oops

sorry, nineteen-year-old filipino boys. not interested.

merry christmas

in the philippines until the second. happy holidays !!

like a real person, sort of

annnnd these are my new home furnishings !!

alcoholism?

we have a liaison at school, tony, who's responsible, among other things, for helping us out with housing and generally living in korea as douchey foreigners. i'm finally getting signed up for health insurance with my school, and he was asking me some questions. it's rather important to note at this point that tony speaks pretty limited english.

t: how many drinks do you consume per week?
a: i don't know, seven?
t: no. how many drinks, not how many days.

guess who finally has a double bed and an armoire?

this girl.

two amazing things!

thing one: I FINALLY HAVE A CHRISTMAS FLIGHT. cambodia is not happening for me due to severe douchebaggery on several fronts, but ryan and i (by which i mean julie, who will forever be my hero) managed to find a direct flight to manila for a mere 585,000 won, 100,000 less than what we would have spent on phnom penh, and also direct, and also the philippines !!! pancit, here i comeeeee.

thing two: on the way home from work tonight i made john and joanna duck into this new glasses store with me so i could look around. i almost instantly found pretty much the exact pair i'd been imagining, and they (with the prescription in) were only 50,000 - and they made them while i waited !! i haven't decided yet whether or not they messed up the prescription, but i'm really hope it's just my eyes adjusting because they're amaziiiing:


AND they came with a GIFT-WRAPPED service-uh: toothpaste!


and not a moment too soon. i am SO over all the calculus in this country.