I have been in a language exchange for the past few 3 weeks where three of my foreign co-workers and I get together twice a week with one of our Korean teachers and two of her Korean friends (the group started out with just four people). I have been wanting to learn how to read Korean (known as Hanguel), but have just been super lazy. So Friday evening after work I head off to Lazy Ca. cafe (I think it's meant to be Lazy Cats, will try upload a pic soon) with my Korean books. Two hours later, a piece of tiramisu, cafe latte and Chineese tea, I had memorized the Korena alphabet (Grace Teacher had patiently taught me the correct pronunciations) and found myself reading Korean. Impressed?
Saturday morning I headed off on to Seoul for a little hike which started at Dongnimmun (line 3) with one of my best friends in Korea who also happens to be a teacher at my school, and some of her friends. Anyway, it wasn't really much of a hike, more of a stroll really, but the fresh winter air felt good. Afterwards we headed to a little restaurant/cafe where I had a delicious spicy chicken curry and vanilla latte. Once our tummies were full, Kay, her friend Leo and I went to a rather small, old fashioned jimjilbang at Express Bus Terminal to get clean and fresh. Around 7 we met up with some friends at Hakdong station for a night flea market at Platoon. I bought this really cool zebra two finger ring - see picture below. We walked around for a bit with beer in hand, but it was much to busy so instead we went for galbi dinner (Korean barbeque). Then Kay and I went off to one of my new favorite places in Gangnam called Rainbow. Its a hippy hookah lounge where you sit on the floor on little cushions with a little blanket while a DJ pumps his electro music (not totally suited to the vibe of the place). We smoked some hookah and made some new Korean friends who shared our Blue Mist Cocktail bucket. Then we headed off to an electro club for a bit and then home.
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| Zebra two-finger ring from Platoon and my funky new nailpolish from Aritaum |
Today I have been feeling a bit sick (I swear its from hookah, it always makes me feel nauseous) so I stayed in bed and had my dear Canadian co-worker bring my a Paris Baguette sandwich and latte for lunch.
Now I am going to watch Breaking Dawn Part 1 which has just finished downloading (I see your rolling eyes!).
Lev
xoxo
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