Family

Since we've been in Seoul, our cousin (my mother's brother's daughter), MinJong, has been taking us around the city, showing us some cool places to eat/shop/hang out. I seriously don't know what we would do without her. She's been amazing. Also, another cousin (my dad's sister's younger son) was home from the army a few days ago, and on his last full day of leave, he was kind enough to take Gloria and me around also. He took us to Shin Sah Dong, which was a really cool shopping district. It is near this little creek type thing that leads to a bigger creek under the sidewalks and there are also bridges that go over it. We took some pictures on the bridge and of the creek. We walked down to the water, and my cousin said that you can go into the water. Sooo....I took off my flip flops and boldly stepped into the water, where I promptly slipped and fell in. Damn the algae! Them bitches were slippery. Anyways, I was basically, from head to toe, soaked. See, the thing is, it really wouldn't've been that bad, except I totally drew attention to myself by laughing super loudly while I was flailing my limbs trying to get out of the water. All the old people who were sitting there were laughing at me. Honestly, I should've just started swimming around, pretending to take a bath or something. We were really far away from home, so I just had to walk around Seoul like that for the rest of the day. Gloria refused to stand next to me, and from time to time, she'd look over and say, "Unni...you're gonna stink from that fungus water" or "Ew! Don't touch me!" or "Unniiiii...buy some new clothes." Hehehe...it's definitely something to remember about that place.

Okay, so back to family. We've been all over the place, and we've stayed with family at every city. For the most part, they've been very hospitable. Okay, they've been more than hospitable. They've been really awesome. It's been a real pain in the ass following my parents around, going from place to place every night, having to haul luggage around everywhere we go, but meeting the family and all that has been worth it (for the most part). Everywhere we go, we do get the occasional, "Wow...look how...BIG you've gotten" or the "It's okay if you're fat, your face is still the same as the last time I saw you," but I guess I'm getting used to it (is that a good thing or a bad thing?). I'm able to get myself around the city (yes, without the parental unit and the cousins) because, SURPRISE! I'm Korean!