Doctor Fish is WICKED Awesome!

(Fish at my Feet)

My weekend was filled with some new cultural experiences and it was wicked fun!

* Dr Fish Cafe - My friend Jaimi and I planned to have a "girls night" until 2 white guys approached us in the subway asking for directions and we ended up inviting them with us to Dr. Fish Cafe. So we drank wine, ate pizza, chatted, all while having our feet in a pool of fish that eat the dead skin off of our feet. It felt weird but good at the same time and my feet felt phenominal afterward.. The guys were two marine guys who were cool until they started acting like the typical "GI guys" .. at that point we said, "thanks for buying!" and were on to bigger and better things.. aka going to a bar w/ our friends.

* Amateur Kickboxing - After 3 hrs of sleep and 4 hours of working on Saturday, I was peer pressured to go to an Amateur Kickboxing match. After we went on what felt like a scavenger hunt to find the place, We ended up in the basement of a small gym with a rink. My friend's friend who's a girl fought some guy and lets just say she made him cry after it was over!

* Batting Cages - I found batting cages right outside a subway station in the heart of a busy neighborhood. I tried to strut my stuff but the pitches were wicked and failed to convince people girls can hit baseballs because I only made contact on a few. Oh well... after I embarassed myself, I watched my friends feed money into the crane/claw game (those are everywhere and you can win anything from a lighter to a padlock to an iron!).

* My weekend was then topped off with a lazy Sunday watching "Uncle Buck" and chilling with some friends... No birth family this weekend but hopefully next!

(Dr. Fish - Me, Jaimi, Phil Peacock, and Tai)

Black Day, White Day, Red Day, Pepero Day!

So I recently found out that November 11th (11.11) is Pepero Day in Korea... what does that mean? It is sort of like a Valentines Day invented by the creators of the candy Pepero. Pepero are long, thin, chocolate sticks and 4 of them make 11.11. Clever huh! So boyfriends buy it for their girlfriends, friends by it for friends, and everyone is Pepero-ed out by the end of the day.

Apparently there is Pepero Day (11.11), Valentine's Day (2.14) and White Day (3.14) for couples. White day is where the girls give the gifts and Valentine's day is the same as in the states...

I think I'll avoid confusion and just celebrate Black Day (4.14) which is the day for people who, "didn't give or receive gifts on Valentine's Day or White Day can get together and eat Jjajangmyeon white Korean noodles with black bean sauce (hence the name), to commiserate their singledom (from Wikepedia)." ......................Hmmm............ with this definition maybe I'll find a temporary boyfriend so I can at least have chocolate and not black bean spaghetti!

Ahhh the culture differences here in the Homeland :)

(Pepero Displays were all over Korea)

Songs, Sweat, and Sweetness

Cute Korean Boys

I found some cute Korean boys...

....too bad they only come in kid sizes!!! :)

***Halloween Costume at School***

(Sarah's a Gypsie and I'm a pumpkin)

KTV Cribs - Birth Father's Home

Here is a virtual tour of my birth father's house (not exactly the kind of Crib that MTV shows)...

Things to Note..

1. The bathroom doesnt have a sink (just a hose and bucket) and the big thing in it is the washing machine (no dryer)

2. Space is limited in Korea and millions of people live like this or in a high rise apartment. Houses with a yard are non-existent (I havent seen one yet)

3. Right now, there are 4 people living in my birth father's house (Birth Father, Half Sis, Brother, Brother's Girlfriend)

4. I stayed there Saturday night so that made 5. I slept in my half sister's room while she slept in my birth father's room. There isnt such a thing as personal space... Mun Hyuk's girlfriend came into my room w/o knocking because some of her stuff was in that room (which was fine). Mun Hyuk told me to go into my birth father's room to watch TV despite the fact that my half sis was still sleeping (which I did).

5. When we have meals, we sit on the floor in the kitchen. We've squeezed as many as 6 in there so far.