Sleepy Saturday

I can't believe I slept until 10am!! There are a few factors that may have contributed to this. One being that we didn't go to bed til late, second I was running low on sleep from the night before and third, their apartment is quiet--it is on the 8th floor so we are well above street level and street noise; AND there is no subway nearby with the all the noises that come from it.

We had a leisure morning-I did some homework and Ginger graded while CJ slept. When everyone was finally ready, it was almost 2pm. We went for 'ddak galbi' which is a kind of grilled chicken mixed with vegetables and a spicy sauce. It was good-I really like ddak galbi and can't believe I haven't eaten it yet!! We had a really good conversation about adoption--CJ is not adopted; she is Korean American, but just spent the last 6 months living and working in an orphanage, so while not adopted she cares much about the children and has an understanding of some adoption issues and system. After lunch we went to this kind of pie shop. While we were waiting in line, CJ looked at us and said, "I think that guy is a movie star..." (He was tall, wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses). Then Ginger tried to get a picture of him while pretending to take a picture of the pies, but he turned his head. As he left the store, another couple was entering and the guy from the couple held the door open for the movie actor leaving and he did a double take and stared at him as he walked away and then he said the same name that CJ said! The pie was pretty good!

Ginger and CJ wanted to shop in Dongdaemun so lucky for me that's the direction I was headed and we rode out together. They left to go shop and I went on to school. I stopped at the store and bought a pair of reddish corduroy pants. I also bought two shirts. I have a few days to return the shirts if I want, but the pants were on sale so I cannot return them. I also had to figure out a gift for Bohae's father. I have items for her, her mom and brother; so it took me awhile to walk around some of the shops and decide. I ended up going to a nice bakery shop that also sells chocolates and got a box of nice chocolates for him--I hope he likes chocolate!

When I returned to my room, I did some studying. I also had experienced an issue with my blog and uploading pictures because I was at the max capacity for storage so I think I've worked around it, but it took me a long time and was very frustrating. 

This is the official homepage of the movie star we saw, Kim JaeWon: http://www.kimjaewon.co.kr/