second order of business: pictures that are on my facebook but which i feel compelled to post here:
evidence that i am indeed in asia.
ils students are apparently greatly concerned about the plight of amputees.
hanging out with some new bffs, like this rando korean businessman. on an unrelated note, i love soju.
annnnnnnnd third! shannon koh came to visit this weekend !! after a delicious soju friday night (in which i scored two bullseyes in darts!) i got up early to go meet eshannon. i made it all the way there on my first try, all by myself! it was so bizarre to meet up with someone from home. i keep forgetting that i'm on the other side of the globe, and the fact that everyone around me is korean only becomes apparently when i see other white people and do a double-take. we all regard each other with such suspicion in public - "what are you doing here?"
shannon and i spent the day in myeongdong, where i bought things i don't need, including cass bottle earrings and a sweet purse which eloquently reads "MINUTEMEN MEAT PUPPETS DESCENDANTS ANGST". it truly spoke to me. i also spotted these delightfully racist figurines:
we met up with her ra from chuncheon, ji seung, and after lunching at a "pork cutlet" establishment made our way to the "seoul drum festival"; or, "preparation for a middle school play featuring brazilians and mexicans." we were three of approximately twenty attendees at the moment, so we ultimately peaced to meet up with some of my coworkers at a rooftop party in seoul. it was so cool - because the buildings in seoul aren't very high (except for apartments, which are in weirdly-formed clusters), from the twenty-second floor you can see pretty much everything. after much confusion/burger king we left and headed to a super lame bar in itaewon, which shannon and i soon ditched. the cab ride home was also a first for me, as giving directions is near impossible in this country due to the lack of road names. so, despite his gps, he had a significant amount of trouble determining where we needed to go, since he couldn't find "jukjeon e-mart." he ultimately figured it out, i guess, though i still had to give directions for the last few minutes of the ride.
and today !! shannon's cousin brought us to lunch (bibimbap, mmmm) and then to the top of seoul tower !! it's at the top of a mountain in central seoul, and "on a clear day you can see north korea," but there are mountains all around so i'm not clear on how that would work out.
communism lurks in these hills.
hey guys! <3
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