i always needed time on my own...2

Sunday (13th)...I took a subway and I met my friend Rhonda in Gangnam.  (i'm riding the subway like a pro at this point!  haha!)  we had dinner at dos tacos in gangnam... so yummy!  i've been craving mexican food for some time at this point... ^_^.  definitely helped!  hehe!  then we went to this cafe where they offer Dr. Fish... Dr. Fish is super cool where you can go and put your feet in a tank of fish where they eat the dead skin from your feet!  it's so weird but super cool!!  hehe!  you buy a drink and then pay 2000Won more for the Dr. Fish!  ^_^.

After we finished there we went to Kyobo towers to check out the book store... it is a great place to get some good books!  I didnt get any here because I wanted to check out another book store later!  lol!  after leaving Kyobo towers... we went to Aritraum... a makeup store (not sure on the spelling...hehe)... but it was nice stuff!  I got some hair stuff... I didnt have any what-so-ever... so my hairs been pretty flat... now everyone wonders where my curly hair is coming from!  ^^.  After leaving Rhonda...i took the subway and went to Itaewon to check out what the book and find the rest of the book series i'm obsessed with... the one about fairies... i mentioned it a while back!  hehe!  Then i finally went home!
 

on monday (14th)... my friend and i took the subway and went to Dongdaemun stadium to do some shopping!  i found a great place to get clothes and I bought some pretty awesome outfits!  hehe!  tuesday (15th)... i took a random trip to Itaewon in the middle of the day to get a book I had ordered at what the book... between classes... pretty much i was running so i could make it back in time for classes!  haha!  then later that night... my friend and i walked to hyehwa to eat subway!  yummy!!!  we went and had a drink or two and just chilled out!  yesterday... we stayed in and had pizza and wine... yummy!!  while doing hair... yay!  today we took the subway and went to visit a friend and just chill out!

I've pretty much been on the subway like every day for the last week!!  (except for yesterday!)

It was a busy weekend and last few days!!  I love it!  It's so great knowing I can get around here!!  hehe!  I still have so long to go... i've already decided to stay for a long time... it feels good to know I sorta have a plan!  hehe!!

next tuesday is my birthday!  yay!  i'll be the big 2-1!  how weird!!  i'm celebrating with my really great friends here in korea!  i'm so excited!!!  ^_^.!!  AND it'll officially be my 2nd month in Korea!

okay i've talked enough!  now i'll go add some pics to a new blog!!

i always needed time on my own...

So i have tons to update... hehe this will probably be 2 (or 3) different blogs cause a ton of stuff has happened... hehe i've been out and about more now that I've been paid!  (good and bad thing!!  hehe!)

okay let's start with last thursday, september 10th!  After a long day at school, I took the subway and I met up with a new friend/ language exchange help.  It was really cool!  i went to Guro... an unknown part of Seoul that I've never been to... by myself!  Success!  I made it late unfortunately because Seoul Station was mega-busy and mega-confusing!  especially with the transfers and what-not!  lol!  but we met and just chit-chatted for a bit!  I'm slowly making more Korean friends which I love because it means I can be here for a long time and have connections!  ^_^.  okay so after a little while, we split ways because it was getting late and I still had a 40 minute subway ride back home!

Friday, (11th)...i took the subway and i met up with my friend Janessa in sinchon for a Hana international cafe night.. we got some dinner at a pizza place that i forgot the name of... it was pretty good... apparently geared towards women!  haha!  anywhoo... funny thing... we went to this Hana cafe and walking up the stairs we were getting excited and then they asked us... Chinese or Japanese?  my mind was like American?  lol but turns out friday nights is just Chinese/ Japanese exchange night... so Saturday was when we were SUPPOSED to be there.... well then we took the subway and met up my friends later in Hyehwa (closer to where I live) for some drinks.  well then my friend went home and it was me, rosie, and danny (a new foreign teacher)... we then decided to go to a noraebang!  yay!  i seriously love noraebangs!  hehe!  we stayed out quite late... we finally went home at like 3am... hehe!  I walked from Hyehwa to my neighborhood in Seongbuk... it was a 15-20 minute walk so it went really well!  hehe (that's how close it was!)... anywhoo... I had to get up the next day to meet a friend so i was booking it to sleep!  lol!

Saturday (12th)... i took the subway and i met up with my friend, Bong, in Hongdae to go watch his technology department play in some outdoor sports.  it had been raining so we didnt know for sure if it would still be going on.  haha anyway (i'll upload some pics in a sec!)  it was a fun day at Hongik University... rain eventually came... putting the soccer game on pause for a little while!  but overall it was really cool!  I was pretty much the only foreigner there!  haha!  well we then left later on and Bong showed me around Insadong!  I had previously gone with Rosie and Karrin but had forgotten my camera so i actually brought it this time!  yay!  (pics next!)

well it is a really cool shopping area to buy trinkets and what-not to send home or put up in your house!  we went into the Ssamge building where it was super cool!  This building was really cool in my opinion!  I really enjoyed the art put into every store’s collection of items on display.  I felt that each person really had passion for the items they were selling.  It was really nice to see what beautiful items were on display and what treasures I could find throughout this shopping area.  The building was very personable and I loved being able to walk around and view everything.  It was a unique shopping area and I would recommend it for anyone for a nice day of shopping.  You can get pretty much get anything that can be designed by hand here in this area.  Even just knowing that someone spent time on your item is amazing!!

after leaving the Ssamge building... we walked to a really cool Tea House.  It had a great feel of relaxation and calmness.  It is a museum where you can walk around and view different tea sets as well as tea items.  It seriously was really relaxing... it was kinda sad to leave cause walking outside made it definitely less of a calm atmosphere!  haha!  I'm really glad to know where this place is and I would recommend anyone to go!!

later that night... (busy day!!)... i took the subway and i met up with some friends for dinner and met a cool new friend from the U.K. and we took her to noraebang!  it was a really cool night!!

(seriously i should break this into a mini series but i've waited long enough to tell everyone!  hehe!  the next post will have the pics!)...

New pics up!

Hey!  SO i have havent updated in a while!  just getting busy with school and nothing exciting happening!  haha!  well... for now I just have pictures which I posted up on my facebook... you can find the links in the right hand box labeled:  Facebook pics and Gangnam & Itaewon pics!  just a few places I went to over the last few days... I'll update more on what I did when I'm not falling asleep at my computer!!  I went out and bought clothes today with my friend Rosie!  that'll have to be a whole post on it's own!  hehe!  well anywhoo... I've updated pics and hope yal will leave me a message!!  I promise to write about my wonderful adventures in the next day or two.... PROMISE!

Annyong!!  (for now!)
^_^.

Jeju-Do or Jeju-Don't?

So i was thinking today while talking to a friend online about the big break that we're getting pretty soon... big as in 1 week... haha but still fun!  this will be the first vacation-ish break that i've had while in Korea so far!  i'm not planning any HUGE vacation for a while... at least until i can save... i mean the only time i actually will probably go out of the country in the next year is when my school sends me to get my new visa in japan... haha but that's literally a year away... haha

anyway back on topic!  i've heard such great things about Jeju Island... the "Hawaii" of Korea... and I thought well it would be so awesome to go!  relax and whatnot!  I looked up plane tickets to get an idea of how much it would be to go from here to there... check out my awesome results...: 78,900 Won for round-trip on late notice... just a few weeks...
according to my currency converter... that is approximately $61.33...!!!!

To make this a reality... I think I will see if some of my friends would like to go and check out different areas to stay... if you know of any nice places... reasonably priced... that we could possibly stay in while in the area... please send me an email or comment!!

i wont know completely if i will go but it's nice to think about it...!!

i'll update later about if we will go or not!!