네가 남자이건 외계인이건 상관없이 좋아해

"Whether you're a man or an alien I don't care--I like (love) you."

Shoot, that line sounds so lame when translated into English haha. It's a line from the famous Korean drama Coffee Prince that [SPOILERS] Han Kyul says to Eun Chan just before he kisses her, saying that he likes (loves) her even though she is a man (little does he know that she's actually not haha).

The reason for this line is that Bob and I visited the real Coffee Prince shop, yay! :D We went with our friend Margaret and her friends 건희 Kenny and Ryan. Sadly, as a lot of realities (but not all!) are, the place wasn't too amazing and the coffee wasn't any better than other shops. And most disappointingly, the designs on the coffee were so subpar! Sure I didn't expect crazy cute designs like in the show, but c'mon, what is this, a mushroom???
Here are some pictures of the Coffee Prince though, as after all, it does have celebrity status ^^.
That is not a very flattering exterior lol.
Viewing Bob and Margaret from outside like a creeper. And the cute figures that Eun Chan in the drama drew!
최고 means "The best"!
The flower mural that Han Yoo Ju painted!
Where all the customers sit. You can see other people are going camera crazy too.
Sorry for the blur :(. This is an autograph from 윤은혜 Yoon Eun Hye--the actress of Eun Chan.
Kenny, Bob, Margaret, and Ryan.

Maybe I'll go to the Coffee Prince again since our stay was kinda rushed. Considering how many people go to it though I dunno if it's the best place to study haha. It is really nearby (about a 10 minute walk). Fun experience though!

Last Saturday, I met up with 경희 Kyunghee, the girlfriend of my friend Greg, who I studied Korean with last year in Level 3, Susie (Greg's other friend), and some of Susie's friends to eat Shabu Shabu, mm! I've always wondered what country Shabu Shabu originally came from. No one I've asked seems to know haha [according to Wikipedia, it came from China, which makes sense, as it basically reminds me completely of hot pot 火鍋].
Thursday, Leng, Xue Qing, and I met up with Leng's 도움인 친구 ("help friend"--that is, a language partner assigned to her by Sogang--but only to speak in Korean, not to exchange languages). We went to Hongdae to see this art festival called the "Wow flask festival." I wish I knew what the flask symbolized...
There was really interesting modern-art like stuff too
A heart made of...plastic pipe-like things? Pretty detailed ^^. I can see the aorta and veins and arteries and vena cava and whatnot (phew, 9th grade Bio rushing back to my memory haha).
A person made out of candy. Mm mm, maybe? XD
Leng, Xue Qing, and Leng's 도움인 친구 Dae Gyu 대규.
Yesterday before going to the Coffee Prince, Bob, Margaret, Kenny, Ryan, and I ate at a Chinese-style restaurant. This is delicious 자장면 jajangmyeon, which you might know if you've eaten "Chinese-style Korean food." Granted, this is very different from Chinese zha jiang mian. What's fun is that the noodles here are green! Never seen green noodles used for jajangmyeon before haha.
And last night Bob and I met up with Sneha to eat at a yummy Indian restaurant. It was fun listening to the Indian chefs speak in Korean too haha. They sounded like natives! Hope I can reach that level too T_T!

Look forward to pretty fall leaves next post if we do end up going on the trip! :D