Just to confirm, the blog title is entirely random because I couldn’t think of a more descriptive one. It would be more random in the purse sense of the word if it didn’t contain my Default Random Word: GIRAFFE but never mind ^________^

I started off my day by smashing my left foot against the corner of the bathroom door. I hobbled into the bedroom and just lay on the end of the bed cradling my foot for about 10 minutes D: It didn’t swell and hasn’t really bruised either but I know I hit it because it hurts like buggery. It still hurts and I think it’s going to be painful for the next few days but it does mean I can wear the shoes :D

My youngest class of rapscallions had a a new addition this morning. She doesn’t yet have an English name but she is officially taking over as the cutest thing that I teach. She’s got brains to go with the cute as well which can only be a good thing for me as her teacher. An example of her being wiser than her years was when one of the older kids was giving her a hard time and she turned, looked him up and down once, turned and flicked her hair at him in that way that only Korean girls know how. Brilliant.

Just before lunch all the teachers were called into the office and the Mr. Lee told us all that we were expected to come in on Saturday for a Spring Clean of the entire academy. I already had plans but it was one of those Asian situations where when the boss says “Jump.”, I say, “How high?”. I don’t really mind too much but I was looking forward to meeting a new person and watching the new Indiana Jones movie. I’m not really sure what level of cleaning will be done but the Boss has mentioned that all the floors and desks will need cleaning along with all the rubbish being thrown out. He says two to three hours should be enough but I’m skeptical given the amount of work that needs done.

Oh, and in case you needed more proof that I am one of the best English teachers in the world ever, I gave my 빅뱅 IS GREAT Concert DVD to one of my students to borrow. We had discussed it on Wednesday last week and gain on Friday but I honestly don’t think she expected me to actually bring it. She bleeeeeeee’d all over the place and had a massive grin on her face for the entirety of our lesson ^^

Met with Ashley and her two friends; 소연 and 지혜 at 서울역 this morning. I was surprised the first time when I found out how old she was but this time was worse. God help the males of this world when she hits 18.

We had a quick look around and then decided to get a coffee at Dunkin’ Donuts because Ashley hadn’t had any breakfast. After that we had a look around some more shoes shops and I found the jackpot :D Yes, these glow in the dark…

               

               

On the way out we passed the ‘DUNK’ Nike Museum mentioned in last trip to 명동 and I told them they had to come and see it. This time I totally got some photos and they came out really well considering the low light and the fact that I was using my Haptic. This should blow your mind:

               

The next bit really requires it’s own little bit because it’s one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen o_O On the stage is a large scale white model trainer and in front of the stage is a touch screen station. You use the touch screen station to drag the colours you want onto the area of the shoe and the model on stage has colours laid over it to show you in real time what it would look like. 소연 had a go and printed it out.

          

We walked around a little more and then had some lunch but other than them heading into some cosmetic shops we didn’t really do much shopping. I can’t help but think I was responsible for the day being a bit of a damp sponge [is that what I meant to say?] because I didn’t really talk as much as I should of and there were too many silences. I told her I was really sorry and she said she was sorry for the same thing so I think we’re alright ^^” Next time I’ll be my usual dorkish self XD

I’m just back from my day out in Seoul, and more specifically, Myeong Dong. I met 진선 at the station and she had a gift for me :D I only had to unwrap one corner to know what it was…Pieces, Part One by Epik High ! I was totally shocked because we had been talking about going to buy it together and then she handed me a poster tube with the album poster inside o_O Here’s a picture of the poster on my wall.

Well after that we headed to the bus stop to get to Myeong Dong and do some clothes shopping. I told her about my poor shopping skills and she said she’d force me to make some decisions so we went into the Lotte department store and headed for the men’s department. We look around and I saw Litmus feat. FT Island and NII feat. 빅뱅. I ended up grabbing a load of t-shirts and a pair of shorts after a good look around and I was feeling pretty good. Then it was time to head to the streets…

     

Once again I apologise for the relative lack of photos but from an early stage I was carrying bags and was just lazy >> We had a look around the shops and I grabbed some sandals from ABC-Mart because it was hot and my K-Swiss were not helping. By about 1pm we were getting hungry so 진선 took me to a little restaurant/cafe for some lunch. We had 비빔밥 which was very tasty and perfect for the hot weather. After we finished we walked around a bit more and then went into Smoothie King to get a drink. And yes, I should have taken the picture before we had finished ^^”

     

I had banana and 진선 had pineapple smoothies by the way. We walked around a little more and then headed to Yongsan, before parting ways. It was a stunningly good day in terms of weather and company and I can’t wait to do it again :D

Oh, and the above picture was taken with my new Nikon D50 which I picked up at Yongsan with the help of 진선 translating and a very forgiving ATM.