I slept, a lot. I worked, a lot. I coughed the most.
And I almost burned down my apartment making toast. But that's another story for another day.
I've spent most of this week in a drug-induced haze, but I seem to have gotten sicker over the past few days. Then again, I can't tell if it's the cold, the pollution, or the pollen that are making my lungs crack out. Maybe I should've gotten that asthma test last year when I was told to....Whoops.
And so forth:
I am an English-eeee teacher
I didn't know I was teaching yiddish! Well, I guess it's a good thing I got my education from Binghamton...
Random Art?
fish! David and I tried to go see the Cherry Blossoms at Yeodiou, but they were all gone. sad face =( oh well, at least Spring is really here! Next:
Dongdaemun
I forget the point of this river. And the name. I'll look it up later, but its some big deal because it was recently revitalized or something. Woohoo vague!
Hot dog on a stick!
The epitome of clear arteries! It's a hot dog on a stick, covered in french fries, then fried. According to Matt, it was really mediocre.
Now that's a bastardization of American food if I've ever seen one.
Dongdaemun is a shopping district with massive department stores that are filled with stalls. The vendors will let you haggle, to an extent. But there are some really interesting articles of clothing for sale...
Matt needed an 80's ensemble. Ju-ju-ju-ju-juicy!
Then we got real food. Chris ordered what sounded like "chi ramyun", I was kind of curious because I know a lot of Korean foods, but I hadn't heard of it. Shin namyun, kimchi ramyun, etc, yes. Then I realized it was ramen with cheese on top. Bastardization of American food, part deux. No wonder this country hasn't warmed to cheese yet, they've started with the processed American crap.
What about a good brie? havarti? gouda? anything not processed?? Getting my cheese fix is going to have to wait a very long time.
More spring!
These reminded me of the lilac bushes we had in Liverpool. At least the purple flower part.
Grampa!
Apparently he came on Wednesday and has been staying on the eastern side of the country with some family members. But he came to Seoul today with his cousins, I think. I honestly don't know. I know the lady is his cousin, she visited us a few years ago. The guy, no idea. He's somehow related. I also met him a few years ago, but they all look the same to me! Oi.
But I'm supposed to go visit her in Osaka soon. My grandfather wants to go next month, but uh, she said something about June. I don't know, I stopped paying attention to the conversation....
More crazy advertising.
A nice little song and dance number to promote a diet black tea drink. The group performed then handed out a bunch of bottles of it. My grampa's cousin ( I call her potato grandma in Korean, don't ask) stieffed about 10 bottles of it. It's kind of gross. Maybe I can pawn it off on someone.
But the dancers' enthusiasm was about that of Britney Spears at the 2007 VMAs...It's Britney, bitch.
During election time, the politicians also have people that do song and dance routines to convince people to vote for them. The elections for something were last week and they were everywhere. It's something you have to see for yourself to truly get the full effect (and kick out of).
Politicians have trucks with loudspeakers, posters and campaigners(?), and they go out, make speeches,and do random things like songs/dances. Really, I'd love to see Hillary, Obama and McCain do something like that. American politics should take it into consideration...
