I just got back home from an excellent shopping trip!
I went to Myeong-dong with some of my friends. Myeong-dong has to be my favourite shopping area in Seoul. There is a great number of stores all over American brands, Asian brands, even ones from Europe. Also you can get a lot of cost effective items.
Today was the grand opening of H&M in Seoul... I think it may be the only H&M in S.Korea. We wanted to go in but there was a MAJOR line to get in... as to be expected.
So we decided to busy ourselves with shopping else where. If anyone is a big fan of ZARA they will love Myeong-dong there are like 6 with a few meters of each other.
My friend Minerva was desperately looking for a new leather jacket. She spotted on at COEX Mall (which is also a great place to shop) weeks ago and was regretting not buying it. All in all she ended up buying one from Valleygirl. Valleygirl is our new fave place to shop... great selection and awesome prices.
I have been doing a lot of shopping lately... practically the entire month of February. I haven't really shopped much for clothing since I got here... just a shirt here, sweater there. I finally broke down and did some shopping finally.
Here is a list of the things a picked up
1 pair of dark blue skinny jeans
1 sweater dress
1 plaid cowboy shirt
1 racerback tank
2 t-shirts
1 tank dress
there are other things I bought too but I'm just listing the clothing....
I guess I'll end this here =)
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Friday, February 12, 2010
[10 Random Things] # 2
10. Whenever I change my hairstyle EVERYONE notices. This isn't so bad but the comments are something I can do without. Upon removing my extensions several teachers said to me: "...Oh haircut?!.." then I have the difficult choice of either explaining that I was wearing fake hair or lying and agreeing with them.
9. When taking the subway, walking toward an open seat doesn’t guarantee you the seat. So basically you snooze you lose. On many different occasions I have had my seat stolen. Having my seat stolen makes me angry >_<. But what makes me angrier is when I have my seat stolen by someone whom is on the train for just one stop. It makes no sense to me.
8. When commuting by subway one must calculate AAC time. AAC stands for Ahjumma, Ahjusshi, and Couples. Older people are everywhere in Korea, they live healthy and active lives but since they are older they move a little slow. This makes it a little hard to get through subway stations quickly. No don't feel too bad if you knock or bump them because these people will most likely knock you aside given the opportunity.
7. Couples are everywhere in Korea not just girl-boy, but boy-boy, and girl-girl. When I say boy-boy and girl-girl these relationships are hetro in Korea they aren't as homophobic. They are perfectly comfortable showing affection/having physical contact to a friend of the same sex which is pretty awesome. I think westerners are a little too uptight :P
6. These couples move at their own pace and pretty much are always in the way. Sometimes you just wanna punch them in the back of the head! *rwar*
5. TV is widely available on all cellphones… free of charge
4. 7 out of 10 of my female middle school students have some form of a bowl cut. 9 of 10 have bangs. Bangs are VERY important.
3. “Manicure” refers to a bottle of nail polish… so I’m a little unsure of what I should ask for when going to a nail shop.
2. Meat on a stick is quite tasty and widely available … yummy
1. When Korean people see me on the street they see it as an opportunity to use English. As I walk down the road I hear “HELLO NICE TO MEET YOU” … “TODAY IS A NICE DAY” … “HELLO WHERE A YOU FROM…” etc , etc….
9. When taking the subway, walking toward an open seat doesn’t guarantee you the seat. So basically you snooze you lose. On many different occasions I have had my seat stolen. Having my seat stolen makes me angry >_<. But what makes me angrier is when I have my seat stolen by someone whom is on the train for just one stop. It makes no sense to me.
8. When commuting by subway one must calculate AAC time. AAC stands for Ahjumma, Ahjusshi, and Couples. Older people are everywhere in Korea, they live healthy and active lives but since they are older they move a little slow. This makes it a little hard to get through subway stations quickly. No don't feel too bad if you knock or bump them because these people will most likely knock you aside given the opportunity.
7. Couples are everywhere in Korea not just girl-boy, but boy-boy, and girl-girl. When I say boy-boy and girl-girl these relationships are hetro in Korea they aren't as homophobic. They are perfectly comfortable showing affection/having physical contact to a friend of the same sex which is pretty awesome. I think westerners are a little too uptight :P
6. These couples move at their own pace and pretty much are always in the way. Sometimes you just wanna punch them in the back of the head! *rwar*
5. TV is widely available on all cellphones… free of charge
4. 7 out of 10 of my female middle school students have some form of a bowl cut. 9 of 10 have bangs. Bangs are VERY important.
3. “Manicure” refers to a bottle of nail polish… so I’m a little unsure of what I should ask for when going to a nail shop.
2. Meat on a stick is quite tasty and widely available … yummy
1. When Korean people see me on the street they see it as an opportunity to use English. As I walk down the road I hear “HELLO NICE TO MEET YOU” … “TODAY IS A NICE DAY” … “HELLO WHERE A YOU FROM…” etc , etc….
Monday, February 8, 2010
On the Bus with L'il H
I have a few different ways I can travel to school the in mornings. I can take the bus, take the subway and walk, take a cab, or bus and subway it. Its usually the latter since the bus that takes me to the school directly is almost always late.
Anyway I was on the bus that goes directly goes to my school. Sometimes I see teachers on this bus but most of the time I see my students. One student in particular L'il H. This is kid is in my 5th grade class he has really good english and is always eager to talk to me. He was big man on campus when it came to english in his grade until a new kid transferred in from the states and took title from him.
This morning Lil H gets on the bus and he sees me and smiles and sits beside me. He starts telling me about his vacation (which really wasn't a vacation since he spent most of the time studying).
Usually when he talks to me he has something he wants to show off.. this time it was his clothes. He was wearing an all brand new outfit.
Lil H : Teacher, teacher... like my clothes?
Me: (smiles) yea
Lil H: Teacher this is my new style
Me: Really?
Lil H: Mine is hip-hop style.. I like hip hop style
Me: (hahahahahaha) nice
Perhaps this is one of those "you had to be there moments" but nevertheless it still was super cute and funny.... man I love that kid
Anyway I was on the bus that goes directly goes to my school. Sometimes I see teachers on this bus but most of the time I see my students. One student in particular L'il H. This is kid is in my 5th grade class he has really good english and is always eager to talk to me. He was big man on campus when it came to english in his grade until a new kid transferred in from the states and took title from him.
This morning Lil H gets on the bus and he sees me and smiles and sits beside me. He starts telling me about his vacation (which really wasn't a vacation since he spent most of the time studying).
Usually when he talks to me he has something he wants to show off.. this time it was his clothes. He was wearing an all brand new outfit.
Lil H : Teacher, teacher... like my clothes?
Me: (smiles) yea
Lil H: Teacher this is my new style
Me: Really?
Lil H: Mine is hip-hop style.. I like hip hop style
Me: (hahahahahaha) nice
Perhaps this is one of those "you had to be there moments" but nevertheless it still was super cute and funny.... man I love that kid
Monday, February 1, 2010
[Korean Music] 2pm
There are two boy bands that I constantly listen to... 1tym and Big Bang. But as of recent I have been sucked in to the realm that is 2PM. 2PM is probably one of the most popular boybands in S.Korea.
The first song I heard I think was "I Hate You" then after that is was "Again and Again"
2PM was originally a 7 man group. Now they are down to six because someone did some digging on the former leader Jaebum. What they found was that Jaebum had written some very insulting myspace journal entries about his time in Korea. Jaebum is from the states and his parents are korean. So living and working in Korea he had to deal with a lot and he decided to vent it on myspace. Long story short he left the group though many fans, the record label, and his bandmates want him to come back. I hope he returns... he was a nice piece of eye candy. any way here is one of there recent singles "Heartbeat" I admit I didn't like it at first because the beat sounded so odd but sure enough it grew on me. So much so that I recently purchased the CD
The first song I heard I think was "I Hate You" then after that is was "Again and Again"
2PM was originally a 7 man group. Now they are down to six because someone did some digging on the former leader Jaebum. What they found was that Jaebum had written some very insulting myspace journal entries about his time in Korea. Jaebum is from the states and his parents are korean. So living and working in Korea he had to deal with a lot and he decided to vent it on myspace. Long story short he left the group though many fans, the record label, and his bandmates want him to come back. I hope he returns... he was a nice piece of eye candy. any way here is one of there recent singles "Heartbeat" I admit I didn't like it at first because the beat sounded so odd but sure enough it grew on me. So much so that I recently purchased the CD
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