Very very late

I am so so so so sorry, faithful readers, that I have been very lax in updating my blog. I've been completely swamped with work because... MY PARENTS CAME TO VISIT! So because I had to do a lot of work before they got here, I didn't have time to update. And while they were here, I couldn't update because I was playing with them. But now I have more time and more pictures to post, so look for more updates in the coming days :)

So my parents came to visit me in Korea, went to China for a week, and then came back and played with me for a few more days. The first time they came we went to 명동 together and got some delicious 칼국수, at the same place Joanna, Christine and I went to. Here's a pic of me and the fam :)

Daddy!

Mommy+Me

So this is a promise post that I'll post more soon. :) Get ready for some crazy entries!

Mother's Day!!!!!!!!

It was Mother's Day on Sunday! I love you mommy! And daddy too :) They're actually coming to visit me in a week, and I'm super excited. Here's me @ church, wearing clothes I bought on Saturday. 

We took jumping pictures!!!

That's Erin 사모, Tina and ME!

Joe and Chung. 

Then Erin 사모 dressed up her husband, Pastor Christian, to make him look like Waldo. Hilarity. 

They are suuuuch a cute couple. 

Then we went to eat some shabu shabu! Delicious! :)

The end! More entries coming soon!

Dates with Girls :)

Korea has a lot of cute cafes and eateries. I love going to them and eating good food and getting cute desserts. Here's two places that I went to. The first one is Spoon Race. I went there once with Joanna before, but I went to it again with Melissa and Ashley. It's located in a small side street by Ewha Women's University. The place is ALWAYS packed. 

Waiting for our food. 

We ate all of it. Hahahahahah. But lemme tell ya, it was reaaaally good. 

I kid I kid. Here are a few pics. of what we demolished. 

Shrimp Olive Oil Pasta. Very light, very delicious. 

Gorgonzola & Honey Pizza Dish. 

You dip the pizza slices in the honey. So good. 

Dessert of Waffles, courtesy of Red Mango.

Tuesday (the 5th) was Children's Day, which is a national holiday = NO SCHOOL. So Tina, Joanna and I went to 압구정, which is a very upper-class section of Seoul. We walked around, browsed, and eventually found ourselves at Kaffee Strasse. 

This is Tina striking the Tina pose. We all followed suit. 

Our coffee + desserts! Yum yum!

More posts coming soon :)

Korean Class

For those of you who don't know why I'm in Korea, it's to learn Korean. I think it's about time that I introduce you a little bit more to my Korean class. Below is my current teacher. We had two other teachers before the midterm, but after the midterm exam period we got a new teacher who teaches us every day from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. 

TEACHER!

We have three books. A grammar/vocab text book, a workbook, and a reading comprehension book. I'm in the Intermediate 2-B class. The class isn't difficult, but it is definitely improving my Korean writing (spelling, grammar) as well as increasing my vocabulary — the exact reasons why I came. Below are some pictures of my classmates. Enjoy!

Classmates. You can see our textbook on the bottom of the picture.

Yes, we get a little distracted sometimes. 

The end. 

NEW PHILADELPHIA RETREAT

Sorry that I haven't updated in a while. It's been quite busy. This last weekend I went to a retreat with my church to Holy Mountain Jesus Town. Yes, that's the actual name. 

You can see the name of the retreat center above. It was very different from my past retreats. Namely there were no cabins or any need to go outdoors, for that matter. Everything — the rooms, cafeteria, worship room — were all self-contained in this one giant building. 

This was my room! And my bed in my room. We slept on little futons on the floor, which was heated. So comfy. 

My small group!

Pretty flowers on the last day!

Most of the Emmaus crew that came :)

More updates coming soon!