더워 더워 더워

"Hot hot hot" being the title meaning. I'm really glad that I decided to come in Korea for the fall, winter, and spring (yay experiencing the other seasons!) considering that summer here is unbearably hot...and rainy, a very unpleasant combo. With lack of classes still going on (thank God they're starting next week--I've been horribly bored) part of me wants to hang out with the friends I have made so far, but part of me wants to just stay in when the sun is beating and making everything unpleasant...well, at least fall is arriving soon :). So because of that I don't have much to say for this week.

Looking back at my last post title is pretty ironic, because these past two days I've had food poisoning and did end up throwing up twice >_<. Very unpleasant experience--possibly from not grilling some meat enough at one of those Korean BBQ places, or something else, I don't really know. But I'm recovering now! Mm what did I do this week? Saw some friends who were just in Korea for the week--my friend Silvia who I haven't seen for about two years and for anyone who knows Sei in Morse College, I saw her too :)! She had just arrived in from Taiwan also on the Light Fellowship! We ended up eating at a delicious 순두부 place which I mentioned in this blog from last summer too. I always enjoy it when the waiters arrange the 반찬 in such a colorful manner haha:
Afterwards was yummy 팥빙수. Personally I like it unmixed or anything but other people like to mash it up:
Personally I think the mashed-up one looks like vomit ;) (hm, I should probably stop having a vomit-themed blog).
Blast from the past--Chikae and Greg from last year, yay! We were talking about how Asian people really drink like no water. In a picture from early on in my blog I have a picture of Korean cups, which are at least 3 times smaller than American cups. Greg and I could not fathom how Koreans, who 1) eat spicy foods 2) eat salty foods 3) live in a hot environment and 4) drink a lot, can live on such little water...Chikae (who is Japanese) thought it was amusing that our cups in America are so much bigger haha. And of course, at the restaurant, Greg and I had to get up at least 5 times to refill our cups while she didn't get up even once. Of course, maybe we need to drink so much water because we're spoiled on such large cups of water. Hm.
After eating here we went to a pizza place, but not for the pizza haha. It was the only place I've ever seen that actually had W2,000 coffee, with most places serving coffee for between W4,000-6,000, which might as well be a meal! Ridiculous how much coffee is, but I can't argue that sitting at a cafe with friends while talking or studying for a final is lots of fun because cafe atmospheres here are great :). I have to admit, though, that seeing the brick walls and tabasco sauce and parmesan cheese made me really itch to have a pizza. Alas, I've still gotta wait for my money to go through :(, but once it does I'll feel less guilty about spending money on random things haha.
Waffles seem to be really really popular here, and I don't blame them--I miss waffles and pancakes so much and as soon as I get my money I'll be willing to spend it on these yummy but delicious dishes :). Of course, there are also the W1000 ones in the subway which are delicious as well. Mmm, now I feel like I've gotta get some haha. I was talking with my friends about how it would be great if there were an IHOP here and how they would make so much money! Well, my friends and I decided to search "IHOP Seoul" on google. Well we got this:

"I had an wonderful time at the IHOP Seoul Meeting. I really felt Jesus actually touch my heart, and this feeling was shared with many of my friends who were there also. ...

After searching a bit more, we found out that IHOP here is the "International House of Prayer." Boo, isn't it the INTERNATIONAL house of pancakes? Totally should be in Seoul :(.

Alas, maybe I'll try "One Tree Hill" (I really do wonder if that's ripped off the TV show name...), a new place down the street that was not here last summer that serves pancakes and waffles.

Wow, this was probably one of the most mundane and boring posts I've written. Sorry everyone, let's hope next week is more eventful ㅠ.ㅠ (Korean smileys are fun).