Seoul Style

Hello-
Sorry I have not written in a while! I have been on-the-go for a week just doing various things.
I had Tuesday and Wednesday off from school because of the Korean thanksgiving and it has completely thrown me for a loop.
I find myself forgetting what day it is and getting confused.
I started back to school last Thursday with only the elementary school kids. The middle school kids have a couple weeks off to study for a big test they are taking soon. I had one class Thursday and one class Friday. Saturday I made up my class I missed on Tuesday. This is why I am confused on what day it is because I worked on a Saturday.

Friday I finally got the internet for my apartment. It is a USB device I put into my computer every time I want to use the internet. I have a certain limit on how much space I use, so I am not sure how often I can use skype. It might take up a lot of my space but I don't know.
Anyways, The kids I am teaching are doing pretty well and I am getting a better grasp at the whole teaching gig.
I really liked the people I work with because most of them have been in South Korea teaching for a while and they know the places to hang around in Seoul.
Friday and Saturday night I went out to a couple of bars. I had a delicious margarita:) Hongdae at night is absolutely shocking. There are so many people on the streets that it is insane to even think of driving down one of them. However, there still are the crazy people who drive down and it seems like it takes them forever to go one-hundred yards.

Racheal, Brandon, and I sat down on a street corner and people watched for a while. We were looking for the best and worst dressed people. We found some pretty funny people who were wearing outfits that didn't make much sense. We also found some really well-dressed guys and girls as well. People watching is great because you can relax and take in the scene.

Today (Sunday) I went to a little mall which was the next subway stop over from Hongdae.
I didn't do much clothes shopping, but bought a pretty scarf and a water filter. I have been on a hunt for a water filter with no luck until today. It takes up a lot of room in my fridge, but at least I don't have to buy water all the time now.

My favorite part of the day was when Racheal and I were walking home from the mall.
A girl with some pamphlets came over and said a salon was styling hair for free to get their store name out to the public. In the middle of the street were a bunch of stylists, chairs, mirrors, hair products, and people waiting to get their hair styled for free. Racheal convinced me to wait in line to have my hair done.

I sat down and decided to let the male stylist curl my hair. I kept laughing because I was sitting in a chair having my hair done in the middle of the street. He curled it with an extremely hot curling iron and then put some product in it.
I love curling my hair at home, it just takes so much time to do it. My hair is now in big beautiful curls and it looks really nice.
Racheal got her hair straightened and it looks cool too. Her hair is short and curly, so it took a little longer but still worth it.
We got our pictures taken by a woman who works at the salon when it was all finished.
I kept saying too bad I didn't have anywhere important to be because it would have been nice to go somewhere fancy after my hair was all done.

Now it is time for me to prep for school tomorrow. I don't have any 7-10PM classes this week. Therefore I only have to prep for one level. Who knows what I will do with all my free time!!!
I'll be sure to let you know:)

Kristen