bad girl , BAAAAAAAD girl

i haven't posted in ever!

oops... well, I have been sick. AGAIN. so i kind of have an excuse, right?

so now for updatesssss :

we finally had our welcome party for all the inbounds!

my hanbok is SOOO BEAUTIFUL

I FELT SO PRETTY!

alyssa, nasiba (yuna) and I

JUST PRACTICING MY KOREAN HAND GESTURES

^^ did i really just spell 'gestures' with a " j " ?^^

ice cream boy!

he kept on leaving and coming back with LOADS of ice cream cones.. and then he finally shared with us! teehee

host family, Ai Chun's family, principal and teachers from our school, and i!

clara, nasiba, aiden, and i!

lets get some STELLAR shoes.

ai chun wins.

<3 THIS GIRL!

overall, a great night. i had so much fun, and i loved dressing up in my hanbok!
love all you guys!

stumbleupon

while searching for a dance studio to attend for the duration of my stay (with help from my mother who is not a "she" and totally lovely)

i stumbled upon a website called Life After Cubes. It is the couple's: Jason Demant & Sharon Duckworth's accounts on living a life abroad in Asia. With a little searching, I found out that they infact have spent time living in South Korea. When looking through the articles tagged, I saw this little gem entitled:

9 things Koreans do that make me laugh.

obviously, i clicked it.

here is an excerpt from it. click the link below to read the entire article and have a great laugh.
{ everything below is credited to life.after.cubes }

Wear Shirts with Ridiculous English Phrases – It’s my understanding that most Koreans are able to read English and if that’s the case then many Koreans are hopefully also laughing at the ridiculous shirts people wear. My two favorite examples – 1) An older woman (age 60’s – 70’s) was wearing a shirt that said “Who the fuck is Mick Jagger?”. 2) A roughly 15-year old girl (could have been 10 or could have been 30) was wearing a shirt that said “Cum again”. I really hope they have no clue what their shirts mean.

Couples wear the same clothing together -- couples will literally wear the same obnoxious t-shirt, shoes, pants, or all of the above and then go out in public together.

When I don’t understand what they’re saying in Korean, they will just yell it louder… in Korean -- Sometimes they even start yelling it slower, as if enunciating another language will suddenly make me understand it.

Men carry their girlfriends purse – I won’t begin to guess why men do this (but, Sharon has), all I know is seeing a semi-masculine dude carrying a pink lacey handbag is ridiculous looking.

Korean “exercises” –  At all of these workout parks, you’ll find Korean men and women sitting down and swinging their legs back and forth, standing up and doing shoulder circles, or just plain swinging their arms around the air every which way. This apparently is what they constitute as “exercise”.

ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE TRUE.

IT IS SO ACCURATE.

thanks for the totally honest account of living in asia, jason and sharon!

and thanks for being awesome, mother. love you.



thanks for giving

추석

{ chuseok }

{ korean thanksgiving! }

today i spent my day with my ENTIRE host family !

it was so nice to get to know everyone!

here are some pictures of my amazing day:

first, we had lunch (pictured below), and then we went to the natural history museum!

traditional meal for lunchtime!

shoe made from wire!

this portrait of a school girl is pixelated, and SO NEAT!

fishyfishy

artwork made from seashells

rainbow fiiiiish

my extended host family and i infront of a dinosaur!

rawr.

thanks for the memories, extended host family.

thanks for giving.



some stufffff

because a certain person; AKA... MY mother has been bugging me to post again, i am!

here are some pictures out and about doing some aweosme korean-esque things!

dragon boat races!

"Angel in Us" coffee shoppe is a korean brand, just like starbucks, and are everywhere. but super yummy!!

happy the dog taking a bath!

horrible picture of myself at the beach, during the night all the lights are SO pretty!

korean christian rock band concert thingy...?

yeah. i really dont know. but it sounded good and was at the beach! cool enough for mee!

THE BRIDGE

THIS THING IS MASSIVE

shinsegae department store,

largest in the world!

i am so obsessed. not even funny,

ive been there like, 6 times in 2.5 weeks.

mmhhmmm

KHIA VANG.

I HAVE FOUND YOUR WATER BOTTLE.

MWAHAHA

TEEHEE.

YAY.

FIN.



JUST LIKE KINDERGARTEN

KINDERGARTEN FEELINGS ARE COMING BACK...

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL !

WATCH THE VIDEO. ITS AWESOME POSSUM.

XOXO



loads of it.

lots of stuff has happened since the last post.

since pictures  are worth 1000 words, let Monday's temple photo's do some talking!

local beer NAMED AFTER ME

good luck piggy!

massive!

hehe, so cute!

says something about education and money... hmm...

FOOD. YUMMY KOREAN FOOD. I LOVE IT ALL.

Apparently Korea loves the P-G family... lots of things resembling us here.

Today I went to visit my school which is the Busan Design School. It is an arts school that focuses on Pottery, Photography, Interior Design, and Computer Design. The people were very helpful, and I can not wait to start going to school { I KNOW I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT I AM SAYING IT EITHER. THESE ARE DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES, PEOPLE. I AM IN KOREA }

I am taking photography! Who would have guessed!

**Also, funny side note: Miss Ahn told me she was worried about the boys! HAHA! She told me they will be 'giving me alot of attention'. Why do I not feel offended by that...**

Updates on anything school related will be coming as they happen!

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interesting facts if you are awesome enough to care:

- I love shopping here. Everthing is so cheap!

- DO NOT DRINK TEMPLE WATER IF YOU ARE NOT USED TO THE WATER YET. IT WILL MAKE YOU BED RIDDEN AND SICK FOR 2 DAYS. EWWY.

- the korean word for 'rain' is pronounced 'pee'

the end. goodnight.