9:18 pm
Monday, October 13, 2008
HANGANG RIVER..Korea's Tallest Building, circled in red.
Ji-Yeon's 4 floor walk up. No elevator..She lives on the 2nd floor.
This is one GARGANTUAN Hula-Hoop!It may look small but its BIG!
See? Does it look BIG now? haha =)That's Ji-Yeon's mom! I call her Emo (Aunty)..
Town Market..Sells vegetables FAR more fresh than in Singapore.
People are friendly too!
So far.. everything I've seen is twice bigger
than the ones in Singapore.
SERIOUS!
Jackiee and Mom's Favourite.
Korean rice Cake.. YUMMY!
Emo preparing food to bring back to my dorm.
Awww.. I'm touched!
Okay.. So I din take enough pictures.. My bad!
When I meet them again, which is soon.. I'll take more okay? haha =)
So since I haven't done MUCH today, I shall talk more about the past two days.
Saturday. Woke up late. -__-
My room-mate must have left for her hometown already cause I saw that one of her luggages were missing and her "best" shoes were gone. LOL
She went back home cause she's got some wedding to attend to? Something like that.
Ji-Yeon called me, told me where and what time we should meet. Then I realised that I had like an hour to get ready? Plus I haven't packed my bags which made it much worse. haha
Bought something for the family along the way. Met Ji-Yeon outside the school gate and then took that 20 minute bus ride to her place.
Finally got to meet her mom and brother. Couldn't meet her dad till later that night cause he was stuck at work. Her mom is such a wonderful person and I really like her! Makes me feel all warm inside.. must be a mother's touch that I missed these past 3 weeks. =( Oh and she's the splitting image of her sister whose my mom's best friend! And then there's Ji-Yeon's brother.. that dude's the same age as me but looks much younger. Is that a bad thing?
DOES THIS MEAN I LOOK LIKE AN AUNTY?!?!?! NOooooooo.. T_T
But he's nice lah.. shy most of the time though. haha
Dinner that night was AWESOME. I missed home cooked food and I finally got to have some.Plus her mom made this extremely delicious beef ribs that I didn't have for YEARS cause mom said it was expensive? Wow.. I seriously was 'blown away' by its goodness.
Hung out with the family after that till quite late. Then I decided to turn in early cause I was sooo sleepy. Must be the cool weather. haha
Next morning, I got up quite early. Ji-Yeon was studying till 3am so I din wanna wake her up.
Chit-chatted with her mom even if she din speak a word of English. I'm so amazed myself. Its like i thought I wouldn't be able to understand her without Ji-Yeon by my side but I managed to pull it off! And continuously kept praising me on how well I responded to her.
Uhh.. it was just, NAE, KAM-SAH HAM NI DA, AL-GAE SEM NI DA.. simple words only leh?
Oh well. Its not everyday you get comments like that.
Went to the Market with her mom in the afternoon.. I'm telling you, its way different than back in Singapore. It's clean, its got fresher vegetables and stuff, and the people there are friendly! Bought quite alot of things..
Then I realised when we got back that she was making a few side dishes packed in containers for me to bring back to my dorm! haha =) How lovely and sweet is she?
Said my goodbyes just before 5pm. I've got to head back cause I've got a test to sit for and Ji-Yeon had to go to work.
Its so sickening to have to walk from the front gate to my dorm. ITS SO FAR!!
I'm also tired of walking up and down steep hills and up the stairs to my room. ARGHH!
We should have an elevator for crying out loud..
Right, I'm gonna watch a movie online. More updates tomorrow!
Good night!
People are friendly too!
So far.. everything I've seen is twice biggerthan the ones in Singapore.
SERIOUS!
Jackiee and Mom's Favourite.Korean rice Cake.. YUMMY!
Emo preparing food to bring back to my dorm.Awww.. I'm touched!
Okay.. So I din take enough pictures.. My bad!
When I meet them again, which is soon.. I'll take more okay? haha =)
So since I haven't done MUCH today, I shall talk more about the past two days.
Saturday. Woke up late. -__-
My room-mate must have left for her hometown already cause I saw that one of her luggages were missing and her "best" shoes were gone. LOL
She went back home cause she's got some wedding to attend to? Something like that.
Ji-Yeon called me, told me where and what time we should meet. Then I realised that I had like an hour to get ready? Plus I haven't packed my bags which made it much worse. haha
Bought something for the family along the way. Met Ji-Yeon outside the school gate and then took that 20 minute bus ride to her place.
Finally got to meet her mom and brother. Couldn't meet her dad till later that night cause he was stuck at work. Her mom is such a wonderful person and I really like her! Makes me feel all warm inside.. must be a mother's touch that I missed these past 3 weeks. =( Oh and she's the splitting image of her sister whose my mom's best friend! And then there's Ji-Yeon's brother.. that dude's the same age as me but looks much younger. Is that a bad thing?
DOES THIS MEAN I LOOK LIKE AN AUNTY?!?!?! NOooooooo.. T_T
But he's nice lah.. shy most of the time though. haha
Dinner that night was AWESOME. I missed home cooked food and I finally got to have some.Plus her mom made this extremely delicious beef ribs that I didn't have for YEARS cause mom said it was expensive? Wow.. I seriously was 'blown away' by its goodness.
Hung out with the family after that till quite late. Then I decided to turn in early cause I was sooo sleepy. Must be the cool weather. haha
Next morning, I got up quite early. Ji-Yeon was studying till 3am so I din wanna wake her up.
Chit-chatted with her mom even if she din speak a word of English. I'm so amazed myself. Its like i thought I wouldn't be able to understand her without Ji-Yeon by my side but I managed to pull it off! And continuously kept praising me on how well I responded to her.
Uhh.. it was just, NAE, KAM-SAH HAM NI DA, AL-GAE SEM NI DA.. simple words only leh?
Oh well. Its not everyday you get comments like that.
Went to the Market with her mom in the afternoon.. I'm telling you, its way different than back in Singapore. It's clean, its got fresher vegetables and stuff, and the people there are friendly! Bought quite alot of things..
Then I realised when we got back that she was making a few side dishes packed in containers for me to bring back to my dorm! haha =) How lovely and sweet is she?
Said my goodbyes just before 5pm. I've got to head back cause I've got a test to sit for and Ji-Yeon had to go to work.
Its so sickening to have to walk from the front gate to my dorm. ITS SO FAR!!
I'm also tired of walking up and down steep hills and up the stairs to my room. ARGHH!
We should have an elevator for crying out loud..
Right, I'm gonna watch a movie online. More updates tomorrow!
Good night!
