Classes~~

I got class in an hour and I'm in one of the moods that I just don't want to do anything. 

My Korean speaking for beginners class is sooo boring because I'm surrounded by people that can't speak so we had to start from the beginning. Which let me tell you, is SUPER boring. I basically text the entire class while the teacher and students repeat the alphabet over and over like a machine. 
"아 야 어 여 오 요 우유 으 이"
"가 거 고 구 그 기"

I don't know how much more of that I can handle >___<
Hopefully today we'll start working on comprehensible and useful phrases. 

As for my English class, haha, my teacher is...... what's a good word?....eccentric. 
I swear she looks like a skinny Asian Einstein. Her hair is all over the place and she talks like a crazy genius. She has the heeeaavvy Korean/British accent which makes listening to her speak really difficult. 
it's so fun though. It's one of the classes where we discuss books and stories and we end up debating for hours on the importance of virtue and morals. 

However, The Moon and Sixpence is the book we are beginning to read. I read the first chapter and I have NO freaking clue what is going on. 

Why can't we just read something like Harry Potter?? Or Of Mice and Men, I like that book. I want to discuss that book. So, I need to figure that book out tonight before class starts tomorrow O.o

Alright... I got to sleep.

I'm Terrible at Korean Games...

So, I went out with a friend the other night because he wanted to teach me how to play Korean billiards (I'm American,, I call it pool, but whatever)

Anyways..  should've taken pictures because I'm going to suck at explaining this properly. 

Here goes nothing:

The table is exactly the same size as a normal pool table except there aren't any ball pockets (is that the technical term for holes...?) instead of the normal 13(?) balls there are 4. There's a white ball, a yellow ball and two red balls. 

Basically the point of the game was to get rid of points by making your ball (either yellow or white) hit the two read balls without hitting your opponents ball. 

I was white and my friend was yellow. He is like a master at this game. He would make his ball bounce all around the table squeak past my ball and manage to hit both red balls. It was incredible. He gave me a handicap because he started of with 12 points and I only started off with 5.

Guess who won.....?? 

I was doing really well (not really) until I got to my last point. I played with one point left for almost an hour while my friend was just getting rid of points left and right. In the hour it took me to get rid of 4 points he got rid of 11.

It was really haaaarrrdddd!! 

but soooo much fun. Give me a few months (or years) and I'm sure I could kick his a**!! 

This might not be a Korean game, but I've only ever seen it played in Korea and it seems to be a big thing here. Either way, I'm going to practice and one day become master~~ ^^

xx

I Got to See My Boyfriend!!!!

GUYS!!!!!

I got to see Keith (my boyfriend) last weekend. He's such a cutie-pie~~!

His parents was supposed to pick me up from the dorm and then we would drive to the base together to pick him up.

I got up super early on Saturday to get ready. Keith's mom texts me saying they are almost at the dorm... at this point I'm about to jump out of my skin. It had been 9 months since I last saw Keith, so I was nervous!! 

His mom calls saying they are at the gate. So I practically run out of the dorm... Keith's mom is there and she opens the back door for me. I see Keith's dad driving and then out of the corner of my eye I see a knee in Military uniform. I think to myself "that's weird" didn't even click that it was Keith til I sat down in the car and looked at him.

I'm such a dork.

I look at him. I don't say a word. He looks at me. I kinda of squeal and then I poke his forehead. I just couldn't believe he was actually there. I had to poke him to make sure I wasn't dreaming. Apparently he wanted to surprise me. But he said I didn't look very surprised... I was I just couldn't process that he was actually there.

So I poke his forehead and he laughs and just grabs my hand and squeezes it. He holds my hand for the rest of the car ride and I just stare at him. We talked a little, but I was just in shock that I couldn't say much. 

I was a little more giggly then necessary. 

We make it to his apartment. His dad leaves for the office and his mom goes to get lunch, so Keith and I have time alone. We go into the living room and I practically break down in tears and I just run up and hug him. We basically hugged for a good 5 minutes. I kept like petting his head because HIS HAIR IS GONE! 

I mean, if you're reading this, you should know... Koreans like their hair. A little more than they should.

Keith had some epic Korean hair, he was very proud and loved his hair a lot. 

BUT

HE LOOKS SOOOOOO GOOD WITHOUT IT.

I swear, that boy is so damn attractive. 

Anyways, his mom comes back and we eat some kimbap (Korean sushi) and then watch TV with his mom. His mom tells him stories about me and her. He laughed at me a lot. 

He got really embarrassed by his mom because then me and her started talking in our own way. We basically read each others minds. Keith's mom will say something and move her hands and I'll just immediately get it by her hand movements and start saying something retarded in Korean. 

Keith was amazed and so embarrasses because his mom kept feeding me strawberries and stuff. And she bought me socks (because she saw that I had a pair with holes in them....) 

Back to Keith,

Keith and I then just sat on the couch and basically stared at eachother for the rest fo the day. HE IS SO CUTE~~~!

He then takes me out to dinner. We went to this really quint Korean bbq place. After that, my damn boyfriend drags me to a noraebang (karaoke). 

He's so mean to me ^^

But I tell you, Koreans get really into their karaoke... he was jumping up and down and dancing and all over the place. It was hilarious!!! He's a wonderful singer so it was awesome. But he makes me sing, which is awful.... I hate him for it <3


 We got home around 11 (we spent 2 hours at noraebang) 

Keith's mom was still awake so we went and talked to her. And then we went to sleep. Obviously, Keith and I didn't sleep. We only had the one night together so I made sure he stayed awake. We basically just sat on the bed and talked about the past 9 months. 

He is only able to call me once a week for 5-15 minutes, so I never actually got to talk to him. It was wonderful... he told me a few stories from his training and he told me about his friends. I told him about classes and my friends..

It was just wonderful to be able to talk to him. I missed him so much and I was so happy to see him.

The next day we decided not to do anything because he would be leaving at 5.
So we hung out with his mom and dad and watched TV. We ordered Pizza Hut pizza for lunch... I got bulgoggi pizza (..which is Korean beef) It was sooooo good. Pizza Hut here is a million times better than in the States.

Anyways, it came to be around 4 and Keith asked me if I wanted to get some air and go get a smoothie or something. So we go to a Starbucks and he gets me a frappicino and some cake to split. We talk about when we are going to see each other again and he tells me he'll get a 3 day break in April. 

It got to be 4:45 so we walked back to his house because he had to change back into his army stuff.

I go an sit in his room and start packing my stuff when I hear the door open. 

Keith is standing in the doorway, he hadn't changed yet he just walks over to the bed and sits above me and just pulls me into his chest and just hugs me. It was awful. He was leaving me again. I was trying hard not to start bawling. 

I told Keith's parents that I wanted to take Keith all the way back to his base and then they could take me back to the dorm.

Keith's base is literally 35/40 minutes from his house. It was ridiculous. But he says something to his parents and they pull over in front of a bakery. He unbuckles and looks at me and says "bye, I'll call you later"

And I start freaking out, I ask where he's going and he says he's going to buy some bread for his team and I'm like "but you're coming back to the car right?"

He tells me that he's going to walk to his base. So he grabs my hand squeezes it and gives me a quick kiss. As he closes the door he promises he'll call me that night. 

It was SO hard not crying in front of his parents. I was in the back seat wheezing trying not to sob. 

I make it back to the dorm and right as I walk in Keith calls. The first thing he says is he misses me

I just break. I start sobbing. 

It was stupid, I was going to see him again in a month, but still... it was so hard letting him leave after not seeing him for so long. 

But yeah,,, that was my magical weekend. This was a really smooshy post. Sorry for not posting! I was having class issues and homework... ><

Today is my friends birthday so I'm going to take her out to dinner and she wants to go to Namsan Tower. I think it's going to rain tonight so we might have to reschedule the Tower visit, but the restaurant we're going to is awesome.

Oh! I went and saw a Korean movie last night at the theathre with my tutor. I only understood a little of it, but it was SO good regardless. I was laughing and crying and laughing, by the end of it the entire theatre was sobbing. It was called 7번방의 선물,, I think the English title is Miracle in Room 7.... I'm not sure, but it was SO good and I highly recommend seeing it~~

Alright, I'll post again soon!! Sorry for the lack of posts~~

xx

KU Spirit!

Check out my terrible video that I took from my phone during a kind of "pep rally."

KU probably has the most intense school spirit I have ever witnessed. It's amazing. We had this cheering practice thing yesterday and the entire school piled into Tiger Dome which is the stadium thing (my vocabulary is impeccable, I know) and we just screamed and jumped up and down and sang and bonded for a good 3.5 hours.

My back hurts to bad, but I feel so much closer with the school. It was amazing. We started at 4:30 and my KUBA group left around 8..... I'm pretty sure the cheering didn't stop until around 9/9:30. It was sooo long. My group just got hungry and tired so we left to get food.

I have to say I'm in love with Korean food.

I'll post again about my first day of classes soon! I'm sorry!

I'll make a more detailed post about the cheering later too, I'm just in a hurry because I have to go take a placement test for some class that I have to take (I'm not even sure what the class is~~)

Peace out, yo.

xx

I don't know why I got all gangster.

pictures soon!

Myeongdong~~~

So on Saturday I met up with my Korean tutor and we went to Myeongdong for shopping.

I had no idea what I was getting myself into...
I had to use the subway to get there and I was really nervous to do it by myself. Myeongdong is only like a 20 min subway trip so it really wasn't bad at all and I di it!!! 

Anyways, when I got there I had to wait for my tutor. And the friggin' subway station is a mall!!! So I ran around and bought some earrings and this preciousssssss cat shaped bag (I love bags)

So once she arrived we just ran up stairs and entered heaven. I swear, Myeongdong is REALLY cool. There were so many people and so many stores and little kiosk things in the streets. The big stores had a few clothes in my size which was very exciting. But there were a whole bunch of really cute little stores that I couldn't fit into :((( We bought some delicious Korean street food and then ate some chicken galbi (I can't remember it's a Korean dish). She is really awesome and chill. I really like her. She has a lot of energy like me so we get along really well :D :D

The problem with Korea is that since everyone is basically the same size, I guess there is no need for dressing rooms. So it's really hard to decide if something will fit me if I can't try it on.

I had to leave a whole bunch of cute clothes behind because I couldn't try them on.

BUT! I bought this really cute skirt and shirt for when I see Keith on Saturday!!!!!!!!!! I'm going to look so cute! It's going to be great.

I've kinda gone through this HUGE style transformation which Keith hasn't seen yet. I used to only wear very large teeshirts and sweatshirt and never wore makeup and stuff. Now I actually put some effort into myself in the morning to look better. So I'm excited to see what Keith thinks. Keith's mom is going to pick me up Saturday morning at 10 and we are going to drive to go pick up my 오빠~~~~!!!!!!! I'M SO EXCITED!! I haven't seen him in 9 months :( So when we get back to Gangnam we are going to go to Coex mall so I can get a polariod camera so I can take a million pictures of him *^.^*

I'm sorry I haven't posted pictures yet :((((((

I'm so lazy. ㅠㅠ

But, I start classes tomorrow which is so surreal to me.  I'm a freshman in college. and not just any college, but one of the top colleges in South Korea.

It's crazy!!

I'll post again about my first day soon~~

I'm so nervous.

xx

PS This post is kinda lackluster, I'm sorry. I'll be better next time and provide more detail of stuff >_<