Double Date!

Last night, I double booked myself - a dinner, and some drinks, with the girls in Gwangali and a casino night with Aaron!  Can't think of many other ways I'd like to spend my Saturday night!

Truchen and I rode the subway together to meet her new friend, Gill (pronounced Jill) from South Africa!  What a doll she is - a human barbie doll actually!  

Gill invited her friend Julianna (from Britain) to dinner and drinks with us as well!  I love living here!  Where else can you go to dinner with 3 girls, and have them be from different parts of the world (S. Africa, Britain, and California!)  It was so nice to meet two new fabulous girls, and to have Truchen there as well!  Not to mention, their accents are to die for! Thank you Jesus for all these new, sweet as can be, girlfriends!

Around 10pm, I headed over to Seomyeon to meet Aaron, who was looking extremely dapper, if I don't say so myself!  We played Roulette at 7 luck, had free dinner, and hung out for about 2 hours!  The casino is a great place for people watching, which is one of my favorite past times!  And to make things even better, I walked away 40,000 won (about $32.00) richer!!

This is what hanging out in a casino for 2 hours does to us!   Besides, who can resist making funny faces when the guy they ask to take their picture decides he's going to do a photo shoot for you?!  Yes, we have about 10 pictures of this moment!  I chose this one for my mom, because she thinks Aaron is so funny!

It's currently 2:30am, Sunday morning, and this lil girl is sleepy!  I've decided not to book myself for anything tomorrow... other than a nice relaxing day of football watching with my guy!  

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Comb-over, gone bad!

I'll be honest... I feel a tinge bad posting a picture of this poor man, who Aaron and I spotted sitting on a bench in Nampodong... but his comb-over, flailing in the wind, was classic!

We had a hard time not staring and decided to document the moment with a snapshot!

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Boy on the bus

Yesterday, on my way home from work, a lil' korean boy (about 10 years old) approached me on the bus.  "Hello!" he said.  ***This is a really uncommon occurrence, as I'm usually the first person to say hello!  Koreans are extremely shy about approaching foreigners.

He went on to ask, "How are you?"  

I answered, "I'm great, thank you!  How are you?"  

"I'm good.  And you?"

I couldn't help but giggle inside, wondering how long this conversation would continue if he always ended with "And you?"  

Thanks for the giggle little guy!     

Home Remedy... Cupping!

I can't believe I never wrote about this night!  I'm literally laughing as I type...  I found this picture on my computer and have to tell you about it!  One night, about 3 months ago, I sent Aaron to the dollar store to pick up a couple things and he came back with an "at home cupping system!"  It was a hilarious (and VERY painful) experience!

First, let me explain... Cupping is an ancient Chinese technique where glass cups are heated, from the inside, with fire, to create a vacuum, and then placed on an afflicted area of a patient's body.  The cup's suction pulls at the skin and is said to "suck out" the body's toxins!   I'm pretty sure this was not meant to be done at home!   

Regardless, Aaron and I thought it would be really funny to try it out!  This particular system had 8 plastic cups, all different sizes, with manual suction handles... The more you pushed it, the more your skin would rise!  This was the smallest of the bunch, and it hurt like hell!

If done correctly, the practice can actually relieve pains from edema, swellings, asthma, bronchitis, dull aches and pains, arthritis (HELLO MOM!), abdominal pain, stomachache, indigestion, headache, lower back pain, cramps and coughing.  

Usually more than 1 suction cup is placed on a person's body!  It usually looks more like this... (google picture)

... and yes, you will have bruises for at least a week, like this! (google picture)

Luckily, I didn't get a bruise from mine!  I left it on for 20 minutes and couldn't take it anymore!  It REALLY hurts!  It's an experience I won't soon forget though!  ***  And as a side note, I put that crazy cupping system near the trash last weekend, and it was taken within 10 minutes!  Silly Koreans!
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Killa Monkeez

There's actually a B-Boying Academy in Busan, and it happens to be right down the street!  I was soooo excited about this, and went down there with my camera one day to snap some shots of the boyz in action! 

They were extremely welcoming and grabbed a chair for me, to sit in, while they practiced (or more like, showed off)!

This kid was my favorite!  He had some serious swagger! 

And as you can see, they are VERY dedicated to their B-boying!  Either that, or just really stupid!  According to research, 17% of people regret their tattoos!  I'd bet my life savings that this kid will be one of the 17% in the next 10 years!

The whole gang together!

I was happy to see that not ALL Korean's spend their entire adolescence studying!  Good job boys!  You may not be really smart, but you can dance, and really, that's all a girl wants in a future husband!  ***  :)

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