if you want to say "i'm just looking" at a store and you don't know how to say it in korean, you say that you're "eye shopping"
friday i sat on straw mats and ate chicken (noodles for me) with 15 of my coworkers
then we drank
then we drank
then we karaoke-d
i was the first to leave karaoke and it was 3 am.
saturday i got up earrrly
went into seoul
met jasmine's really cool med school / rocker / chill pro friend
ate at a little hidden alleyway restaurant with her
we explored idae, sinchon, and hongdae together
hongdae is the artsy part of town - we went to the student / artists' market and i bought assorted gifties and these babies:
i wandered around a lot by myself after hyunee left to meet friends for dinner.
it's funny because rock shows start at 5 or 6 here and there were all these decked-out leather-clad mascara-ed rockers walking around in the bright hot sunshine.
in hongdae there are bookstores devoted to solely giant beautiful design books.
the graffiti photos above are from under ONE BRIDGE ALONE
oh and i got an mp3 player that is really cool. it even can record the radio!!
i forgot to post pics from the palace exploration a couple weekends ago so here are two:
and, lastly, two things that made me chuckle. (look carefully at my elevator's buttons...see what i think is funny? ...ok they used the number 10 again for the 1 because the 1 button fell off)
peace out!
8 comments:
Love the photos, especially the ones of the graffiti. While watching the Olympics, I remembered what you had said about even toxic waste dumps being illustrated with happy cartoon characters like that guitar playing dog; the Korean women's archery team competed in these colorful vests emblazoned with them, including Eeyore, Tigger and ones undoubtedly created in Korea. The other teams wore the standard uniforms. Those Korean women were having a great time. And they won. Glad to hear you're having fun, too.
Love this post. It really makes me eager to come to Korea! The earrings are soooo cute.
moms
give the little people-earrings names! naaaames!
sarah and i spent the other night together reading your blog, and had an extremely good time doing this and watching the olympics. we love the sentences that end with exclamation points. i think it's because we imagine you talking like that in front of us.
also, i must ask. the second picture. IS THAT POMPADOUR HAIR? inquiring minds (just me) want to know!
oh yeah, the deleted comment was mine. i mispelled something and COULDN'T STAND IT.
So what happens if you really are shopping for eyes? People won't know which one you mean! MAYHEM!
cool phrase. it's much more accurate than window shopping, which i never really liked because it seems to imply you aren't actually going inside the stores.
I love those earrings! I'm jealous of all your cool new Korean things that you will bring back with you.
More photos! : )
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