Nothing to terribly interesting has happened to me as of late. I've gotten into a routine in Korea which makes me sad. Work all week and then hang out with some people on the weekends. It's not a bad life. But I wish I could do some more interesting things while I'm here. I'm going on my 3rd month and I still feel as if I haven't really done anything. I guess being here is doing more then some people.
Today was my cousin Dong Hyon's birthday. All birthdays except for your 1st and I think 50th aren't that big of a deal in Korea. So I trekked my way to Uijeongbu and bought him a cake. I visited with my grandma for a little bit and then proceeded to eat way to much. Every time I go to my aunts house she feels it is necessary that I eat something every 2 hours.
Anyway so my Uncle and two cousins went to the sauna and my aunt and I went shopping for a winter coat. She said it would be my birthday present. I couldn't argue with that. We went looking around this underground shopping area but couldn't find anything. In the end we went to a Nike store and she bought me this purple coat. It was 185,000 won. I kept telling her no no no but she wouldn't listen to me. I'm probably going to stick at least 100,000 won in her checking account to pay for my phone bill plus a tiny bit for my coat. Ugh they spend way to much money on me and I feel bad.
We got back, I ate some of the cake and then an hour later we went out to eat again and started to feel sickeningly full. Oh yeah, I told my aunt I wanted to buy a guitar because I figure I might as well try and learn an instrument while I'm here. I miss playing music. So she just gave me one of the two that she has. I had to carry it on the subway and everyone kept looking at me.
Anyway now I'm home. I think I'm going to put in a movie and just relax until tomorrow. I'm not looking forward to going back to work.
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2 comments:
ashley i love you i never get to see you wtf!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That's cool that you got a coat and that they feed ya! I went to my mom's the other day and she fed me dinner and even made desert. It was really nice. You should give us the amount in American dollars so we understand. I have no idea what the conversion is from your money to ours ;)
Getting in a routine is nice. I like to have a sense of things feeling normal. You still have months to do really awesome things don't worry!
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