Gangnam

  Today, Chris and I met up with some friends from back home that are now in Korea. We met up at Gangnam, one of the best districts in Seoul for eateries. Lately, I haven't been eating dinner because we've been eating late lunches. I figured I would be more hungry because we walk around so much but I guess I eat too much :( Anyway, my lower back and my calves have been hurting because of the constant walking. Yesterday, my hips actually were in pain... Hopefully, I get used to this. Maybe this is why the girls here are skinny even though I see them stuff their faces, although Korea is a diet-crazed country. I guess they eat whatever at a certain time and then abstain from food.

I think I'm going to just post the pictures directly onto the post. We're stealing the internet from a neighbor so the connection is usually frustratingly slow; it takes forever to upload pictures. I'm also upset because I can't watching streaming shows: I miss ABDC, Grey's, Lost, and The Office.

I haven't bought too many things in Korea yet, but everything's so cheap it's awesome! Also, there is no tipping which is great. I can't wait to go to Dongdaemun, this famous shopping district where you can get great bargains and find basically anything there. I was told that the best time to go is after midnight; these shops are open until the wee hours of morning.

Waiting outside Gangnam station for our friends

an office building

the side dishes 

eating lunch at 3pm - dead hour

soondae aka blood sausage. It was Chris's first time, and he liked it

pieces of meat from a pig's face

soondae stew

Cafe Pascucci

Chris and CK

Japanese sweet potato latte - thick and creamy

SJ got an iced mocha

all this makeup cost $16,600 won which equals $12.04!!! I did get a few free items, too.

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I added the slideshow gadget so everyone can look at all of the pictures I take - I know not all of my followers (mwahaha) have Facebook. Anyway, I have yet to add pictures but random ones keep showing on my slideshow; it's very strange. I hope that they are sample pictures that came with downloading the gadget because I have no idea whose pictures those belong to.

*update: now it says "feed could not be uploaded" because I haven't uploaded pictures onto Picasa yet. Much better than displaying a stranger's photos..