teacher's day, palace museum, and games

We haven't updated in two weeks, so here's another quick update on our lives.

Last weekend was a relaxing weekend, because we didn't go anywhere or do that much. On Saturday we just cleaned and rested, and on Sunday some of Aaron's relatives came by and dropped off a table, a fan, some pots, and lots of food, so it was very appreciated and pretty good, especially the table, because we had been eating off a tray off the floor. Also, we figured out the AC so we are ready for the humid hot summer!

This Friday was Teachers Day in Korea, so apparently the teachers get presents from students (and their parents) or the school. Aaron didn't really get much (except lunch out on Friday and got to go home early) but I got some flowers, perfume, little bunny decoration thing, and some soap.



This weekend was pretty cold and rainy. On Saturday it rained ALL day and was pretty chilly, but we headed to Seoul, where first we went to the National Palace Museum, which was better than the Ho Am, because it had some more interesting exhibits, such as instruments and clothes and such. We wanted to do the palace but it was so rainy that we didn't really want to stay outside too long.










After that, we headed to Yongsan, where we helped two friends get cell phones. The first one was good because we headed to the second stall and he got a good deal, but the other friend had a lot of trouble trying to get a phone that works as a prepaid phone, and he had to go to many stalls, and ended up with not as a good deal.




It was Costco after that, and we bought some food, such as oatmeal, mashed poatoes, canned meat, etc. We almost got lost but eventually found out way. We managed to pack most things into our bag so it was good, because it was raining pretty hard when we got back.

Today (Sunday), we invited one of our friends over to play some games. It was a pretty fun day, although he did get lost to our boonies, since it was pretty hard to get to. First he took the bus the wrong direction, then got off one stop after us, etc. But eventually he got here and we played some our games, such as Guillotine, Flux, and Gloom. We also had chocolate cake and I made curry. Then he also taught us how to play Magic Cards. A pretty enjoyable day.





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last few days, cell phone, and sickness

Right now it's Sunday morning, yet another weekend. So far we've been here for 5 weeks now.

On Thursday my school had another dinner, of which they of course didn't tell me until the very last minute possible. Literally, I was just going out the door when they were like "Oh, did you want to come to dinner?" So that's how it is, last minute plans. We had a spicy chicken stew, dakbokkemtang. It was pretty good but pretty hot and spicy. You don't really drink the broth, you just eat the pieces of chicken from it.

On Friday evening we met up with some other expats in downtown Anseong for dinner. Since no one could decide, we went back to that samgyeopsal place again. We did meet a few new people, so that was pretty nice. There was a guy Paul who came from Seattle only a few days ago who seemed pretty nice, so we invited him to join us to Seoul the following day.




So on Saturday was our "seoul errands day." First we went to Yongsan, the electronics district. It was quite confusing because there was a ton of buildings and stands and it wasn't very organized it seems. So finally we ended up in a cell phone booth in one of the buildings and I got my cell phone. I got a prepaid phone since I didn't think I was going to use it too much, and txt messages are pretty cheap anyway. Also, Aaron already has a phone as well so we can use his if we really need to call anyone.

Aaron's phone

my phone

Next we went to costco. We didn't buy toooo much, but we did pick up more cheese, some bacon, rye bread, conditioner, curry, etc. We didn't spend as much as last time! We also got some lunch by buying a bulgogi pizza at the food area, which was actually very good.






I think I am getting a little sick these days. I've been coughing and having itchy/sneezy nose these days, but I really don't know what medicines and stuff I can take here. I did buy some halls at a local store to maybe help my throat a little bit, but we'll see. It's a little inconvenient to be sick right now

And now for three random pictures.

We saw a turkey last morning near our area!

"cheese factory"

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