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| Traditional Korean Performance at Folk Village |
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| Kids playing on a see-saw |
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| Seoul Tower in the distance |
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| Taking pictures with fun Korean Hanbok board-people |
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Korean Folk Village (few pics)
Monday, February 7, 2011
Lunar New Year: Holiday!!!!!!!!
After 2 easy days of classes and the conclusion of my Winter Intensive course - Lunar New Year VACATION DAYS commenced. And holyshit did they take off on the right foot.
Tuesday Night: Got off work, went to Korean BBQ with the coworkers, and decided that this time... we'd get the soju with our meat. Vasuda can be thanked for that one. Dinner gets us tipsy and ready for some more-- so we tried a new place called Diva... where it seemed like a grand idea to pour 2 extra bottles of soju into our soju juice kettle. Slang-ed it up afterwards and continued with tequila. By the time we said goodbye to our friends heading to Hong Kong, it was 4am and we were saucy.
Wednesday: HUNG. OVER. woke up at 4:15pm, got ready, did it all again. But this time, Karen and I headed into Seoul for some fabulous American Chinese food at Ho Lee Chow. Delish.
Went to The Bungalow and hung out in the cute sandy room of the bar with swings and, well, bungalows I guess.
THEN I almost went home on the subway before it closed at midnight. Key word is almost. This was too unlike me, so as per usual, I stayed out all night with Becca and had another 6am bedtime. We had many fun discussions about sorority and fraternity life.
Thursday: Woke up at an awesome, acceptable hour. Made bacon and eggs with Becca-- delish.
Texted some peeps and Vasuda was of course doing something fun and touristy in Seoul- so I proceed to meet her at the Folk Village, last night's outfit and makeup and all! It was great, it was nice out, we went impulse shopping afterwards, and I felt like an accomplished human being.
.....that is until the decision that it was time for Ladies Night surfaced. Got home from spending money, got in the shower, and headed right back out to the subway. I swear it was like college all over again: out, recover, out, recover, maaaaybe go out, get ready, go out...
Ladies night in Itaewon ruled though. Free drinks for those with boobies and ginas yay!
Friday: So get this--- Karen meets a basketball player and he hooked us up with free tix to an SK Knights vs. KT Sonic Boom game. Come Friday, it was quite possible that I'd keel over, but who passes up sports events when you have free tickets?! Right, no one does. So Karen and I prance along to the subway yet AGAIN, this time during daylight. The game was all-around awesome fun. And they won, so that is a plus. I'll put up videos later!
Friday night was time to rest. But I think there was some 'going out' in there... can't remember.
Saturday: Back at it with a house party in Itaewon, followed by Dragon Hill Lodge Spa! <--This is an amazing Jimjilbang, which is basically a huge spa of hot baths, cold baths, body scrubs, a variety of massages, sauna rooms of all different temperatures and scents, infrared rooms, spa treatments, beauty treatments, food, health services, etc. etc. etc.!!! Basically it was loads of awesome, and I fully intend on returning for another body scrub and oil massage. Might even get a pedicure and eyebrow wax next time. Oh, and did I mention you're completely naked??
Tuesday Night: Got off work, went to Korean BBQ with the coworkers, and decided that this time... we'd get the soju with our meat. Vasuda can be thanked for that one. Dinner gets us tipsy and ready for some more-- so we tried a new place called Diva... where it seemed like a grand idea to pour 2 extra bottles of soju into our soju juice kettle. Slang-ed it up afterwards and continued with tequila. By the time we said goodbye to our friends heading to Hong Kong, it was 4am and we were saucy.
Wednesday: HUNG. OVER. woke up at 4:15pm, got ready, did it all again. But this time, Karen and I headed into Seoul for some fabulous American Chinese food at Ho Lee Chow. Delish.
Went to The Bungalow and hung out in the cute sandy room of the bar with swings and, well, bungalows I guess.
THEN I almost went home on the subway before it closed at midnight. Key word is almost. This was too unlike me, so as per usual, I stayed out all night with Becca and had another 6am bedtime. We had many fun discussions about sorority and fraternity life.
Thursday: Woke up at an awesome, acceptable hour. Made bacon and eggs with Becca-- delish.
Texted some peeps and Vasuda was of course doing something fun and touristy in Seoul- so I proceed to meet her at the Folk Village, last night's outfit and makeup and all! It was great, it was nice out, we went impulse shopping afterwards, and I felt like an accomplished human being.
.....that is until the decision that it was time for Ladies Night surfaced. Got home from spending money, got in the shower, and headed right back out to the subway. I swear it was like college all over again: out, recover, out, recover, maaaaybe go out, get ready, go out...
Ladies night in Itaewon ruled though. Free drinks for those with boobies and ginas yay!
Friday: So get this--- Karen meets a basketball player and he hooked us up with free tix to an SK Knights vs. KT Sonic Boom game. Come Friday, it was quite possible that I'd keel over, but who passes up sports events when you have free tickets?! Right, no one does. So Karen and I prance along to the subway yet AGAIN, this time during daylight. The game was all-around awesome fun. And they won, so that is a plus. I'll put up videos later!
Friday night was time to rest. But I think there was some 'going out' in there... can't remember.
Saturday: Back at it with a house party in Itaewon, followed by Dragon Hill Lodge Spa! <--This is an amazing Jimjilbang, which is basically a huge spa of hot baths, cold baths, body scrubs, a variety of massages, sauna rooms of all different temperatures and scents, infrared rooms, spa treatments, beauty treatments, food, health services, etc. etc. etc.!!! Basically it was loads of awesome, and I fully intend on returning for another body scrub and oil massage. Might even get a pedicure and eyebrow wax next time. Oh, and did I mention you're completely naked??
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
FLIP CAM FLIP CAM FLIP CAM ULLLTTTTRRRAAAAA
Just got my Flip Cam in the mail last week (^ this is the first video it uploaded to my comp. so pumped about the quality!) and have already started capturing some great classroom moments, after-work moments, and clubbing moments. Now it's just a matter of getting my MacBook to function properly when uploading the damn things. I have no idea if this thing is just acting up because it's old... like 2006 old... or if I have done something to it. If you have any advice, please let me know.
Here's a list of Sad Mac problems I have. I just got a brand new hard drive installed in August before I left for Korea.
- Extremely slow "thinking"... I hate the spinning rainbow dial, but literally every time I click a different window or switch spaces, it has to THINK SO HARD.
- Shut down the computer properly... although not every night. Usually let it go to sleep.
- Having many troubles with iPhoto. My pictures disappear... my iPhone photo uploads freeze in the middle of the import... even when I click "Don't Import" for duplicate pictures, it still imports them... just so many issues!!!!!!!
- I don't have SimpleText in my applications for some reason. Not ideal for what I'm trying to do with my website ideas.
- Etc. etc. etc. It's slow. And I just want it to perform better.
I feel like my only option is to buy a new Mac. Ya?
Monday, January 3, 2011
Silly freakin Rabbit
Don't know when or where or how 2011 crept up and pinched me in the ass, but it did, and now I want to reminisce about the things I did in 2010.
1. Moved for the 3rd time of my senior year, to Lofts -->great decision
2. Road-tripped to PCB (Panama City Beach) -->great decision
3. Decided I should work overseas -->another great decision
4. Got a job overseas -->"Hell Yeah!" moment of life
5. Graduated -->meh.. 4 years, not enough.
6. Worked in Chicago for a hot minute -->fun while it lasted
7. Had a crazyawesomefabulous summer -->I miss.
8. Threw a joint Grad/Going away party with the sis -->it ruled.
9. Moved to South Korea -->it rules.
10. Worked, played, snowboarded, started learning Korean, partied
til the sun was up, met amazing people, made amazing new friends,
and loved every second of living abroad again. -->to be continued in 2011...
(^.^)
1. Moved for the 3rd time of my senior year, to Lofts -->great decision
2. Road-tripped to PCB (Panama City Beach) -->great decision
3. Decided I should work overseas -->another great decision
4. Got a job overseas -->"Hell Yeah!" moment of life
5. Graduated -->meh.. 4 years, not enough.
6. Worked in Chicago for a hot minute -->fun while it lasted
7. Had a crazyawesomefabulous summer -->I miss.
8. Threw a joint Grad/Going away party with the sis -->it ruled.
9. Moved to South Korea -->it rules.
10. Worked, played, snowboarded, started learning Korean, partied
til the sun was up, met amazing people, made amazing new friends,
and loved every second of living abroad again. -->to be continued in 2011...
(^.^)
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