Wanderings

A sound week in Korea

Its hard to believe I have already been here for longer than a week, yet at the same I can't get over that it has ONLY been 1 week! I feel like I have been here so much longer. The weekend is flying past too, and even with internet and t.v woes I am still having a great time.

Friday

After school finished I went home and got changed. I was meeting Tyler and Mia at some point to head into Suwon with them to go out to the opening of a new bar that a mate of theirs owns. They were held up at the AB (Air Base) having some secret army meeting so we were a bit later than expected by the time we got on the train. We headed off to Suwon and went back to their place which is MASSIVE compared to mine! Their bedroom is bigger than my apartment haha. They also have the most adorable dog in the world, he is a mini something and is tiny! I am seriously thinking about saving my pennies and getting a tiny dog. I hadn't realised how much I was missing my pets until I was cuddling Mia's... Its nice to think someone will be waiting for you when you get home. 

We went out for Galbi - Korean BBQ for all those playing at home. It was so delicious!!! I swear to God I have eaten more meat since coming to Korea than I have ever eaten in my life. 

NB 

I was actually vegetarian for years (not really strict, but enough) and used to take iron supplements and all that. In Australia the most meat I would eat was chicken breast, incredibly crispy bacon and beef mince. And thats it. It wasn't so much that I was anti-meat from a ethical point of view, although I am fairly vocal about the treatment of animals for slaughter. It was more that I simply didn't like the taste. I don't love a roast, and I cannot eat sausages (keep your dirty thoughts to yourself). So this whole 'meat eating' thing is a big deal. Ask any of my friends.

After Galbi we went out to Bulldogs, which was the bar that was opening that night in Suwon. The owner, who is a good friend of Mia and Tyler's, was celebrating by offering free beer, and all other drinks 5000won. I was drunk in no time, and didn't notice I had missed my train home. 

Luckily Mia has an epic huge couch so they offered to let me stay at their place which I gladly accepted and kept drinking. We went to another bar after that, and then finished up at a norae-bang, which is karaoke. Yep, big night.

I was soooo seedy the next morning, and the only thing that helped was pizza. 

Later that day I finally left Mia and Tyler who were probably so sick of me hanging around, but I just really like hanging with them lol. I got lost on the way to the taxi rank and had to call Mia, and then got a taxi to Seryu Station and finally made it home around 2pm on the Saturday. It was a big night, but I had an awesome time and met some really nice people. Hopefully I will see them out again another night :)

 Mia and Me (I got rained on, ok?)

 View from Mia and Tyler's awesome apartment

 Yep, you saw right. Domino's!

Socrates, the adorable doggie

The rest of the weekend...

...has gone by slowly. I was knackered on Saturday so just bummed around, wandered up to the strip to get some food later, came home, ate it, skipped Dad and Sue then Georgia and Rohan and then went to bed. 

Today I tried to sleep in, did some cleaning (Sunday is my new official cleaning day) and went out for a walk. I am trying to find an ATM, but I can't locate one yet... Oh well. 

Came back here, the internet was miraculously working (I am totally stealing someones wifi again) and they Skyped Mum. She had to go, and here I am blogging.

Oooo! Mum has booker her flights! She is coming to Korea on the 27th September and staying until the following Sunday. The Sunday and Monday are National public holidays, its Chuseok which is like memorial day of something from what i can gather, or Thanksgiving... Either way I don't have to go to school on the Monday. The Wednesday is also a public holiday, maybe this is Memorial day? I really should find out. In fact, it can be the theme of the next blog :)

And because there is a holiday on the Monday and Wednesday I get the Tuesday off too! Yay for public schools!!! So mum and I will go to Busan for the few days, go on Saturday and come back on the Wednesday, stay in Songtan for a few nights then on the Friday night we will go to Seoul for the weekend. I will go home Sunday, and I think mum flies out on either the Sunday night or the Monday. I am so excited to see her and to do some sightseeing together! Its perfect timing with the days off school, it means she only has 2 days where I am not around and even then its only for a few hours and there is plenty to see around here. She has brought a rail pass so she can just have a play around Pyeongtaek. 

Anyway, thats about all for now, here are some pics of my area so you can have a look. I did a sneaky video of my walk to the Highway Mart, it literally takes 3 minutes to walk there. I always get stopped at the lights and they take FOREVER to change. 

Talk soon friends!

xoxo