Making Korea MINE

I have had a few more "firsts" in Korea lately and wanted to share them with you! Tonight during my dorms class, my students informed me that the university was hosting a concert and that they all wanted to go! Last time I gave into them I got into a little trouble... So I decided to only take the last 15 minutes of class time to go to the concert.

On our way there I noticed a lot of tents with students sitting around drinking Soju ( a rice wine that tastes like watered down vodka) and beer right there on campus! WTF? I guess I'm just used to the dry campuses in Oklahoma, what do I know. As we pass through all of these tents and drinking people I was reminded of the state fair and the smells were even a little the same because of all the vendors frying up food. Of course, this being Korea, they were probably just frying veggies and fish :) When we arrived at the concert I just wanted to dance it out! They were a pretty hard rock band and it didn't even matter to me that I didn't understand the words. I've been to plenty of concerts where I didn't know the words and I did just fine dancing around. But then there was a sudden change in the music and they started playing and singing this pop-ish music :( weak... SO I decided to leave.
Overall, I would love to go to another Korean concert!!!

I go to a gym here and it's a pretty average gym but what I like most is that they give you clothes to work out in. Everyday you just grab a shirt and some shorts and when you're through, dump them for someone else to wash :) I love love love it! I think someone back home should take this idea and run with it. It takes a lot of stress out of going to the gym. I don't have to worry about my work out clothes and it's just one less stress. I'm trying to get motivated for my "Get right for the summer" workouts but I've only managed to go like 3 times a week and I need to up it and do a little harder work outs. I have noticed a difference in my muscle tone, but that's about it.

Bike Wars- This is not Korean...This I learned from my Canadian friends. Apparently it's ok when you're riding your bike to crash into your friends and try to knock them off their bikes. When I got back to Korea I borrowed a bike to go have dinner and drinks with a couple of the teachers I work with. I was a little shaky at first because I haven't really rode a bike in a long time and especially not through traffic and tons of pedestrians.

On the way home, everyone was a little tipsy and Brandon brought on the Bike Wars. Kim is used to all the madness so she just took her shots when she saw and opening while Brandon kept trying to knock her down. He hit me a few times and I got a little confidence since I was able to stay up...and then it happened. I had the perfect opening so I sped up and rammed into him. What I didn't realize is that his super power is balance. I fell 90 degrees to the ground in no time. I was laughing so hard I forgot that it hurt. Kim band-aided my elbow and the next day I discovered a plethora of bruises...thanks Brandon. And kids, please don't try this at home.

Another great thing I have found in Korea are these ice cream treats. MMMM! They're shaped like a fish, the covering tastes like what a regular ice cream cone would taste like and the inside has vanilla ice cream and sweet red beans...that's right, beans and ice cream! They don't really make savory beans like we do in the states, they use them in donut and ice cream!

Check it out:




Oh in just in case you all were worried, I am representing for Oklahoma here in Korea ;) At the Jeonju Hash that I blogged about we took some pictures with a cowboy hat at the bar. It was a good time and my friend Greg has an amazing camera and skills with photography thus here is what a Korean Cowgirl looks like :)