용인시 !!!!

remember that time i moved to korea?

i am currently standing in the corner of my room with my laptop on my windowsill stealing internet from across the street. at some point today someone's supposed to come and set up mine, but they're yet to call me, so i'm just sitting around, putting off a trip to e-mart, and attempting to make ramen noodles even though i have no idea how much water to use.

i got in around 8.00 pm local time (7.00 am est) on saturday night, and was promptly whisked away by my personal driver and brought to my apartment, which is pretty awesome despite lacking any real furniture besides a tiny bed. yesterday (sunday) one of my coworkers brought me to seoul, where we went to a tea room with birds flying all over the place, a buddhist temple, a palace, the biggest book store evar, and grocery shopping (which was utterly overwhelming).

i really like seoul (and i think yongin, though i haven't really spent any time here yet). it's weird, because everyone ever lives in apartments, which are all super tall and outside the city, so when you get into seoul all the buildings are pretty low and they're all businesses. also there are a lot of weird american restaurants and companies represented here, like outback and tgi friday's. oh and i saw what is apparently the only startbucks in the world with a sign not in english (it says starbucks in korean).

i have a few pictures which i'll post later, when i have my own internets. also, i don't actually start working until next monday, so i basically have no life plans at the moment (except possibly hanging out with the landlord's daughter, since she seems super interested in being my friend/teaching me korean). feel free to skype me or whatever i want to hear from everyoneeee. <3!