I just had one of the better weekends of my stay in Korea! I went to Seoul for the YG Family Concert (K-Pop)! The concert was at 2pm on Sunday but I decided to go on Saturday for some sight seeing. I took the 9:30am KTX so that I can arrive in Seoul around 12 noon. As soon as I arrived, I was starving so I decided to go to a Thai restaurant called Little Elephant. Amazing lunch. I loved it a lot. Around 1:30pm, I met up with Samantha and Noelia at the Hello Kitty Cafe for some desserts. Just check out the inside of this cafe! Pink overload. I almost went blind.
After having desserts, we went to Dongdaemun Market for some shopping. I ended up buying random souvenir gifts for friends back home in Canada. I saw a lot of neat stuff but I didn't feel like spending a lot of money on clothes. Maybe another time.
Around 4pm we met up with JK (my EPIK orientation leader). All four of us headed to Myeongdong! We walked around the busy streets and took random pictures. We also had snacks from a store called "REDMANGO"! Yes, ladies and gentlemen. A store that has my favourite colour and my favourite fruit! Clearly I was super excited to go inside and try out the food. After that we walked around some more and took more pictures.
Around 7pm we all headed towards Anguk station except for Samantha who had to go back to Hyehwa area (that's where my hostel was located at too). However the rest of us met up with Kukovica and her husband Joe for some bimbimbap. It was nice seeing Kukovica because we were Teacher's College classmates. We both loved playing badminton against each other and she went to same school for our 1st practicum. What a small world. We met in a boring place like Windsor, Ontario and now in city where the population is over 14 million and so many things to do in Seoul. When dinner concluded, we said our farewells. JK, Kukovica and Joe left, so it was just me and Noelia. We decided to go back to Hyehwa area.
As soon as we arrived to Hyehwa station, we called Samantha to see if she is able to rejoin us. She said she would be able to. That gave me and Noeila some time to get some mango smoothies from Mango Six! I was feeling a bit sick due to lack of sleep. The mango smoothie was exactly what I needed. Samantha rejoined us and told us that she was hungry so we went to a chicken restaurant. We had more food. By now, I was stuffed like a Thanksgiving turkey and I was super full. I think I had like 7 meals on Saturday alone. I went to my hostel place, applied some Vicks to my forehead, nose, throat, and chest. Fell asleep immediately and had a peaceful 10 hours of rest. I felt 100% better the next day because my own medication of mango smoothie, Vicks and 10+ hour of sleep did the trick. My own unique way of getting better.
On Sunday, I woke up around 10am, had breakfast with Noelia at Dunkin Donuts, and took a taxi to Olympic Park where the YG Concert was held at. I met up with Lara and her friends Savana, Tim, and Danielle! They were all K-Pop fans like me! It was nice to talk to other foreigners who appreciate the same taste of music as I do. The foreigners I usually meet only like bands, metal, rap, and nothing to do with K-Pop or Bollywood. It was a nice change of scenery. The concert itself was amazing! I loved all 3 hours and 45 minutes of it. I wish I was able to see more concerts like this at least once a month! I am planning to go to another concert sometime in March or April as well. We'll see how everything goes. Oh, I arrived at Seoul station around 7pm, had dinner at KFC, and took the 8pm KTX train back to Busan.
I arrived in Busan around 11pm, got home around 11:40pm. Fell asleep around 5am because I was still excited about the whole weekend, uploaded all of the pictures to Facebook and checked all of my e-mails. I woke up 2 hours later for work. I shared my K-Pop stories with my students and they loved it! Some were jealous but most of them were excited to hear about G-Dragon, Minzy, and 2NE1. Anyways, the rest of the week is basically me catching up on sleep and thank goodness Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday are the final examinations for the students so I had no classes to teach. I was able to get all of my lesson planning done until January 1st. Time for me to finish this blog before it turns into a novel. See you next time.
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