Day Fifteen

I was supposed to come back and blog after I finished homework, but then Mia and I spent a long time trying to figure out what the horror film/drama that we were watching was because it was interesting and intriguing. We eventually found the name so we might check it out on my soju. I don't know. I don't even think Mia's started her homework because she's been hooked on Boys Before Flowers ALL DAY.

Classes were the same as usual. One of my classmates left the program early because she got into medical school. Kind of a legit reason for leaving, but it was sad because she's cool. There's always facebook. We also had our quiz, which I didn't do too well on, but I also spent the last day in Gyeongju and am failing the class anyway, so I guess that's okay. I tried to not care at all about it, but that didn't work.

We got home and ate some kimbap and ramen for lunch. Then we waited a while for Umma who was out at lunch and saying her goodbyes to Auntie Maureen. We eventually met her at Yongsan. Didn't go there for electronics, oddly enough, but the stationary store. The stuff there was cheaper than the stuff at some of the other stationary stores that we've been too. Also, Asians do stationary so much better than anyone else in the world, so we need to get our fill in while we're here.

We were also on a pretty tight schedule because we were supposed to meet Imo Halmony and Haraboji across the river for dinner.

First, we needed to make our trip to Insadong. Got more purses and Umma and Halmony went back to the store that they always go back to. We also got more candy from our favorite stand and said good bye to them.



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We'll miss these guys. Check them out if you're ever in Insadong. They're about halfway down the street. None of the other similar vendors have quite the energy or charisma that these guys have.

This distraction also meant that we were running late for dinner, so we had to run over to the subway station and rush over to where we were eating.

Dinner was really good. We went to this place famous for its nengmyun (which was very good despite the fact that I've gotten more nengmyun in this trip that one could ever ask for). Also, the bolkogi was super good. The place was kind of nice though, so I was afraid of taking pictures. Oh, also they made this sweet potato salad that Umma and I loved. Anything else? I dont' know. Because my Korean comprehension is not that great, I was stuck listening to Mia and James argue over PC v. Mac (Picture one of the Apple commercials except where PC and Mac want to kill each other rather than engage in fun banter) instead of the pretty interesting story about how Halmony and Imo Halmony lost contact for a really long time and then reconnected by chance. You see I don't even know the details of the story because all I can remember is the heated PC v. Mac argument. Other than that, dinner was good and we said our goodbyes afterwards.

We browsed some of the shops in the little subway station after dinner. James also took an adorable picture. I think this should be his new facebook picture.



The subway ride back turned out to be a little more complicated than we thought it would be. Apparently the train we were on shut off at some random station. Then we had to find a different platform to take the same line. I don't know. It was weird and we were confused for a while and carrying large bags of purses and two giant boxes of dried smelly anchovies. That was fun.

We eventually made it home and the rest of the night was spent doing homework, blogging, and helping Umma run around and do last minute packing.

And I end with Insadong angst.