Gwangju and Yeosu

As I mentioned in an earlier post I traveled to the cities Gwangju and Yeosu. The reason I ended up in these cities is thanks B and her family that came to visit. Her dad, stepmom, and younger brothers were in Korea and I had the pleasure of meeting them. In one weekend we went to both cities, so Saturday/Sunday was Gwangju and Sunday afternoon was Yeosu. Me and B took a train back to Daejeon Monday morning because we had work. 

Gwangju

Gwangju was awesome! We visited with B's stepmom's childhood friend. She had a beautiful house in the country side. It was surrounded by mountains and forests and there was a small river next to it. They raised chickens and rabbits there and had a big, white fluffy dog. The roof could be used as a deck and you were able to climb some stairs and sit on it. It really was a gorgeous area we were in, away from the busy city center. But telling you about it really doesn't do it justice, so it's picture time! 

Yeosu 

Our next adventure took us to Yeosu where B's stepmom's parents lived. Yeosu is a city on the coast so there's a pretty cool beach there. Their house was beautiful too! You could also go up to their roof and from there you could get a great view of the beach. The couple was very nice and treated us to dinner at this restaurant across the street. Later, me and B took a night stroll along the boardwalk by the beach. We discovered a water park and decided we need to go when the summer comes. Well, this trip was in like February/March. It was a really nice night out. The city was beautiful and I definitely want to visit it again. I especially want to go to that water park, it looked awesome! Get ready for another bombardment of pictures!

 

There ya go folks! Those were my adventures with B and her family! Thanks for reading ^^*

Epic show by EPIK High

Ok, yes the title is really corny and dorky but whatever it was an epic show. Now before I get into the story of the night let me explain who EPIK High is...get ready for a wiki copy and past lol :

Epik High (Hangul: 에픽하이) is a South Korean alternative hip-hop group fromSeoul, composed of Tablo, Mithra Jin andDJ Tukutz. The group is known for combining different styles of hip hop, along with different musical genres and collaborations on each album. 

Here's some of my fave songs from them:

http://youtu.be/33eWFRXKEGM

http://youtu.be/3EskMNhw3PQ

http://youtu.be/TzW9uwfSMv4

And there you have it folks! I am a big fan of theirs so when I heard this new club was opening in Daejeon as they would be performing I was ecstatic to say the least. However, the thing that made this even more fantastic and boosted it to epic status, was that I saw them for FREE! That's right, free. You see the club that was opening wanted to be popular among foreigners as well sooooo they let all foreigners in for free!

I will post a link to B's, aka Bianca, video vlog about it once it's done. I took some videos as well but I haven't quite figured out how to get them on here. Apparently blogger doesn't like the format my iPhone puts them in.

Eons later....

I'm soooo sorry to anyone who follows the blog. I know I've been MIA for quite sometime. Well needless to say ALOT has happened in the time I've been gone. I've seen a Kpop group I like, traveled to Gwangju and Yeosu, finished out my contract, had a week vacation in Thailand, moved to a new area in Daejeon for my new job, and during this all had some dating adventures. I promise that soon there will be a post about each of these random events of my life but maybe not for another week lol I apologize for my slacker-ness. 

Winter in Korea...

Main thing is it's cold...very cold. Granted this may be different if you live further south. Therefore, I suggest checking the weather of the area you'll be living in. Now, if you come from a state that does get winter then you already know what to pack. Winter in Korea is basically similar to winters back home though where I live we don't get that much snow. Personally, I hate the cold. I know I'm from New Jersey but that doesn't mean I enjoy being cold.

So if you're arriving to Korea during the winter here are some things you should make sure you have.

First, Shea Butter! I know seems weird but the air here is very dry and trust me your skin will thank you. Unfortunately I didn't know this  bit of information when I got here and my skin freaked out. I usually get small dry patches in the winter but this was extreme...I looked like some kind of reptile that's how scaly my skin looked. It was disgusting, so believe when I say shea butter is a necessary. 
Second, a good face moisturizer. As I mentioned earlier the air here is dry and also it gets pretty windy out. My skin dries out like no ones business on my face and it's just not cute.
Third, a humidifier. You can buy them here so this more something you should get ASAP. This will make your apartment a bit more comfortable during the winter months.

 Everything else I trust you have the common sense to have. You know, things like hats, scarves, gloves, and of course a warm coat. If you're on your way to Korea now Happy and Safe Travels! ^_^ 

Happy Lunar New Year!!!

So this weekend was the celebration of the Chinese New Year...it's now the Year of the Snake. Well, it was an interesting Saturday night for me lol. So earlier in the week my friend Bianca said someone invited her to a group dinner and said she could invite some friends. Well, this person obviously didn't realize how many friends Bianca actually has lol we were all on a group kakao talk chat which ended up having about 40 people...this of course is way too big a group to have dinner so the groups split.

The guy who invited Bianca took his people and Bianca hers and then there was a group who this guy named Francisco had. So Bianca and I found a BBQ duck place for our group but then Francisco Kakao'd Bianca and ended up joining out group. Our friend Donald had come up so it was him, me, Bianca, Yves, Halley, and Jace. Me, Bianca, and Donald go to meet with Francisco's group which turned out to be all guys lol two were Italian, three were German, and two were Danish...they were a fun bunch to hang out with. One guy said it was his birthday which we found out later that was a lie lol but it was still pretty funny. Please click the link and watch Bianca's Vlog on the night :)

Crazy Shenanigans with Europeans!

A simple lunch that turned into a party O.o lol

Hello Everyone!!! In the spirit of keeping up my resolution here's another update :) This past Wednesday (1/30/2013) a group of us went out to lunch and  it was a lot of fun. Now somehow it turned into a mini party get together thing...this is what happened...닭갈비 (Dalk Galbi) is one of my favorite foods here in Korea below is a picture of it...it's delicious!

There's chicken, cabbage, onions, rice cake, cheese filled rice cake (this was added), and sweet potato all in a spicy red sauce

I mentioned to my friend Bianca that I haven't had any since returning to Korea. She has a half day on Wednesdays, meaning she doesn't have work until 730pm, so we decided to go on Wednesday. She then said she would invite a few friends, however that somehow turned into a group of 11 people (including myself) going to lunch lol

Waiting for people

Our parade to the restaurant lol

 After this wonderful lunch we all got ice cream and went to Nori Zone. Nori Zone is a place that's sort of like an arcade. Well there's this ride there called 디스고팡팡 (Disco Pang Pang). Only three people from our group went on it...but it's basically this ride that spins around and bounces around as well, which is why I didn't get on it lol...it was crazy and the ride was 20 minutes long!

Ice Cream Pops!

디스고팡팡_Bianca

디스고팡팡_Elena

 Once the ride ended we decided to go to a dog cafe though by then we were down to six people since the others had to go. The dog cafe was a lot of fun but the drinks were terrible lol but there were many cute doggies!!!

 Before we left we played a game called Halli Galli. Everyone has cards that are kept face down (the number of cards depends on the number of people playing; we each had 9 cards) and there's a bell in the middle of the circle. The cards have different fruits on them and a different amount of that fruit, for example, there's a card with 4 plums and another with 2 strawberries. As you go around the circle each person flips over one of their cards. Everyone has to have their left hand on their left ear and use their right hand to flip the card. You go around until there is 5 of one of the fruits, an example is would be a card with 3 limes and a card of 2 limes and the other cards are different fruits means hit the bell.

The first one to ring the bell with their left hand gets all the cards. The person who gets all the cards wins, but we just started a new game once someone lost all their cards (Usually even if you don't have cards you can try to get back in the game if you hit the bell first). It's a really fun game, but we made a punishment for the losers (we played two games) which was they had to go up to a complete stranger(a guy) and tell them they were handsome but do it in Korean and Aegyo style (cutesy).

Playing Halli Galli

Lol her punishment guy

Her punishment guy who we ended up making friends with lol

Needless to say I had a very eventful Wednesday which was great since lately I've spent most of my time in the house. 안녕!