Sistas of South Korea (SOKO Ladies)

Trying to get ready for our photo opp

SOKO BBQ

 I had the pleasure of meeting some of the SOKO (Sistas of Korea) group members at the First Annual SOKO BBQ. It was great. Can you believe out of like 20 members that showed up, 2 have the same birthday as me! Cancer Crazy!!!! We are gonna have a combined bday party! Should be WILD.




After the BBQ, we went out to the club and danced til 7:30am!

The Ladies!

Lotte World...

I miss Wonderland...but I have Lotte 

World!

LOTTE WORLD

So there was a random day that seemed like I and only I had off. Thankfully, Josie got it off too and went to the Korean version of Wonderland called Lotte World. It was pppacccckkkkeeedddddd! It took us 1.5hrs just to get on one ride. After that any ride line was 3 hours. We got some Churros sticks and headed home. For the experience it was pretty sweet. I went that whole say without seeing any foreigners...one of many. 

THE ONE AND ONLY RIDE WE WENT ON...
LINES WERE INSANE!

IT IS INDOORS AND OUTDOORS

JOSIE AND I

ME GETTING MY CHAI LATTE ON!

LOTTE WORLD?!? HERE I COME!

CH'YEA!

IF ONLY I COULD SKATE

SHES TOO CUTE HAHAH

PARADE

YAYYYY!

KIDDIE RIDE

P.S. LOTTE WORLD AINT GOT NOTHING ON WONDERLAND...

Once you go 4D...anything else is just LAME

 Once You Go 4D...You Can Never Go Back!

How lucky am I to have a cinema backing my house? LUCCCCCKKKKYYYY! So we went to see Titanic is 4D...Can we say EPPPPPIIIIIIIICCCCCCCC. For those of you that have never been or heard of wha gwan in a 4D movie...take a gander.

1. Seats move

2. Smells to match the movie appear

3. its 3 Freakin D!

4. If there is Wind or Water, you get blown and wet (get yo mind out the guttah)

5. Things can hit your feet

6. Its FREAKIN EPIC

Thats it!

I also went to see the Avengers in 4D and although it was epic it was a bad decision of mine to do so at 12am and fell asleep. How do you fall asleep with all the epic-ness? Takes skill and practice.

Yes, I still bring my own snacks!

Attendees

We Fly! in 4D!!

Signature Pose!

Club Night with Suj and Ji

Suj and Me

Club Night with Ms Sujin and Ji

So finally Sujin and Ji (my new Korean Homey) agreed to come clubbin with a bunch of foreigners. This is huge for them. Foreigners make Koreans extremely nervous. Top that off with being black and you are looking at possible wetting themselves if made too nervous! We started off at HoBar (yes I know...the name is ridic)...but they make a mean Pina Colada!

We then tried to hit up supposedly one of the best clubs in Hongdae, Seoul but is was $20,000W ($20--dont freak). But still quite ridiculous. So we ended up at the Fave spot--Naked. This is the club with the most blakc people and hip-hop, dirty south, and r&b. Its usually a guaranteed good time and for $10,000W and a free drink I have no quams about hittin it up. 

We danced until 5am and cabbed it home! Most nights we would have waited for the subway to come on at 5:30am, but we were too tired. 

Mel and Ale

Suj

The Infamous Ji

Me playing the asssss

SLUUUUMMMBBBEEEERRRRRR

The necessities...

SLUMMMMBBBBEEEEERRRR

So when Sujin asked me what really happens at a slumber because in Korea they are OBSAIYOH! (dont exist--this is also one of my favourite words) I jumped on the opportunity to throw one for her. Ale and I traveled an hour to buy stuff for real nachos...including a $33,000 ($33) bag of real cheese. Korean cheese is just nasty. We got junk food, ice cream, movies, facial stuff, nail polish, wine everything necessary for an epic time. Sujin had a blast and we slept until 4pm the next day. We are planning another one soon and Sujin is responsible for the food and movie. Slumber party Korean Swag is comingggggg.

Sujin had never had nachos...afterward she asked for kimchi!

And were ready!

Facials...

We had everything except for a stupid bottle opener...

A knife would have to do!

As you can see...Im not in the picture...I was smart and stood back

SUCCESSS!!!

 

The Aftermath...

Catchin' Up...

 

Catchin up!

I know I havent blogged in a while. I need to catch up before I get too overwhelmed. 

Firstly, I want to say that Korea has been good to me. So far I am not missing home other than for my family and friends. It is a very interesting place to be. Lots to see and learn. Here is a quick catch-up:

My Krib - I am officially settled in my place and have grown to love it. I have seen some other "kribs" and am truly blessed. I got a new fridge and TV at no cost to me and it is looking fab! My couch has officially been christened as a bed and my carpet and table really make everything come together. My cupboards are relatively full and I am working on keeping my fridge somewhat full. I doing great with the cleaning and living on my own. Someone put a ring on meh!

Teaching - I love it! I have alreadyt learned so much and have tons of tools in my teaching bag for when I actully come home and teach. My co-teachers are really nice and we continue to get along. They give me my space and dont bother me through the day. My kiddies are really sweet! I know most of their English names by heart now and have convinced Zama to let me bring one home. So y'all need to start preppin to make her part of the family. Her name is 긴 손 형 or Judy should be fine! She is the cutesttttttt!...SO GET READY!

Social-Life - So far I have made plenty of friends and continue to meet more. It was a great move joing the BSSK (Brothas and Sistas of South Korea) and SOKO (Sisters of South Korea). I have met girls from the UK, USA, and Scarborough! Craziness. I have a click that I usually roll with and they are super fun. We are always going out to hang, eat, sleep etc!

Love-life - Well I miss Z and so far no Korean man has been able to snag me away from him yet...I will keep y'all posted!

MISC - I have joined the gym, I take Koorean Lessons 2-3 times a week and becoming more fluent everyday, shopping is getting easier as I lose more weight, I am still very thankful and blessed to have this opportunity!