Colby is busy, so I will try my best to talk about our week. This will be one long blog post!
Classes have been going pretty well. Nothing really to report there, it's just business (classes) as usual. (I'm not even sorry for the horrible joke.)
We opted out of going to the overnight temple stay this weekend. It seemed pretty boring to us. We heard it was kind of interesting, but I'm glad I ultimately decided to stay here.
No classes on Friday, so we decided to go exploring around campus a little more. The area is called Anam. It was interesting. We went some ways we hadn't been before and ended up in a pretty sketchy place. We promptly turned around and left.
As we were walking along the highway, we began to hear sirens going off. We thought it was a parade at first. Then, air raid sirens began going off. All traffic on the highway stopped, but people on the sidewalk went about like nothing was happening. We put on our best poker faces and continued down the street like nothing was happening. We saw a few military helicopters (we usually see them flying over campus about one or two times a week) and then a jet fly by. It was a really interesting experience!
We went to McDonalds for lunch and had a real Korean meal. I joke, but Colby did get a bulgogi burger. He said it was interesting, but he probably wouldn't get it again.
Saturday was a pretty boring day. Nothing really worth mentioning there.
Sunday was a pretty interesting day. We received a text from our friend Martin asking us if we wanted to go see American Hustle in a theater on the edge of Gangnam. We jumped at the chance to join him, Huyen, and our new friend Amy. When we arrived, we were devastated to find the movie was sold out. I still can't believe it would be sold out considering it came out in December. Oh well. There was a showing of 12 Years a Slave later that evening, so we decided to go see that instead and just have some dinner before the film.
We approached this restaurant that had a little cartoon cow on it. Good enough for us. We walked into yet another Korean barbecue place. We opted for the personal room where you had to sit in the floor. I'm sure there are some pictures out there somewhere, so I will add those as they pop up. After trying to communicate with the server for about 10 minutes, Huyen and Amy finally had ordered us...something (thank goodness they knew some Korean. Martin, Colby, and I would have starved if we were by ourselves!) It ended up being pork, strips of beef, and what I think was beef tenderloin. Whatever it was, it was delicious!
After dinner, we went to a pool hall and played a few games. Colby and I decided to go easy on them and promptly lost every game. We are such kind gentlemen.
It was time to go to the movie. We scurried around the area, desperately looking for our theater. There was one building with the theater's name on it, so we went in there. Turns out, it was just theaters 1-3 (we were in 5.) We ran around like chickens with our heads cut off for the next few minutes as we tried to figure out where theater 5 was. Turns out it was across the street in another building. It was really strange, but I guess you have to make do with the space that you have in the city. The movie was pretty good, but I think I would have enjoyed American Hustle more. It definitely wasn't for the faint of heart. Katie, if you read this and decide to go watch it, you might want to bring a box of tissues.
By the time we got back to the dorm, it was around 10:30 or so. I had a paper to write that was due the next day, so I had to quickly crank that paper out. Colby was exhausted. We were originally going to make a post yesterday, but that wasn't going to happen after our adventure with our friends that evening.
Things are still going fairly well though. I feel more and more at home here, although people at home generally understand what I am saying. By the time the semester is over, I will probably come home and speak to everyone really slowly.
That's about it for now. Unless something really cool happens this week, expect another update Sunday morning (EST). Take care!
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