Another Lil' Update

Helloie Everyone!

Well, we promised we would write more, so here we are.

This past weekend was yet another great weekend here in K-Town. The sun was shining, the smog was thick, and the company was fantastic. Seriously, though: it was a really good weekend.

Friday night it was Saveena's Goodbye party. Her boyfriend B-Rod, as mentioned in the last post, is staying at our school, but Tina's contact position was temporary, so she is at another branch now. We had a big party at an indoor galbi restaurant (korean barbeque) with our new and old foreign teacher friends, as well as some of the Korean teachers. We then decided to go back to Leah and Andy's, have some drinks and play some humerous games until almost 5am.

Saturday was a great day because, for the first time since we have been here, Ian and I chilled out ALL DAY. We just watched episode after episode of "the Office" and were quite content. Later that night, we dressed our best, and went to the Outback Steakhouse and realize that we have been here for exactly two months. Time flies!

Sunday, we decided to go to Dongdaemun which is unofficially the 'biggest shopping district in all of Asia.' We took a few pictures of gates that were built on the 1300's but we could not get any closer because it was made into an island, surrounded by streets with no way of getting to it. We actually got pretty frustrated in Dongdaemun because we couldn't find anything we were looking for, and many of the stores we approached were closed. Next time we go, we'll have to do a little more research! Next, we decided to go to Dongdaemun Stadium which is the home of a massive flea market named the "Pungmul Flea Market", otherwise known as the "Goblin" market. Our friend Leah has said many fantastic things about the Goblin market since day of being here, so we finally decided to check it out. All I have to say is, it is insane in there. Narrow aisle ways, tables after table of similar junk and old goodies, and people swarming in ever direction. We will definitely go back sometime and give ourselves a bit more time to rummage, but we did end up buying a really cute, fat Buddha statue for our coffee table! Ian then headed back home, in hopes of making our bi-weekly Plus Academy men's soccer game, while I headed to my favourite shopping district, Myeongdong. Let me tell you, the shopping here is fabulous. Carrie from Sex and the City would be in Heaven at the amount of cute shoes available, the handbags are adorable, and shirts rarely cost more then $4 to $9! To sum up our day for you, Ian didn't end up making it to soccer practice because none of the cab drivers knew how to get him to the filed, and we just made a huge spaghetti dinner and watched some more Office.

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