Saturday, the day before Easter

So on Saturday I met up with Andy and we went to go meet Charis and her two friends, Forest and Paige. We met them at the Gangnam station and went to a café nearby (called something like Book and Café) and ordered coffee and Dr. Fish. So we drank our coffee and then it was time for doctor fish....first the guy rinses off your feet.

Then you stick your feet in the pool (here's me and Andy in the "extreme" pool...these were some big ones).

This cost 2,ooo won and it was supposed to be for only 15 minutes, but we were there longer because it wasn't crowded. Basically these fish just eat the dead skin off your feet (so I understand).

Here was an artsy shot of a fish poking its head out:

After that we walked to the pancake restaurant (Butterfinger's) and put our names down for a reservation. We had an hour to kill, so we went to an enormous bookstore nearby. I bought 3 books (including The Little Prince, which I've already finished and loved) and then we went back to eat. The food was amazing. Then I met Pete at Korean class at 4:oo (1,000 won again) and after that went out to a restaurant with the teacher and him and a girl from another class. There I had sushi and then went out to where Charis lives because we had decided earlier that I was just gonna crash at her place so I could go to church with her and Paige the next morning. So I went out there and met her and we brought down the extra mattress Paige and Forest had, and were chatting when her neighbor/coworker/friend knocked on the door. He'd been celebrating someone's birthday but had left early and wanted to hang out. So we chatted for a while and then finally made it out to get some dinner around 11 pm. He took us to an authentic Korean place...pretty cool. They give you a metal teapot filled with fermented rice wine (not bad, actually) and some Koreans joined our table so we sat and ate and chatted.

Sunday morning we met Paige and headed over to the church across the street. After some searching we followed some other white people to what we correctly assumed was the English service. It was on the 10th floor and they had a projector, band, stadium seating, etc. This church was humongous, but anyways, we attended the service (part of it was some weird/really bad and boring interpretive dancing that made no sense) and then I headed back home. On the way to the metro I picked up some mandu (dumplings) and accidentally bought 8 instead of 2. So I'll be taking those to work tomorrow for lunch...

When I got home I was dismayed to find that my free internet had vanished. The network I'd been stealing from is gone. So I'm down at Holly's Coffee a the bottom of my building. I'll have to ask about internet tomorrow and a package that didn't get delivered...*sigh. I didn't want to have to pay for internet. Hopefully I'll be able to find something cheap. I need the internet because every Sunday the students submit essays online. These can only be accessed via Internet Explorer (only the worst browser known to man which Korea seems to prioritize) so I have to use my parallels every time.

Also, I signed up for internet banking with Woori bank and you have to use Internet Explorer. I downloaded the security software, but it still was giving me an error message after I had entered my password to login, so I called the help line. They basically had me reinstall all of the programs but it still didn't work. So their "expert" advice was to try a different computer. Awesome. I'll just have to use Paposo's when he gets here...fome.

I made Korean flashcards. We shall see...