Last Weekend

So last weekend Sun-Ah my co-worker took me to Itaewon( known as a foreigners shopping district) which is in Seoul. When she told me about it she said "If you want to go to Itaewon we can go this weekend. They sell big size clothes there." I was slightly offended but I understood her point. Korean women are so tiny. She was also being considerate and showed concern for me so it was cool. Saturday we took the bus to the train station which is a couple blocks from my school. The trains were very crowded but all the train stations are very clean. I had to take the 4 blue line to Samgakji (I think that's the name) then transfer to the 6 brownish line to Itaewon. The first thing you see when you emerge fro the train station is KFC. lol About 5 stores from that is Burger King. It's funny to see these American stores in the middle of the Korean stores. Outside of their stores the Koreans are all trying to get people into their stores by saying "Come, come, we have big sizes we have nice clothes for you" It was very funny to me. There are tailors there also I read somewhere you can get a tailor made suit in a few days for the same amount you would pay for good suit. I may consider it later but at my school everything is very casual. Most teachers wear jeans everyday. The prices of things are pretty reasonable. Since there are alot of clothing stores on the block people are willing to make you a deal so you buy from them. I didn't buy much since my paycheck has not come in. Also I didn't like the style of the clothes. But I have a distinctive taste. I like the skinny girls clothes. If they had a Lane Bryant or Ashley Stewart type store I would be all over that but they had middle aged lady clothes. While walking around it started drizzling. Since it was lunch time we went to, I think it was called American Diner. We ordered some burgers and wings. They wings were expensive and not that great you got 8 for like almost 10 dollars. The burgers were good but over priced I would have taken a Burger King burger any day. After lunch the drizzle had turned to rain and since it's hard to shop in the rain (the street gets pretty packed like Jamaica ave but the street is smaller) we headed back home. While on the way back home Sun-Ah stopped to show me a subway map to see if I recognized the way home yet. I will transcribe what happened next as a dialogue. SA= Sun-Ah, AG=African Guy, and M= Me. AG: Hey! Where are you going ? M: Excuse me ? AG:Where are you going ? M: We are not lost. Thank you AG: I can see that. But where are you going? Where do you live? M: In Korea. AG: I know me 2. Are you in a hurry? Can I talk with you. You are very beautiful I want to get to know you. M: Thank you, yes we are. I have a fiance. AG: That is not a matter we are all free to do what we choose. I want to know you information. M: No sorry. I am not see I have a ring. I don't have information. No phone. AG: Me either, I have no phone but maybe we can get together. I will take you around I want to touch you. Can I accompany you? M: I don't like to be touched. No need to accompany me now. But if you want I will come back with my finance and you can take us around. Just wait for me right here in this station and I will meet you. AG: You will meet me here ? M: Yes wait right here I will come back with my fiance and we will go together. AG: You are funny you want me to wait for you here ? M: Yes right here. If you are so interested in taking me around you can wait for me. AG: You are funny. You think I will wait here ? M: Why not ? If you want to take me around. AG: No I will not wait. But you are very funny thank you. Bye M: Ok well if you insist on not waiting. Bye SA: You are very funny Ricki We continued on to the other train and went home. After I got home I played Sims 2 castaway for like 10 hours and went to sleep, the best sleep I had since I got here. I was so tired. Sunday I woke up and cleaned my apartment up. Then I finally seasoned the meat that I had bought the week before. Since I had no dinner plans I also cooked. I made chicken with rice. I thought I almost set the fire alarm, but thank goodness I didn't. There is a vent above my stove but there was no way to turn it on. Finally after I cooked the damn chicken I found the light and the fan that is above my stove. You have to pull the vent out and the switch for the fan and light are there. I enjoyed my first meal I cooked in Korea. It was very good but I think I need to get a foreman grill or something. Might be easier on my nerves so I don't think I will set the alarm off.