Nice people

Koreans are so nice!
I have had many great experiences with Korean people while I have been here. During my first few weeks here I had to go to Seoul and got lost trying to find the bus to the train station. I had a man who worked at the 7/11 practically walk me to my stop. On the way home trying to find the subway I had a girl walk away from her bus stop to make sure I found the subway safely, missing her bus in the process. The best part of that was she spoke VERY little English, and I could try to say hello, but that was it. She spoke to me using her cell phone's English translator! :) Oh gosh, and let me not forget my friend from the plane. She texts me and calls me to make sure I am ok! I heard from her yesterday for the first time in a while.. she apologized because she was in China!! She is really nice and super helpful!!

Well the reason I bring this up is because I had another great experience yesterday. (Well a few of them!!) Bryony and I went to Nampodong (I think I spelt that terribly wrong)... but it is a great place to shop and get good bargains. There is an underground shopping area and we were walking along there (Dad you would love it... so many camera shops!) But we walked past this costume jewellery store and the man invited us in... like many vendors will to get you to spend money. He spoke English to us so we went in. When we went in they were eating, so they gave us chopsticks and invited us to try some. Who knows what it was, but it was good! I think it was some sort of pork dish. They also gave us some Soju. (oh yuck!! You see men drinking that stuff all hours of the day).
Later on during our adventure a lady helped us find the electronics area of the market and I bought a Sony CD player for $45! We got a deal! :) It was supposed to be 50... but hey, $5 more in my pocket! It is a pretty sweet ghetto fabulous CD player. It is pink! haha Now that I have a CD player you should send me loads of English music!! :) I actually bought some blank CDS and friends here are going to help me out a little as well! Last night when I got home I listened to Steph's Ben Harper CD... it was magical! I missed English music!

Anyways, after I bought the CD player we walked around a little more. We passed this side of the road restaurant thing and the food looked AMAZING. We stopped and asked the couple who spoke a little English was it was. They couldn't really explain it so picked up some food with their chopsticks and fed it to us! hahaha Then also a taste of their beer mixed with soju to wash it down! haha It was great!

Also, today at work I got a present from one of my students. He was on at trip with his mom and they brought me back a Burberry draw string 150th anniversary bag. It looks a little long, so I don't know what it should be used for... but it's BURBERRY! hahah anddd I am pretty sure it is real.

Well, I have class in about 10 min. I get to teach a phonics class about the long vowel sound i.