2. Random things that hint that I've adapted to the Korean way of living:
a. I sleep on a floor mat
b. find myself preferring to sit cross-legged on the floor than in a chair
c. my morning coffee is pretty much the size of a shot glass
d. I don't own a fork
e. body language is now officially my main language
f. I have mastered the art of holding the shower nozzle and washing my body at the same time
g. I cover my mouth when I laugh
h. I own more than one shirt with sequence on it
i. I own silver shoes and I love them
j. I own leggings
k. I find myself thinking out loud
l. when I'm not teaching, my speech is littered with broken English and Konglish
m. I now list "singing a song" as one of my hobbies
n. my dog has a wardrobe
o. I own eye glasses that have no prescription
p. I can tell the difference between the various rices and I have my preference
q. I automatically do the peace sign when someone takes my picture
r. I point out the foreigners when I see them in the streets
s. I think headbands and sparkly hair barrettes are cool
t. I can think of at least a good dozen ways on how to eat rice
u. I went from loving the tough boys to sensitive pretty guys who have perms, like singing, and wear fur trimming on their jackets
v. my cellphone has become like an extra limb on my body that I don't leave home without
w. I own more knee socks than any other kind of sock
x. I use whitening cream to make my face whiter
y. I own an Anna Sui mini pocket mirror
z. I use an umbrella when it snows
3. For lunch, Seo and I headed over to a tak galbi restaurant where the place was packed with students... students with great hair... hehehe. We hit up one of the street vendors for our dinner. Gotta love Korean street vendors! Only in Korea can a street vendor get away with pulling out tons of tables, chairs, and one big massive cooking counter. Why any one would want to set up a legate restaurant and deal with rent and such other fees like electricity why you can just pop up your tent or pull up your truck and pop up some tables and chairs?!
4. Spent the afternoon window shopping and searching out the perfect perfume with Seo ... it was a perfect afternoon.
5. Around 7pm we started to make our way do to the beach for the big fireworks festival. We had heard that it'd be better than Vancouver, Canada's very own Symphony of Fire and so we eagerly rushed to see it. Turns out practically half of Korea also rushed down to see it... the beach was packed! And when I say packed, I mean disgustingly packed... like sardines. Seo was
skeptical about whether or not we'd get a seat but I pushed our way through the crowd and scored us an inch on the beach.
6. At 8pm there was the big magically countdown and it all started... wow... it was so incredibly
beautiful! There were tons of spotlights on the bridge, music, about 30 boats loaded to the max with fireworks, lots of police and tons of people.
7. Oh my gosh... my camera battery died!!! Ya... totally kicking myself for that!!!
8. For the grand finale, they blasted off tons of fireworks and then, much to our amazement, over our heads flew a couple of mechanical birds. Their bodies were outlined in lights. It was so amazing. The crowd roared as these birds circled above our heads... so pretty!
9. Getting home was quite the hassle. Just to get into the subway tunnel, you had to wait in line. It was crazy! The lines were infested with people like ants on an ant hill. Seo and I walked to whole way back to his house... which was "interesting". First, there was the fact that we argued about where I could pee, then drama with Young Chan evolved as he texted me "boo me" messages about me not saying goodbye to him... ya, add in a couple dozen thousand people and well, it's safe to say it was a long walk home. Actually, it wasn't so bad. I just really had to go to the bathroom, oh gosh....
10. We decided that we were going to go dancing and so we got decked out and hit the club. At this one club there was this one girl, oh gosh. She was b-r-u-t-a-l. Now there's a HUGE difference between someone who's a bad dancer but is having fun and someone who just flats out sucks but thinks they rock.... ya, well, she was the second of the two. The poor dude she was with sat on the corner of the stage while she busted out her moves. I felt embarrassed for her and awful for him. Watching her was like some kind of Chinese torture. Had I not noticed her "I'm too sexy" expression on her face, I seriously would have thought she was having a seizure.... hehehe. She was pretty bad. Regardless of seizure girl's totally distracting "convulsing/wild-turkey" dance though, we danced the night away and had a wicked time. I love it how Seo always agrees to dance with me despite admitting that he can't dance... he's not bad actually. "A" for effort!
QUESTION OF THE DAY...
Do you smell burnt toast?
QUOTE OF THE DAY...
It's all fun and games till someone loses an eye.
-- Author Unknown
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