Moving Day! ... et cetera.

Tonight is my last night in this apartment, as I am moving
at 9:00 am tomorrow. I've had enough time that I have gotten used to the idea, and even though I will miss my view(tear!) I am okay with it. I am sorry for the lack of updates lately but with the arrival of Spring, life as a Seoulite has become very busy! First, I thought I would post a few pictures of the apartment I will be leaving.. since I never did. Woops! It's a pretty normal aparment... but it has become a home to me. That may be because I covered the walls with pictures of everyone from home!

To bid my apartment farewell, I had a bit of a get together last Friday night. It was very casual, just a few friends and coworkers came over. We each had a bottle of wine (or two) that we'd been given by our bosses, and no one want to drink that on their own. So we swapped hagwon stories over Cabernet Sauvignon. I have to say, I really meshing my SLP life with my *other* Seoul life - and finally being able to introduce everyone to everyone. The hostess in me LOVED every second of it.. even though 'hosting' in Korea consists of buying tortilla chips (what a splurge!). Kirsten brought a strawberry cake from Paris Baguette - which was a huge hit, and there was lots of new friends being made all around. Lots of people started showing up (because I am kind of a big deal) so we relocated to the roof of my building so as not to bother my neighbors. Hanging out on rooftops in Korea, enjoying a spectacular view of Dongdaemun, so normal. What a great party it was! We definitely have to do it again.

A few weekends ago we all went out to celebrate Dean's birthday. Dean-o wanted a chill night with lots of friends... and what better way to do that than BBQ and a night out in Hongdae! We found a nice restaurant that had a lot of atmosphere for a BBQ place, and everyone ordered up plenty of Samgyeopsal, Cass, and Soju. After dinner we headed to Gab Bar, which is sort of becoming a regular haunt of ours, and had cheap drinks and no crowds. The fifteen people there for Dean's birthday were easily 2/3 of the people in the bar. Of course we shared in another Paris Baguette Strawberry Cake - another new obsession of mine! I want to find one back in America. After that we went to Bar Boom because you get free drinks for not being Korean. No kidding.. if you go there on a Saturday night, and you happen to be a foreigner, free drinks for you! We ended the night at FF (Funky Funky) dancing the night away to good old fashioned American Bar music.

Me and Dean-o on his birthday '08

Eating Paris Baguette cake with chopsticks. So Korean.

The CUA crowd headed to FF.

There's lots of news and many more fun things to look forward to for the rest of April, but I will leave those for a later post. This weekend I will post my pictures of the Cherry Blossoms, since I am hoping to go to a park or two this weekend and get my SUN. I can't wait to have my Rainbow tan back - I am ashamed I've lost it!


Till then, enjoy the weather (and Baseball!) wherever you are.