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...