms. There was a cute guy that looked like Micky Yoochun there too. Anyway we worked on all that stuff and then we went to go buy a cake at Baskin Robbins which I paid for (and Caroline later contributed 10%). Anyway, so then we randomly ran into 선언니's group and we all ended up eating at the Hyundai Department store. I got some Japanese ramen which didn't taste all that great honestly. 겅현오빠 agreed. Anyway, so then we called 구슬샘 and told her Caroline was sick and needed to go to the hospital but she didn't believe it and refused to meet us at 서강. So then 혜미샘 said she would try helping us but that didn't work out too well and 구슬샘 said we should enjoy the ice cream cake without her and that she was "sorry." I told her i would hate her forever if she didn't show up. So basically I'm feeling cruddy now because I bought a cake for nothing. I didn't feel great at all. So we did the cake and we video taped it...and everyone ate the cake. It was a very interesting ice cream cake. Then, we went to class and sat in class and did a practice test. I don't know...I just didn't feel too great about buying an expensive cake for nothing. Then after the practice test ended we had break so I walked out and went to the lounge area and 구슬샘 was there and I saw her and then gave her the look and started to walk back and I would have kept going had she not called me. I found it to be a tad rude to completely ignore her so I just went back and then I started to leave and then I had to go back. She had me sit next to her for a while and I was just like ........ Seriously. Anyway, then she dragged me away (attempting to cool my underlying anger) ...yeah not working out too well. Anyway, I went into my class and sat there and then said she wouldn't leave until I smiled/laughed. I told her that wasn't possible and that she should just leave but she was very ...persistent. Lol I said I had to go to the bathroom (look at the mirror haha) Anyway, she decided to follow me there too as I attempted to do damage control on my face. :P Then I went to go get water and she decided she had to get me water and stick it down my throat. .... -_-* yeah and then she asked me if I was still angry and I said that earlier I said I would be angry for life and she said 뻥을친다 which I cracked up because she used 뻥...anyway. Then I went back to my class and sat there. Anyway, after all that Nhi, Valerie and I went to go try on wedding dresses at this one cafe. Dean and Tai came too and then left to avoid paying. We tried them on and then took tons of pictures. After that we went shopping and I got a white shirt that should have been shipped to me by now but alas it is backordered. Anyway, while I was shopping for that white shirt, 구슬샘 called I guess to check up on what I was doing. I told her I was at 이대 waiting to get kidnapped and then she asked me if I was still mad and I told her that I was planning on being mad forever. She told me that it wouldn't happen and I said that 혜미샘 is nicer to me anyway and then I told her how much fun we had yesterday. Anyway, she said she would pay for the cake but I said 치사해요 so yeah. Anyway....she asked me about Thursday/Friday and I told her whatever...I still have to think about this. Now I'm on the subway about to get off...now. The end. Final exam tomorrow ㅠㅠ WAHH
Today I had lunch with 혜미샘. She took me to this place that had all sorts of good food with their specialty being different kinds of fried rice. It was pretty good. We sat there and talked while we also enjoyed our meals. I really like her. She's super nice and rather funny and calm. She reminds me of like a person at a Buddhist temple hitting a gourd...don't ask how I got this image. I feel like I got to know her better from the day at the youth hostel before I got picked up to the day she called me over to the YES Int'l office to now. Next week we are going to go eat some pasta and get sticker pictures (hehehe sticker pictures). She is definitely going to be one of the several people I will miss the most at the end of this trip. After school Nhi, Robbie and I went to go find a hair salon for Robbie and Nhi to get their hair cut. While Nhi got her hair cut, Robbie and I went for some burgers which actually were pretty good. Then I made yet another impulse buy and bought some shoes...eh heh...
I really need to go get gifts and finish shopping. How is school in two weeks? Why am I leaving Korea in two weeks? I don't ever want to leave. If only...
On a side note, my digital perm is holding up ^^
Tuesday August 2nd (Day 38)
So yesterday we went ice skating. I got booted off the subway at Sindorim which sucked because I've never had to do a transfer there. It was quite confusing too since I didn't know where to go but I found out where to go eventually. We got to the ice rink and we rented ice skates. It was actually rather convenient because the skates had adjustable straps instead of laces. The bad part though was that the whole skate was made out of plastic so it was rather heavy and it slightly hurt my legs. It was fun though. I skated around and for a while I helped 선 언니 too. Then we went to eat at the Hyundai Department store...which was chaotic. I ended up eating ramen (nomnom). Then we got to school late since the subway was slow at arriving at the station. Our teacher was perfectly fine with it though. She is really nice and calm. (personally I like her more than our second teacher...ㅋㅋㅋ). I also liked my first teacher in my first class before I switched. She was really entertaining. Anyway, after school we went to 동대문 where I ended up buying a dress, a thin jacket and a watch. Now you may ask why a watch? Well. Everyone who is anyone in Korea wears a watch. I'm not even kidding. I've seen lots of Americans wear watches but it's nothing compared to Korea. So I bought a watch but as soon as I bought that one, I saw one I liked better :/ but it is okay because this one is pretty. Anyway. I also bought presents for my friends. It's not all that great but I think they'll like it. On a side note, I looked at the list of who I have together presents for and I still need a lot more. Bah. We'll see how his goes.
Wednesday August 3rd (Day 39)
I think I'm going to have an ice cream waffle for lunch. Yum. Man, only 11 days left? This is getting really depressing.
Yeah I went shopping at Ewha after school and bought pretty much all the random gifts I had to get for people. Mission accomplished but wallet = sad
Thursday August 4th (Day 40)
On my way to the Hanok village and I just got kicked off the subway AGAIN. I really hate these shady transfer areas.
The Hanok village was really fun. We looked at all the places and saw the time capsule thing that is to be opened when Seoul turns 1000 years old. Then we went and tried on hanboks and we took pictures in them also. I'm using at least one of the pictures for my soon to be wide collection of senior pictures. After school Nhi, Tai, Robby and I went to Insadong. Nhi and I lost Robby and Tai for a while but they found us and we went to go eat at some random restaurant where we "rated" people...it was awkward but quite entertaining.
Friday August 5th (Day 41)
Today Caroline and I went to Olympic Park and we rented a two people bike and we biked around. It was a side by side bike with like shade above the bike and a steering wheel. It was quite fun and difficult going uphill and trying not to end up in the lake going down hill. Then we ate at Lotteria and then headed toward school where Caroline just had to ask everyone if she is ugly or not...(oh Caroline). Anyway, after school Caroline, Valerie, Dean, Ellen and I went to Dongdaemun where we went shopping and then ate at a restaurant. After eating there, Ellen and I got the fish shaped bread things (boongohpang) which was filled with blueberries and then came with ice cream. It was quite delicious. Then we watched some admittedly cute guys breakdance on a stage and some other guys freestyle. It was pretty cool. Tomorrow I'm going to Lotte World with a lot of people including my supporter. Then we will be going to the Banpo Rainbow Bridge. It lights up at night ^^
Saturday August 6th (Day 42)
Today I went to Lotte World with Kangyou, Caroline, Nhi, Kaitlyn, Emma, Hajin, Valerie, Hajin's brother and Hajin's friend (guy). We spent like 13 hours there riding all the rides and having fun. I have to say, one highlight on this trip was when we rode the gyrodrop (which is just a really tall drop tower and I was sitting next to Hajin's friend (I don't really know his name since we all referred to him as "oppa") and I was also sitting next to Kangyou who was going "WHY AM I DOING THIS I HATE THIS RIDE OMGOMGOMG" and while this was going on to my left, Oppa was freaking out but trying to be manly but in the end he grabbed my hand and pulled it toward him and held it as the drop tower reached the top and went down by the force of gravity and magnets. It was pretty funny because he tried to act chill afterwards. He really doesn't like heights because he was flipping out on the Viking Ship and I happened to be sitting next to him. It was hilarious. :D. I also enjoyed the safari adventure, "ATULANTISU" or also known as Atlantis, Sindbad (boat ride) and a few other rides also. The rollercoaster indoors was pretty awesome too. We did a 360 loop which is always fun. We left after the "Snow Party" where fake snow fell down from the sky. Truly magical ;)
Sunday August 7th (Day 43)
Oh my gosh. Next week I will be back in Indiana...WHYYYY? 왜??? I mean sure I miss everyone and all but Korea is just so amazing. It is going to be hard to leave. So today I went to my aunt's house again and we all went out for lunch with my other aunt, uncle, etc. It was pretty fun/tasty. After that I went shopping ...yet again. This time for makeup, and paper. Then I had dinner there at my aunt's house. When I got back home I started to pack T T...
Monday August 8th (Day 44)
I tried folding my umbrella before I got on the bus and IT BROKE. Stupid typhoon winds. I threw it away and now I need to buy an umbrella in the subway station...I really do. Gar. Korea is eating my umbrellas up. One is rusty, one I left at the hair salon and one the typhoon winds broke. Anyway, they sell umbrellas practically everywhere...I'm sure I'll find one...somewhere. Hopefully. Anyway, tonight I'm having dinner with 혜미샘 and ...STICKER PICTURES. On a side nite, there's some middle aged guy who was doing push ups using the subway bar and some foreign gorilla-esque man jumped in front of this old Korean lady for a seat lol...and her husband is just following her around as she tries to find a seat. More later ^^
Nhi just told me a hilarious story I think I need to mention. There was this FOB Chinese girl that came to her class in 2nd grade and she couldn't speak any English. So they made Nhi sit next to her as some sort of translator (Nhi is Vietnamese)...so racist lol. Just a random edition hehe.
So I got to the YES Int'l office and typed my 6 weeks reflection paper and then 혜미샘 and I walked to the pasta shop and had delicious pasta. Man, I don't usually eat pasta but that pasta was amazing. Then we had ice cream too. We sat there and talked for a while and then we went for sticker pictures. ㅋㅋㅋ 혜미샘 looked like a kid in a candy store as she messed with all the machines. She hadn't been in one of those shops in 5 years ㅎㅎㅎ but anyway we had fun taking and decorating those pictures. If anyone sees those pictures, 샘's image will be changed for life. Anyway, she also stuck one on the wall...which the next time I come to Korea we will come and find. She also said she would take me to Caribbean Bay. We shall see what the future entails. Tomorrow/today = surprise attack! ㅋㅋㅋ
Tuesday August 9th (Day 45)
So this morning we went to work on our presentation with our lovely supporter at this cafe called Minto. It was a pretty classy outdoorsy cafe with several floors and private study rooms. There was a cute guy that looked like Micky Yoochun there too. Anyway we worked on all that stuff and then we went to go buy a cake at Baskin Robbins which I paid for (and Caroline later contributed 10%). Anyway, so then we randomly ran into 선언니's group and we all ended up eating at the Hyundai Department store. I got some Japanese ramen which didn't taste all that great honestly. 겅현오빠 agreed. Anyway, so then we called 구슬샘 and told her Caroline was sick and needed to go to the hospital but she didn't believe it and refused to meet us at 서강. So then 혜미샘 said she would try helping us but that didn't work out too well and 구슬샘 said we should enjoy the ice cream cake without her and that she was "sorry." I told her i would hate her forever if she didn't show up. So basically I'm feeling cruddy now because I bought a cake for nothing. I didn't feel great at all. So we did the cake and we video taped it...and everyone ate the cake. It was a very interesting ice cream cake. Then, we went to class and sat in class and did a practice test. I don't know...I just didn't feel too great about buying an expensive cake for nothing. Then after the practice test ended we had break so I walked out and went to the lounge area and 구슬샘 was there and I saw her and then gave her the look and started to walk back and I would have kept going had she not called me. I found it to be a tad rude to completely ignore her so I just went back and then I started to leave and then I had to go back. She had me sit next to her for a while and I was just like ........ Seriously. Anyway, then she dragged me away (attempting to cool my underlying anger) ...yeah not working out too well. Anyway, I went into my class and sat there and then said she wouldn't leave until I smiled/laughed. I told her that wasn't possible and that she should just leave but she was very ...persistent. Lol I said I had to go to the bathroom (look at the mirror haha) Anyway, she decided to follow me there too as I attempted to do damage control on my face. :P Then I went to go get water and she decided she had to get me water and stick it down my throat. .... -_-* yeah and then she asked me if I was still angry and I said that earlier I said I would be angry for life and she said 뻥을친다 which I cracked up because she used 뻥...anyway. Then I went back to my class and sat there. Anyway, after all that Nhi, Valerie and I went to go try on wedding dresses at this one cafe. Dean and Tai came too and then left to avoid paying. We tried them on and then took tons of pictures. After that we went shopping and I got a white shirt that should have been shipped to me by now but alas it is backordered. Anyway, while I was shopping for that white shirt, 구슬샘 called I guess to check up on what I was doing. I told her I was at 이대 waiting to get kidnapped and then she asked me if I was still mad and I told her that I was planning on being mad forever. She told me that it wouldn't happen and I said that 혜미샘 is nicer to me anyway and then I told her how much fun we had yesterday. Anyway, she said she would pay for the cake but I said 치사해요 so yeah. Anyway....she asked me about Thursday/Friday and I told her whatever...I still have to think about this. Now I'm on the subway about to get off...now. The end. Final exam tomorrow ㅠㅠ WAHH
Sunday, July 31, 2011
찜질방, 닥, 노래방 ?!?!
Sunday July 31st (Day 36)
So definitely a great day today.
We started by going to the 찜질방. I went with Caroline, 영민오빠, 깡유언니, and Cody. At first it was just Caroline, 영민오빠, Cody and I since 깡유언니 overslept...lol. So we went to this place called Dragon Hill Spa and paid and got in and changed. I gotta say, the women's changing room is really disturbing. Anyway, so we met back up downstairs and went to 찜질. We started by going to a really hot 50 degrees Celsius baking room where my feet slowly roasted away. We played some fun hand games while we were roasting also. We stayed there for a while and then we went to the ice room for a while. Then we went to this round sauna oven igloo looking thing where it was even hotter than the first room. It was REALLY hot. Then we went to the ice room. Then we sat in the main area and got shikae and some roasted eggs which were actually rather tasty. Going by national tradition, we broke the eggs on other peoples heads. It hurt ㅠㅠ ...Youngmin went to go call Kangyou while the three of us chilled...sure enough Kangyou appears while Youngmin is gone. We play a bunch of games together and I swear I got hit like 50 times by everyone. Anyway, then we went back to the first 50 degrees Celsius room and then went to the ice room and then the toasty hot hot room and then the ice room and then this weird room that smelled like charcoal and barbecue. That room wasn't too hot so we chilled there for a while and then we went back out and then we went to the pyramid sauna which just smelled like a bunch of random herbs. Then we ate poppingsu and then decided to leave and do something else. Essentially we were there from around 11AM to 4:30PM. It was pretty fun. Then we went to another area to eat chicken and after we all ate, we sat in the restaurant and talked for a while. We ended up playing truth or dare where some really...interesting questions came up like rating people and such. Eventually Cody picked dare and we made him go around the restaurant singing Itaewon Freedom and so he goes around singing ITAEWON FREEDOM and "raising the roof"...it was absolutely HILARIOUS. Then I had to walk around like I had some issues...yeah. So after the restaurant we went to a 노래방 where we sang so many songs...the guy kept extending our time in the 노래방. I recorded some of the lovely performances. I got to day, 영민오빠 really can sing well. Also, even though I'm a big Kpop fan, I really don't know the lyrics well :/. Oh well....I shall learn! Tomorrow/right now is Monday morning. I'm having lunch with 혜미샘...this should be interesting. Until then. ^^
So definitely a great day today.
We started by going to the 찜질방. I went with Caroline, 영민오빠, 깡유언니, and Cody. At first it was just Caroline, 영민오빠, Cody and I since 깡유언니 overslept...lol. So we went to this place called Dragon Hill Spa and paid and got in and changed. I gotta say, the women's changing room is really disturbing. Anyway, so we met back up downstairs and went to 찜질. We started by going to a really hot 50 degrees Celsius baking room where my feet slowly roasted away. We played some fun hand games while we were roasting also. We stayed there for a while and then we went to the ice room for a while. Then we went to this round sauna oven igloo looking thing where it was even hotter than the first room. It was REALLY hot. Then we went to the ice room. Then we sat in the main area and got shikae and some roasted eggs which were actually rather tasty. Going by national tradition, we broke the eggs on other peoples heads. It hurt ㅠㅠ ...Youngmin went to go call Kangyou while the three of us chilled...sure enough Kangyou appears while Youngmin is gone. We play a bunch of games together and I swear I got hit like 50 times by everyone. Anyway, then we went back to the first 50 degrees Celsius room and then went to the ice room and then the toasty hot hot room and then the ice room and then this weird room that smelled like charcoal and barbecue. That room wasn't too hot so we chilled there for a while and then we went back out and then we went to the pyramid sauna which just smelled like a bunch of random herbs. Then we ate poppingsu and then decided to leave and do something else. Essentially we were there from around 11AM to 4:30PM. It was pretty fun. Then we went to another area to eat chicken and after we all ate, we sat in the restaurant and talked for a while. We ended up playing truth or dare where some really...interesting questions came up like rating people and such. Eventually Cody picked dare and we made him go around the restaurant singing Itaewon Freedom and so he goes around singing ITAEWON FREEDOM and "raising the roof"...it was absolutely HILARIOUS. Then I had to walk around like I had some issues...yeah. So after the restaurant we went to a 노래방 where we sang so many songs...the guy kept extending our time in the 노래방. I recorded some of the lovely performances. I got to day, 영민오빠 really can sing well. Also, even though I'm a big Kpop fan, I really don't know the lyrics well :/. Oh well....I shall learn! Tomorrow/right now is Monday morning. I'm having lunch with 혜미샘...this should be interesting. Until then. ^^
I Love Korea
Monday July 25 (Day 30)
Time is slowly running out and I'm getting sad. Truth be told, I'm going to miss Korea. It's become a second home to me. I wish I could stay for longer but there is quite a lot of business titans care of back home (college...school...) The stress is coming back slowly and I'm dreading it. Today before school Kaitlyn and I went to Itaewon (ITAEWON FREEDOM) haha. Yeah, we walked around all of Itaewon and bought a few shirts. We decided to go look at the mosque there. It is the largest mosque in Korea. So basically without directions we just started walking toward it. Then...we got to it and then...we got lost. Now mind you, I don't ALWAYS get lost. Itaewon is pretty big and there are like no street signs anywhere. I ended up asking someone where the closest subway station was and apparently we were pretty far from it and we would need to take a taxi. I stop here and ask...exactly how far did we walk?!?!! We walked FAR. Far being the equivalent of two subway stations away from where we started. Anyway, that was most definitely my exercise for the day. So after school Breauna, Alexia and I went to the Ewha shopping area and we shopped. We all got some face masks and some clothes and then some food. It had started to downpour and I had gotten a strawberry banana smoothie so then Alexia goes and accidentally spills it. Now that...takes some skill. She bought me another one though and honestly it tasted better hehe. So yeah that's about it for Monday.
I'm on the subway right now going to go meet my supporter Kangyou, Caroline and Youngmin. Hopefully we will have fun. Actually, I'm sure we will. I have to make the best of the time I have remaining in Korea!
On a side note, someone sitting diagonal from me on the subway is wearing TOMS. I want some!!!!
Tuesday July 26 (Day 31)
So the Hello Kitty Cafe was great! It took a little while getting there but we got there without telling Youngmin where we were going. It was hilarious because he was obviously the only guy there. We all ordered drinks and then sat and talked while Caroline did her homework. Then we made sentences with Korean articles and after that we took a ton of pictures. We ate this caramel bread which I bought (because I'm a nice person) and then we left the cafe. We took a taxi to Sincheon station and walked to a restaurant and all ordered ...chicken mayo? Apparently it is popular in Korea and it was actually okay so I'm not complaining. Anyway, we took it to go and then ate it at school. It was a fun morning...eventually we are all going to go to a 노래방 and a 찜질방 ...possibly on Sunday. I need to go to one before I leave the country. After school on Tuesday we went to get contacts (Caroline, Cody and I). It was raining like crazy but we got to the shop and then got or contacts and then as we were going to go find a restaurant we ran into a sticker picture shop...we got sticker pictures and after we did it was raining so hard the streets were flooding. No joke. Anyway so we just decided to go to the restaurant right across the street. Bad idea. Anyway, we sat there and ...ate...sort of....yeah it wasn't that great :/ I would write what we ended up unknowingly (probably unconsciously knowingly) ate but I don't really want to. Anyway, we had to order two dishes and for the second dish we wanted to change it and so I told the server guy that Caroline wasn't eating (actually the only person eating was Cody) and the server guy goes "but this is good for pregnancy/pregnant people" and as soon as Caroline finds out what he said she flips out and all night she's like fhksosnskshdfhrbsj. It was pretty funny.
Wednesday July 27 (Day 32)
So we had 탈춤 today which is essentially traditional mask dancing. It required a lot of energy believe it or not. We first listened to a presentation by the Cultural group from Sooomyung Woman's University and then we made masks. I made mine look like the Korean flag because I'm not creative and had no ideas. Anyway, then we learned how to do a few steps of a dance after we first saw an act of the dance. Oh my gosh, there was a part of the dance where it's like mimicking a cow of sorts but anyway, there were like 6 groups and each group had to demonstrate the dance and then the dance teacher picked some people out of each group to do it again depending on whether she liked their dancing or if she happened to think they couldn't dance. The first group had two people chosen and then the second group (the group I was in) had one person chosen...that person being ...me. Oh my gosh. Sooo embarrassing. She had picked me because I was good at the dance (who knew) but anyway some how she ended up saying she's never seen anyone perform that dance so sexy as me. (uh...what?) So basically I was dubbed a "sexy cow" because of that dance. Personally I think being called a cow is insulting but I guess it's a weird compliment of sorts since the dance was a "cow dance"...I really don't know. Then at the end of the lesson, each group had to elect one person to perform the whole entire dance and some how j got elected to do the dance reluctantly. ㅠㅠ booooo. So yeah, that was my morning. After school we went to Itaewon again because everyone wanted these specific shirts. Then we went to Myeong-dong and ate at a nice restaurant which actually had good food. Then we went shopping a little but didn't find anything so we are going to Dongdaemun today (Thursday) It is still raining like crazy. Oh well...I want more dresses. ㅋㅋㅋ I'm going to be sad to leave Korea. I love this extra sense of freedom. Now I am about to get off the subway. Successfully entered some journal entries on my long subway ride. Speaking of things, I need to go get presents for everyone -_-; I don't know what to get ...ohhh boy.
Thursday July 28 (Day 33)
So I got to sleep in for like the first time today. It was nice but I wish I didn't get to sleep in...(it was raining so hard that supporter activities were canceled). Anyway, so I went to school and then went to Dongdaemun with Nhi where we totally had a great shopping adventure. Goes to show that people should shop with me because I find the best clothes at great prices. Anyway then we ate some street food and went home.
Friday July 29th (Day 34)
I'm on the subway today and I feel like a wannabe young gangster is sitting next to me. I'm pretty sure he's like 40 but whatever, not my problem. It's finally not raining today (which is a good thing although it'll be hot outside). I'm on my way to meet up with Caroline to go buy a cake for Kyungnam since today is his last day working as the RD for YES International. Actually, I just want cake honestly. Cake is tasty. Korean cake is tasty. Anyway, I believe I'm getting a digital perm tomorrow and then heading to Bucheon to meet Simon and Martina! Honestly I'd rather be in Busan at the beach though haha. The weather once again is actually really nice today, I can see the city well from this subway seat that I luckily got today. I did remember my umbrella just invade though...I've had to buy two umbrellas because I thought t wouldn't rain and then it was about to rain (although the first time it ended up not raining although I bought the umbrella and the second time it was a downpour so I needed an umbrella for sure) More later....
ACTUALLY I'm not done...I hate it when guys (and I really do mean guys, girls never/rarely do this) on the subway sit and like take up so much leg room so that they take like three subway seats worth of leg room. If you're sitting in a subway seat then your leg space is equivalent to how wide the seat is. Don't infringe on other peoples personal space subway bubbles!! >.< Still have 20 minutes on the subway....yay.
I swear the guy next to me has been creeping on my iPod. He looks more like a trucker-gangster and now a non-leg invasive female is sitting next to me and it seems like she isn't creeping on what I'm doing. Another thing, I hate it when people get on the subway and then yell their faces off. I do NOT need to know your conversation. Oh and I hate it when people who smell like wet dog get on the subway and don't look like they have any problems. Honestly, check how you smell before you leave the house. Just because Koreans are said to not have "BO" doesn't mean you shouldn't use perfume or cologne. Anyway, I'm ranting more than I should be but that's because I'm bored hehe. I'm just picking on the stupid meaningless things about the subway right now. There are plenty of good things. For one...it's fast and on weekend nights there are always drunk men swinging up and down the subway singing kid songs and pretending to smoke and talking loudly and acting well...drunk. Okay I'll stop now. I'll errr again when something interesting happens.
Okay so operation cake worked out well. We basically bought the cake at Paris Baguette and then got on the bus to YES Int'l and then walked into the office and gave him the cake in which he was like "what is this for...". Anyway we took pictures with him and then we all ate the cake which by the way was a very pretty and delicious cake. So when we got the cake we had asked for 6 candles...turns out each candle stands for 10 years haha. Yeah but one candle fell on the floor so it became a 50 year old "birthday" with a "birthday aka happy going away go now leave" song. It was rather funny I will admit. Anyway, as we left Kyungnam walked us down and gave us some money to ride a taxi and eat lunch with (which he really didn't have to do but it was rather nice of him). After school I briefly went to Insadong where I got some "TOMS" which FYI are not all that comfortable...definitely buying other shoes.
Saturday July 30th (Day 35)
Today Christina and I went to go get digital perms...it smelled bad at one point in time but it was a success. I wish I had Christina's hair though...so much prettier than mine. After that, we stuffed ourselves full of food and went to Bucheon to meet...Simon and Martina!!! It was really fun and they are indeed as nice and funny as they are on video. Then a few of us (including some of our lovely Korean friends) went to the 노래방 and then got sticker pictures!! I realized I need to know some of these lyrics to these songs better. On a side note, I need the new Infinite CD...
Time is slowly running out and I'm getting sad. Truth be told, I'm going to miss Korea. It's become a second home to me. I wish I could stay for longer but there is quite a lot of business titans care of back home (college...school...) The stress is coming back slowly and I'm dreading it. Today before school Kaitlyn and I went to Itaewon (ITAEWON FREEDOM) haha. Yeah, we walked around all of Itaewon and bought a few shirts. We decided to go look at the mosque there. It is the largest mosque in Korea. So basically without directions we just started walking toward it. Then...we got to it and then...we got lost. Now mind you, I don't ALWAYS get lost. Itaewon is pretty big and there are like no street signs anywhere. I ended up asking someone where the closest subway station was and apparently we were pretty far from it and we would need to take a taxi. I stop here and ask...exactly how far did we walk?!?!! We walked FAR. Far being the equivalent of two subway stations away from where we started. Anyway, that was most definitely my exercise for the day. So after school Breauna, Alexia and I went to the Ewha shopping area and we shopped. We all got some face masks and some clothes and then some food. It had started to downpour and I had gotten a strawberry banana smoothie so then Alexia goes and accidentally spills it. Now that...takes some skill. She bought me another one though and honestly it tasted better hehe. So yeah that's about it for Monday.
I'm on the subway right now going to go meet my supporter Kangyou, Caroline and Youngmin. Hopefully we will have fun. Actually, I'm sure we will. I have to make the best of the time I have remaining in Korea!
On a side note, someone sitting diagonal from me on the subway is wearing TOMS. I want some!!!!
Tuesday July 26 (Day 31)
So the Hello Kitty Cafe was great! It took a little while getting there but we got there without telling Youngmin where we were going. It was hilarious because he was obviously the only guy there. We all ordered drinks and then sat and talked while Caroline did her homework. Then we made sentences with Korean articles and after that we took a ton of pictures. We ate this caramel bread which I bought (because I'm a nice person) and then we left the cafe. We took a taxi to Sincheon station and walked to a restaurant and all ordered ...chicken mayo? Apparently it is popular in Korea and it was actually okay so I'm not complaining. Anyway, we took it to go and then ate it at school. It was a fun morning...eventually we are all going to go to a 노래방 and a 찜질방 ...possibly on Sunday. I need to go to one before I leave the country. After school on Tuesday we went to get contacts (Caroline, Cody and I). It was raining like crazy but we got to the shop and then got or contacts and then as we were going to go find a restaurant we ran into a sticker picture shop...we got sticker pictures and after we did it was raining so hard the streets were flooding. No joke. Anyway so we just decided to go to the restaurant right across the street. Bad idea. Anyway, we sat there and ...ate...sort of....yeah it wasn't that great :/ I would write what we ended up unknowingly (probably unconsciously knowingly) ate but I don't really want to. Anyway, we had to order two dishes and for the second dish we wanted to change it and so I told the server guy that Caroline wasn't eating (actually the only person eating was Cody) and the server guy goes "but this is good for pregnancy/pregnant people" and as soon as Caroline finds out what he said she flips out and all night she's like fhksosnskshdfhrbsj. It was pretty funny.
Wednesday July 27 (Day 32)
So we had 탈춤 today which is essentially traditional mask dancing. It required a lot of energy believe it or not. We first listened to a presentation by the Cultural group from Sooomyung Woman's University and then we made masks. I made mine look like the Korean flag because I'm not creative and had no ideas. Anyway, then we learned how to do a few steps of a dance after we first saw an act of the dance. Oh my gosh, there was a part of the dance where it's like mimicking a cow of sorts but anyway, there were like 6 groups and each group had to demonstrate the dance and then the dance teacher picked some people out of each group to do it again depending on whether she liked their dancing or if she happened to think they couldn't dance. The first group had two people chosen and then the second group (the group I was in) had one person chosen...that person being ...me. Oh my gosh. Sooo embarrassing. She had picked me because I was good at the dance (who knew) but anyway some how she ended up saying she's never seen anyone perform that dance so sexy as me. (uh...what?) So basically I was dubbed a "sexy cow" because of that dance. Personally I think being called a cow is insulting but I guess it's a weird compliment of sorts since the dance was a "cow dance"...I really don't know. Then at the end of the lesson, each group had to elect one person to perform the whole entire dance and some how j got elected to do the dance reluctantly. ㅠㅠ booooo. So yeah, that was my morning. After school we went to Itaewon again because everyone wanted these specific shirts. Then we went to Myeong-dong and ate at a nice restaurant which actually had good food. Then we went shopping a little but didn't find anything so we are going to Dongdaemun today (Thursday) It is still raining like crazy. Oh well...I want more dresses. ㅋㅋㅋ I'm going to be sad to leave Korea. I love this extra sense of freedom. Now I am about to get off the subway. Successfully entered some journal entries on my long subway ride. Speaking of things, I need to go get presents for everyone -_-; I don't know what to get ...ohhh boy.
Thursday July 28 (Day 33)
So I got to sleep in for like the first time today. It was nice but I wish I didn't get to sleep in...(it was raining so hard that supporter activities were canceled). Anyway, so I went to school and then went to Dongdaemun with Nhi where we totally had a great shopping adventure. Goes to show that people should shop with me because I find the best clothes at great prices. Anyway then we ate some street food and went home.
Friday July 29th (Day 34)
I'm on the subway today and I feel like a wannabe young gangster is sitting next to me. I'm pretty sure he's like 40 but whatever, not my problem. It's finally not raining today (which is a good thing although it'll be hot outside). I'm on my way to meet up with Caroline to go buy a cake for Kyungnam since today is his last day working as the RD for YES International. Actually, I just want cake honestly. Cake is tasty. Korean cake is tasty. Anyway, I believe I'm getting a digital perm tomorrow and then heading to Bucheon to meet Simon and Martina! Honestly I'd rather be in Busan at the beach though haha. The weather once again is actually really nice today, I can see the city well from this subway seat that I luckily got today. I did remember my umbrella just invade though...I've had to buy two umbrellas because I thought t wouldn't rain and then it was about to rain (although the first time it ended up not raining although I bought the umbrella and the second time it was a downpour so I needed an umbrella for sure) More later....
ACTUALLY I'm not done...I hate it when guys (and I really do mean guys, girls never/rarely do this) on the subway sit and like take up so much leg room so that they take like three subway seats worth of leg room. If you're sitting in a subway seat then your leg space is equivalent to how wide the seat is. Don't infringe on other peoples personal space subway bubbles!! >.< Still have 20 minutes on the subway....yay.
I swear the guy next to me has been creeping on my iPod. He looks more like a trucker-gangster and now a non-leg invasive female is sitting next to me and it seems like she isn't creeping on what I'm doing. Another thing, I hate it when people get on the subway and then yell their faces off. I do NOT need to know your conversation. Oh and I hate it when people who smell like wet dog get on the subway and don't look like they have any problems. Honestly, check how you smell before you leave the house. Just because Koreans are said to not have "BO" doesn't mean you shouldn't use perfume or cologne. Anyway, I'm ranting more than I should be but that's because I'm bored hehe. I'm just picking on the stupid meaningless things about the subway right now. There are plenty of good things. For one...it's fast and on weekend nights there are always drunk men swinging up and down the subway singing kid songs and pretending to smoke and talking loudly and acting well...drunk. Okay I'll stop now. I'll errr again when something interesting happens.
Okay so operation cake worked out well. We basically bought the cake at Paris Baguette and then got on the bus to YES Int'l and then walked into the office and gave him the cake in which he was like "what is this for...". Anyway we took pictures with him and then we all ate the cake which by the way was a very pretty and delicious cake. So when we got the cake we had asked for 6 candles...turns out each candle stands for 10 years haha. Yeah but one candle fell on the floor so it became a 50 year old "birthday" with a "birthday aka happy going away go now leave" song. It was rather funny I will admit. Anyway, as we left Kyungnam walked us down and gave us some money to ride a taxi and eat lunch with (which he really didn't have to do but it was rather nice of him). After school I briefly went to Insadong where I got some "TOMS" which FYI are not all that comfortable...definitely buying other shoes.
Saturday July 30th (Day 35)
Today Christina and I went to go get digital perms...it smelled bad at one point in time but it was a success. I wish I had Christina's hair though...so much prettier than mine. After that, we stuffed ourselves full of food and went to Bucheon to meet...Simon and Martina!!! It was really fun and they are indeed as nice and funny as they are on video. Then a few of us (including some of our lovely Korean friends) went to the 노래방 and then got sticker pictures!! I realized I need to know some of these lyrics to these songs better. On a side note, I need the new Infinite CD...
Sunday, July 24, 2011
부천 한-미 검프
Bucheon Korean American Cultural Camp
No, this wasn't an outdoors camp but rather it was indoors in an actually pretty nice hostel. It was better than the first one we stayed in. Anyway, so I had to leave the house at like 7AM to get to our meeting point before 8:20. (this was Saturday morning- July 23rd - day 28) Anyway, so we got on the coach bus and we drove down to Bucheon and then went to the hostel first and dropped off our belongings. We then met up with the Korean high school students participating in this camp and then headed for city hall where we had the opening ceremony along with a few ice breakers. One of the ice breakers we did was to memorize everyone's name along with the action they put to their name. Have I mentioned...my memory is equivalent to the attention spam of a baby...aka not very good. ^We had teams and I was in team 1 (there were 10 teams that were decided ahead of time by the coordinators and staff). Then with our teams we had to come up with a team dance slogan while we ate lunch together. So we had a difficult time coming up with a dance/slogan and Youngmin who was one of the dance/slogan judges didn't make it easier for us to pass to go to the next stage to get our mission. We finally passed after a lot of trouble and got to the second task which was a quiz which we easily did. Our mission was to go to this manhwa museum and this rose garden. We had to draw a comic and then take a picture in the rose garden. We only had 4.5 hours to do all of this and the places were a bit far away. So we went to the museum first and saw all the cartoons and such. It was pretty interesting. We then sat down in a random corner to draw this comic. We were slightly still resentful for having such a hard time trying to pass the dance slogan stage of this mission that we decided to draw our comic about Youngmin. The story line goes something along the lines of Youngmin is at a karaoke place and then he sings horribly and then he wants to put love locks on Namsan tower but the girl he likes rejects this idea and then pushes him down the tower and lands in the nearby market where there is a restaurant where he eats something really spicy and has to go to the bathroom but there is no toilet paper. From there it is "to be continued." Yes I realize this makes hardly any sense but that was the point. We had to present this later (which I will get to later). I should probably mention we had a group leader who is a college student. His name was Saehwan and he was pretty cool and quite attached to his camera. Anyway, we basically had no time to do our second mission so we decided to just go back (on the lovely so crowded bus). However we stumbled upon a stand that was selling roses so we bought a dozen and then each of us got one and we took a picture in a park nearby the hostel. The picture turned out really cool. I'll have to get it from someone but anyway then we got back to the air-conditioned hostel where we had dinner. I sat with Gooseul and Haemi. Then ...it was presentation time. Our group presented 4th and it was so hilarious because we had Katarina act as Youngmin speaking in an Indian accent and Abel narrating. Everyone in the room was laughing...it was that good (trust me). Anyway, we ended up winning the best presentation award and got neck pillows which are nice might I add. I think our group picture was the prettiest but no one except Youngmin voted for us because our picture was shown first and people didn't know which one to pick but it's okay. Anyway, we then had to practice for the talent show that was to be on Sunday. I had nothing to practice for because I wasn't singing with this one group anymore but instead I wasn't doing anything. Hehe. Anyway, so I just walked around for the longest time and I even went to go get ice cream for the YES people and myself. Then I went to my hostel room where I took a shower and hung out with one of my new Korean friends 예영 in our room. It was basically a party outside the rooms. It was super crazy. I ended up sitting in the room with all the staff with Eunice for a while where I talked to 혜미 for a while. Talking to Haemi is always entertaining because she's always so calm (she's like the head coordinator from YES International for our program). She could be placed in a Buddhist temple with a gourd and a stick to hit the gourd with. She seriously is very calm and chill and she also keeps up a "I am a scary person so behave" act which isn't true at all because she really isn't scary at all. Anyway, I also talked to everyone else in the room. I ended up learning a few new Korean hand games and Eunice and I played them with Jonghyun and Gooseul. Then I got a hold of Youngmin's phone and looked at that for a while. People were playing truth or dare outside in the hall and Youngmin went out there for like five minutes and dared Ellen to kiss Jonghyun on the cheek. When they came hunting for Jonghyun he was like Nooooooo but then Youngmin said he was embarrassing Ellen so it ended up happening and it all got on tape. It was pretty funny. Then I ended up watching Hyemin and Jonghyun practicing for MCing for the talent show. I really got to talk to Youngmin more. There was pieces of foam board sitting around and we ended up throwing them at each other (which trust me we were pretty bored). For a while it was just me with the staff because Eunice had left but later Caroline walked in and all three of us talked but in English (earlier it had been Korean). Anyway, it was all pretty fun and we ended up leaving the room at 3 in the morning. I was there for like 4 hours. The hall was too much of a hostile environment for me to try and get past earlier that night. Anyway so we got back to the room and we talked for a little and then all went to sleep.
That morning (Sunday July 24th day 29) we had breakfast at like 8:30 and then we went to the talent show venue where I learned that I would get to do a last minute piano performance which could have gone better but whatever (the first time I mixed Yiruma with Lady Gaga) -___- Anyway, we practiced and then had our talent show and then went to eat lunch at a Chinese restaurant. Then we went back to the hostel and had our closing ceremony. We then grabbed our belongings and then left the Korean students :( we took many pictures to remember the moment though. I was going to get a picture with Saehwan and Yeyung and we asked Christina to take the picture but then she was like so I'm not in the group anymore and we were like noo...and then we asked Katarina who said the same thing and eventually the group got really big and we had someone take our picture. It was cute. We got on the bus and headed for 홍대. On the bus Gooseul and Youngmin had some weird antics...and I thought I was weird. Anyway after we got off the bus we decided we were going to go do some karaoke on Tuesday possibly after school so yeahㅋㅋㅋ that is all for now. Man I'm sleepy >.<..typing blog posts out on the iPod touch is not easy.
No, this wasn't an outdoors camp but rather it was indoors in an actually pretty nice hostel. It was better than the first one we stayed in. Anyway, so I had to leave the house at like 7AM to get to our meeting point before 8:20. (this was Saturday morning- July 23rd - day 28) Anyway, so we got on the coach bus and we drove down to Bucheon and then went to the hostel first and dropped off our belongings. We then met up with the Korean high school students participating in this camp and then headed for city hall where we had the opening ceremony along with a few ice breakers. One of the ice breakers we did was to memorize everyone's name along with the action they put to their name. Have I mentioned...my memory is equivalent to the attention spam of a baby...aka not very good. ^We had teams and I was in team 1 (there were 10 teams that were decided ahead of time by the coordinators and staff). Then with our teams we had to come up with a team dance slogan while we ate lunch together. So we had a difficult time coming up with a dance/slogan and Youngmin who was one of the dance/slogan judges didn't make it easier for us to pass to go to the next stage to get our mission. We finally passed after a lot of trouble and got to the second task which was a quiz which we easily did. Our mission was to go to this manhwa museum and this rose garden. We had to draw a comic and then take a picture in the rose garden. We only had 4.5 hours to do all of this and the places were a bit far away. So we went to the museum first and saw all the cartoons and such. It was pretty interesting. We then sat down in a random corner to draw this comic. We were slightly still resentful for having such a hard time trying to pass the dance slogan stage of this mission that we decided to draw our comic about Youngmin. The story line goes something along the lines of Youngmin is at a karaoke place and then he sings horribly and then he wants to put love locks on Namsan tower but the girl he likes rejects this idea and then pushes him down the tower and lands in the nearby market where there is a restaurant where he eats something really spicy and has to go to the bathroom but there is no toilet paper. From there it is "to be continued." Yes I realize this makes hardly any sense but that was the point. We had to present this later (which I will get to later). I should probably mention we had a group leader who is a college student. His name was Saehwan and he was pretty cool and quite attached to his camera. Anyway, we basically had no time to do our second mission so we decided to just go back (on the lovely so crowded bus). However we stumbled upon a stand that was selling roses so we bought a dozen and then each of us got one and we took a picture in a park nearby the hostel. The picture turned out really cool. I'll have to get it from someone but anyway then we got back to the air-conditioned hostel where we had dinner. I sat with Gooseul and Haemi. Then ...it was presentation time. Our group presented 4th and it was so hilarious because we had Katarina act as Youngmin speaking in an Indian accent and Abel narrating. Everyone in the room was laughing...it was that good (trust me). Anyway, we ended up winning the best presentation award and got neck pillows which are nice might I add. I think our group picture was the prettiest but no one except Youngmin voted for us because our picture was shown first and people didn't know which one to pick but it's okay. Anyway, we then had to practice for the talent show that was to be on Sunday. I had nothing to practice for because I wasn't singing with this one group anymore but instead I wasn't doing anything. Hehe. Anyway, so I just walked around for the longest time and I even went to go get ice cream for the YES people and myself. Then I went to my hostel room where I took a shower and hung out with one of my new Korean friends 예영 in our room. It was basically a party outside the rooms. It was super crazy. I ended up sitting in the room with all the staff with Eunice for a while where I talked to 혜미 for a while. Talking to Haemi is always entertaining because she's always so calm (she's like the head coordinator from YES International for our program). She could be placed in a Buddhist temple with a gourd and a stick to hit the gourd with. She seriously is very calm and chill and she also keeps up a "I am a scary person so behave" act which isn't true at all because she really isn't scary at all. Anyway, I also talked to everyone else in the room. I ended up learning a few new Korean hand games and Eunice and I played them with Jonghyun and Gooseul. Then I got a hold of Youngmin's phone and looked at that for a while. People were playing truth or dare outside in the hall and Youngmin went out there for like five minutes and dared Ellen to kiss Jonghyun on the cheek. When they came hunting for Jonghyun he was like Nooooooo but then Youngmin said he was embarrassing Ellen so it ended up happening and it all got on tape. It was pretty funny. Then I ended up watching Hyemin and Jonghyun practicing for MCing for the talent show. I really got to talk to Youngmin more. There was pieces of foam board sitting around and we ended up throwing them at each other (which trust me we were pretty bored). For a while it was just me with the staff because Eunice had left but later Caroline walked in and all three of us talked but in English (earlier it had been Korean). Anyway, it was all pretty fun and we ended up leaving the room at 3 in the morning. I was there for like 4 hours. The hall was too much of a hostile environment for me to try and get past earlier that night. Anyway so we got back to the room and we talked for a little and then all went to sleep.
That morning (Sunday July 24th day 29) we had breakfast at like 8:30 and then we went to the talent show venue where I learned that I would get to do a last minute piano performance which could have gone better but whatever (the first time I mixed Yiruma with Lady Gaga) -___- Anyway, we practiced and then had our talent show and then went to eat lunch at a Chinese restaurant. Then we went back to the hostel and had our closing ceremony. We then grabbed our belongings and then left the Korean students :( we took many pictures to remember the moment though. I was going to get a picture with Saehwan and Yeyung and we asked Christina to take the picture but then she was like so I'm not in the group anymore and we were like noo...and then we asked Katarina who said the same thing and eventually the group got really big and we had someone take our picture. It was cute. We got on the bus and headed for 홍대. On the bus Gooseul and Youngmin had some weird antics...and I thought I was weird. Anyway after we got off the bus we decided we were going to go do some karaoke on Tuesday possibly after school so yeahㅋㅋㅋ that is all for now. Man I'm sleepy >.<..typing blog posts out on the iPod touch is not easy.
This Week...
Day 23 Monday July 18th: So there was school today also...like every weekday. After school Uyen, Tatiana, Nhi, Izzy and I went shopping at the Ewha/Sincheon area. It was pretty fun and then after shopping Uyen, Tatiana and I had some lappokki which was delicious. :)
Tuesday July 19th (Day 24): We went to the Changokbung Palace today with our supporters. It was a big group with the three other supporters along with our supporter Kang-yoo. On top of the supporters we also had YES International people tag along (Hyemin and Youngmin). Man it was really hot today...every time we stopped during the tour ^We would all look for shade. I thoroughly entertained myself by picking on Youngmin ㅋㅋㅋ. It was quite entertaining. One of the supporters (Sun) decided I have split personalities when I speak English and when I speak Korean. Eventually we lost the tour guide although I'm pretty sure we paid for the tour. On top of that we didn't get to go to the Secret Garden (Huwon) because it cost extra and we had like no time. Anyway, after our escapade at the palace we went to eat lunch at this random place called the 김밥창구 or something close to that. Practically everyone at my table got the 왕동짜수 (king cutlet)...anyway. After lunch half of us were waiting in the relatively cool subway area while I have no idea what happened to the other half of the group for that 15 minutes. While we were down there some of us exchanged money while others just stood around. I forget what I said but Youngmin almost made my face a different shape...so I don't think I'll be saying whatever I said. I tend to say things in Korean that make people want to "hurt" me aka clever things no one else in the group can say (like you have to step on people to get to the top---->Mishil quote from Queen Seon Deok). Anyway, we got on the orange line and then off for the transfer to the green line. While we were waiting for the transfer Kyungnam and his friend showed up. Talk about random coincidence. He asked me about Youngmin and I said Yongmin was better than him and he hit me -_- maybe I should stop saying things to purposely mess with people ...or not. It's fun. Anyway, Kyungnam said he would help me figure out Kakao talk which seriously that app is super annoying. All of us in that part of the subway had a mini Spanish conversation in which I made myself sound like I speak Spanish well...which I don't. But anyway- success. Then we went to school where they made me switch classes again. AGAIN. Ima get this fixed soon... So then after class I ended up going with people to YES International to practice for the "talent show" this weekend. I have no talents aka there is no available piano/violin for me to play then so I'm doing something with Easter eggs. Anyway, then Kyungnam showed up and since some specific people caused a ruckus on Monday, he had to stay during their practice but he and I made a deal where I'd clean up and lock up and in return he promised to buy dinner one day...we'll see how that goes haha. Anyway, as promised I did everything properly and now he owes me. After practice I ended up walking the streets of 홍대 at night in order to find something to eat while Caroline texted some random number about "doing it" as a joke and really I don't know what else. I ended up going home instead of eating at the pasta Italian place because I didn't want to get on the subway at like 10:30 and end up walking home at midnight. So that was what happened on Tuesday and this entry ended up being really long because I'm writing it on my hour long subway ride and I'm about to get off on the next stop so I think timing wise I did a good job.
Wednesday, July 20th Day 25: After school Valerie, Caroline and I went exploring in 남대문 which wasn't that great but there was some interesting stuff there. Then Dean showed up and we all got lost in 홍대 trying to find food .ㅠㅠ We finally did find food though thank goodness. I didn't eat all day...it is too hot to want to eat.
Thursday, July 21 Day 26: 깡유언니, Caroline and I went to 남산 Tower after school. It was really pretty there and we saw the love locks on the fence too. Then we ate at this famous restaurant and then Caroline went somewhere while 깡유언니 and I went shopping in Myeongdong. It was pretty fun.
Friday, July 22nd Day 27: We had the mid program evaluation today which was just informative and all. Afterwards we had lunch and after school I met my cousin 인선. She took me shopping and then I ate raw sushi for the first time at this sushi buffet restaurant. After that we split ways. It was pretty fun hanging out with her.
Bucheon Camp this weekend with everyone. I'll post separately for it :)
Tuesday July 19th (Day 24): We went to the Changokbung Palace today with our supporters. It was a big group with the three other supporters along with our supporter Kang-yoo. On top of the supporters we also had YES International people tag along (Hyemin and Youngmin). Man it was really hot today...every time we stopped during the tour ^We would all look for shade. I thoroughly entertained myself by picking on Youngmin ㅋㅋㅋ. It was quite entertaining. One of the supporters (Sun) decided I have split personalities when I speak English and when I speak Korean. Eventually we lost the tour guide although I'm pretty sure we paid for the tour. On top of that we didn't get to go to the Secret Garden (Huwon) because it cost extra and we had like no time. Anyway, after our escapade at the palace we went to eat lunch at this random place called the 김밥창구 or something close to that. Practically everyone at my table got the 왕동짜수 (king cutlet)...anyway. After lunch half of us were waiting in the relatively cool subway area while I have no idea what happened to the other half of the group for that 15 minutes. While we were down there some of us exchanged money while others just stood around. I forget what I said but Youngmin almost made my face a different shape...so I don't think I'll be saying whatever I said. I tend to say things in Korean that make people want to "hurt" me aka clever things no one else in the group can say (like you have to step on people to get to the top---->Mishil quote from Queen Seon Deok). Anyway, we got on the orange line and then off for the transfer to the green line. While we were waiting for the transfer Kyungnam and his friend showed up. Talk about random coincidence. He asked me about Youngmin and I said Yongmin was better than him and he hit me -_- maybe I should stop saying things to purposely mess with people ...or not. It's fun. Anyway, Kyungnam said he would help me figure out Kakao talk which seriously that app is super annoying. All of us in that part of the subway had a mini Spanish conversation in which I made myself sound like I speak Spanish well...which I don't. But anyway- success. Then we went to school where they made me switch classes again. AGAIN. Ima get this fixed soon... So then after class I ended up going with people to YES International to practice for the "talent show" this weekend. I have no talents aka there is no available piano/violin for me to play then so I'm doing something with Easter eggs. Anyway, then Kyungnam showed up and since some specific people caused a ruckus on Monday, he had to stay during their practice but he and I made a deal where I'd clean up and lock up and in return he promised to buy dinner one day...we'll see how that goes haha. Anyway, as promised I did everything properly and now he owes me. After practice I ended up walking the streets of 홍대 at night in order to find something to eat while Caroline texted some random number about "doing it" as a joke and really I don't know what else. I ended up going home instead of eating at the pasta Italian place because I didn't want to get on the subway at like 10:30 and end up walking home at midnight. So that was what happened on Tuesday and this entry ended up being really long because I'm writing it on my hour long subway ride and I'm about to get off on the next stop so I think timing wise I did a good job.
Wednesday, July 20th Day 25: After school Valerie, Caroline and I went exploring in 남대문 which wasn't that great but there was some interesting stuff there. Then Dean showed up and we all got lost in 홍대 trying to find food .ㅠㅠ We finally did find food though thank goodness. I didn't eat all day...it is too hot to want to eat.
Thursday, July 21 Day 26: 깡유언니, Caroline and I went to 남산 Tower after school. It was really pretty there and we saw the love locks on the fence too. Then we ate at this famous restaurant and then Caroline went somewhere while 깡유언니 and I went shopping in Myeongdong. It was pretty fun.
Friday, July 22nd Day 27: We had the mid program evaluation today which was just informative and all. Afterwards we had lunch and after school I met my cousin 인선. She took me shopping and then I ate raw sushi for the first time at this sushi buffet restaurant. After that we split ways. It was pretty fun hanging out with her.
Bucheon Camp this weekend with everyone. I'll post separately for it :)
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