In Korea!!!

Helloo, where did those two weeks go!?! Since my last post, I went to New York, D.C., flew home, packed up my stuff, tried to clean my stuff out of my room (sorry Hannah), ate lots of Mexican and Middle eastern food, went out with friends, and shopped a lot. It definitely gets a lot harder to blog if you're not sitting in front of a desk for 8 hours a day. But now I'm sitting at my cousin's computer in Bundang, a suburb of Seoul, and I really don't have all that much to do. I flew out of SFO on June 14 and arrived in Seoul on June 15 (seriously painful plane ride - I had a middle seat). I spent half of yesterday laying in bed because I felt like crap and the rest of the day visiting some cousins and their kids in the area. I move into my apartment and start orientation on the 25th, and start teaching on July 2. Right now I don't know too much about what classes and ages I'll be teaching, but something to do with English and Elementary aged kids. More details to come when I know them. I just hope that my apartment isn't teeny tiny so I have room for guests!!

In the first of a series of observations and notes I'm sure I'll have about Korea and living in Korea, something at dinner on my first night here made me laugh.
Goofy Korean Observation #1: We went to dinner at a bbq place where meat and kimchi are grilled at your table in front of you, ya know, Korean style. It was me, my aunt, uncle, and cousin, and just as the meat started sizzling on the grill, my aunt asked the waitress for our "Ap Chee Ma" The waitress then proceeded to bring out four frilly flower-print aprons that all of us, including my uncle, put on. I've been to plenty of Korean bbq places in the states, but this was the first time I've ever been given an apron. It actually makes sense because the oil from the grill flies everywhere and the aprons keep it from getting on your clothes I guess. The funny thing was seeing my uncle wearing the apron and also looking around and realizing that everyone else was wearing the aprons too. Why didn't I notice that before? I have no idea.

Time to go visit my cousin who works at the Starbucks a minute away from the apartment. I'm going to get a Frap - which apparently costs about 5 dollars. I got the skirt I'm currently wearing at an open market in Korea last summer. It cost 5 dollars.