Church and Moving Day

This morning when I woke up I got to chat with Joe before heading out to church. On my way out, my roommate sent me a text and told me the passcode for the room. I left for church about an hour early, good thing I did because I spent that whole hour walking and walking and walking trying to find the church. I finally found it and was only 5 minutes late or so. It is an International Parish, so there were many people from all over. After mass, there was bread and beverages on a table and people milled about.

I went in search of some restaurants I had looked up last night for brunch. Of the 3 places I had found, 2 of them were closed on Sunday and the 3rd didn't open until 12:30. Bummer. I had found 2 places that looked good while I was looking for the original 3 restaurants, and picked one. It was a cute little brunchy cafe that had outdoor and indoor seating. I sat outside and ordered a quiche. It came with 2 triangles of waffles (kind of over cooked) and a small salad (with balsamic vinaigrette, I think the Koreans really like balsamic dressing!). I splurged and bought a cranberry-strawberry juice. It was a pretty good brunch, and if I go back to the same church, I might try something else there, or go to the other cafe I saw.

When I returned, I chatted with Joe and was about to move to the other room when my roommate returned. I know she and I do not have a good relationship, but I still felt a bit awkward just taking my things out and leaving. So I decided I would try and not move out while she was around.

This afternoon, I went to the E-Mart for grocery shopping. It's a good 20-25 minute walk one way. It seems longer on the return when you have heavy groceries in tow. However, the prices are a bit lower and they offer a lot more (not only variety in the food, but things that they sell as well) than the little shops around here. I also stopped at the Daiso to grab a mat and cups for my new room. Since my new room is on the 2nd floor, it is a little bit noisier than the last room (on 8th floor). I am closer to the subway tracks, so that makes more noise. I'm also almost eye level with the station, so I feel like I won't really have the blinds open often. The 2nd floor seems to have more people, or more people making noise also.

So, finally I decided, what the hay, I'm moving. I took a few bags down and low-and-behold my new roommate was there. She was friendly right off the bat. She said she doesn't know much English, but I replied, "I can't speak Korean" (in Korean). Right away, she looked at the desk and asked if I had a chair. I said no, and she had a puzzled sad look on her face. I told her I had to go and get my last few bags and she said (in Korean) "let's go together", so she came up to help me with my bags--so sweet of her! I found out she is from Incheon and she is 26 (I don't know if that is International age or Korean age though), and her major is "child studies" (which I'm guessing is Education). I told her that I also studied education. Seems like we already have some things in common.

I again find myself on the top bunk, but am perfectly happy with that. I also asked my roommate if I can have the skinny closet, and she agreed. The other 'funny' thing is, the room is completely opposite of the last one; everything is on the other side, so I will have to adjust a little. After a little bit of unpacking, I'm finally all settled in. I'm not sure if she goes to bed early or late.

A little bit more studying (Yikes! Class tomorrow?? Where did the weekend go?? I don't think I studied enough!!) and then off to bed.