오늘은 아름다운 일이다!

This week has definitely been eventful! David and I tried on two separate ocassions to get my Korean ID via the subway system and ran into some problems!! The first day the directions were confusing and so we took a wrong turn and it was too late to get anywhere (after traveling for an hour!).

The next day we tried again and this time we found where we needed to go in about 2 hours! Problem was, once we got there they said that we needed to go somewhere else that was about an hour away! So we tried again, but we got confused by the directions and as a result had to turn around.

Needless to say, it was slightly overwhelming. However, I'm looking at it as an experience, haha :D We really did navigate around pretty well and as long as we have an english map we are golden! There are lots of places we want to visit that subway will take us pretty much everywhere we need to go!

Speaking of places to go, Mrs. Ha, a 3rd grade teacher who speaks English very well and likes to practise speaking, bought David and I two tickets to see a place in Seoul called "63City." It's the 3rd biggest building in Korea (63 stories) and has a sea world inside, an imax theatre and an art gallery of sorts in addition to some restaraunts and retail venues. I can't wait to go! It was so nice of her to buy the tickets for us!

63 City - the Building! Doesn't it tower about all the rest?

Other than the exhausting subway ordeal, things have been grand here! David and I bought 2 bunny's yesterday and I am ecstatic. I wrote about seeing the bunnies at E-Mart last weekend and my white one with the chocolate milk stains was still there!! Ohhhh how precious! We went to E-mart only planning to buy one bunny, but there were 2 left and they looked like they were in love! So of course we had to buy them both. I would feel just wretched if I separated them

Anyway, we brought them home yesterday via taxi and let them get used to their surroundings. They are very very young and are smaller than the remote control! Haha...they easily fit into one of our hands and their noses are constantly wiggling back and forth.

One has the chocolate milk splashes and the other has charcoal grey spots. The grey one is feisty! I claimed the brown spotted one and named her "Catarina." I think I'll call her "Cat" for short. They are so cute with their bouncy little butts that I pass out every time I look their direction. I will post pictures later, definitely.

Anyway, before I sign out I have a few pics for you to enjoy (click to see bigger):

This is me at my desk. I was sitting in my office in the morning before I had class (talking to Miss Amber-San at the time), and all of a sudden these girls rushed in and swarmed my desk. They brought with them treats of chocolate and smiles and peace signs! I just sat at my desk and they all crowded around like they are doing in the picture, watching and giggling. I couldn't resist a picture and I was fortunate enough to have my camera at hand!

This is so funny. So David and I were walking along one day and saw these clothes outside being sold. I decided to peruse the brightly colored doodads and happened upon some aprons. This one clearly caught my attention. It just said 'BOOBY' really big with a bunny rabbit on it. At 3,000 Won I couldn't resist snatching it up and bringing it home. I'm proud of my booby apron!

This is our grocery store, about 5 minutes from our apartment. David and I frequent here often for all sorts of foods! Our favorite? Grapes!!

These game machines are everywhere in Korea and I'm addicted to them. They are the ones with cranes where you try to pick up items. David and I have won a lot of stuff! They are so cheap and usually have things in them that are fun to try to win! Like cute candles, ear phones, even MP3 players and lighters and lots of random stuff. One time we saw panties and alcohol in a machine...eeps!

That's all for now. Until next time, <3>