So, I can't get connected to the internet on my laptop but my (to make a long story short), cousin Hyun Soo (현수) is letting me use his computer now. My back is still hurting :-( turning over in bed is extremely painful but it hurts to do anything pretty much. I don't know why it's not going away.
So the flight from San Francisco to Seoul/Incheon (서울/인천) was so fun! But holy cow, if Rob wasn't there then I would have faced problems I think. I followed him and so we were going places I didn't know we had to go to or that I forgot that we had to go to. I love international flights except that they're long. What was really weird was that it was never dark outside, always sunny. It's probably because the time differences and when I would be arriving, it would start to get dark.
I did Singapore Airlines which I thought were cool. 저는 자 뭇 했어요. (cho-neun ja mot-ae-soh-yo) I didn't sleep at all. Crazy? Not really. I tried to act like I was living Korea's schedule and so that I would go to bed on time. I guess pulling all-nighters in college have benefits. :-) But that was a good idea to do. They had better movies on this flight. The movies that were on the flight to Europe was lame because they didn't have a wide selection and played The Holiday and Music and Lyrics like 4 times each! I got to watch Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallow Part I (finally), Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Tangled, and The Black Swan but I believe that parts were edited from it. I also watched a documentary on the St. Petersburg ballet (don't ask why, it seemed appealing on the plane). The food was good too but I got full just from the first meal and they served so much more than that.
Watching Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I. Haha it looks like my camera is making the smoke on the screen.
Pasta salad with turky, Korean style fish fillet with hot spicy sauce, mixed vegetables and steamed rice, cheese and crackers, chocolate fudge cake, roll and butter.
각종 야채, 한국 식 고추장 소소를 곁들인 생선살과 쌀밥.
잘 먹었습닞다/I ate well (charl-moh-goh-seum-ni-da)! All gone!
Is that a.....??????? 솔마?????
이게 뭐야?????? Seriously, what the heck is that????????? Is that a green bean???????
Finished!
벌꿀고추장(bohrl-gur-go-chu-jang) I seriously loved this stuff. It's not too hot but has great flavor.
I sat by a guy whose name was Woong Hee 웅희 from Daegu (대구) who just graduated from UCLA. I found out he's a Christian from a church that I haven't heard of but they also do missionary work. Haha, two religious (what do you call them? Plane buddy?) plane buddies. Super random but I absolutely love Asian babies and children! Oh my goodness! The ones on the plane were cute as ever! I thought about asking to hold their baby but they wouldn't see their kid because I would have packed their child in a suitcase and took them back to America because they're so cute!!! :-)
This is a shot of Singapore Airlines. Here's a stewardess serving us our "light meal." The stewards and stewardesses were so cute and so sweet to us.
Here's Woong Hee 웅희 but you can't see him very well.
I'm so silly! So it's been a while since we had lunch on the plane and so I thought I would brush my teeth because I checked the time in Utah and it was around the time that I would brush my teeth. Well, the bathrooms kept gettin occupied so I couldn't do it for a while. Finally when I could and brushed my teeth (like 10 minutes and gargled), they were serving dinner! Haha yeah just my luck. Dinner was really good but I had a hard time finishing it because I was so full. I had to force myself to finish it. I kept drinking water and fruit juice the whole time so that probably added to it as well.
This was called Light Meal for the flight. Mixed seasonal salad with dressing, penne pasta with chicken, sliced olive and spinach in chunky tomato sauce, chocolate delight (aka Hershey's chocolate haha), roll and butter.
Yeah light meal?? That looks huge!!
Finally, off the plane after 12 hours! It was kind of funny when I got off. There were many, I'm assuming business people because they were dressed sharp, waiting outside the terminal. I felt like we were someone important haha. I followed Rob and others to the train/subway where we would have to pick up our luggage. Mine got here safe! Everyone's parents or those picking them up were there except mine. Rob called my grandfather who was I guess you could say 2 terminals/rows away!! I haven't seen my grandfather for 13 years!!!!!! The day has finally come. He's so darling and cute! (Note: I'm not one of the people who think old people are cute and funny so this is a big deal lol.) He gave me a big hug. Awww.
I got to meet Rob's dad Robert Holley and more like saw his younger brother Bradley because I didn't talk to his brother. That was pretty cool and his father was nice. I'm seriously so grateful for Rob; he helped me out in so many ways. I asked him if I could take a picture of his family. I was only expecting to just take a picture of them but then somehow I got in the picture too haha lol. There's nothing wrong with that at all in fact it's cool but I wasn't expecting it haha.
Robert Holley, Bradley Holley, me, Rob Holley
My aunt Ji Hyun (지현) and grandpa drove me to Ji Hyun's house. They live in Gyeonggi-Do (경기-도) which is north of Seoul (서울) and I'm guessing a couple hours away from Incheon (인천) since we were in the car for a while. I'm slept in the car; I was so dead. Her house seems like an apartmnent because there are floors and many people live here but it's spacious enough to be considered a house in my opinion. 너무 귀여워요! (neo-mu gwi-yuh-wo-yo) It's so cute! So Korean. I thought I was full from the plane ride but they fed me when I got settled in. I thought I was going to die. 저 어떡해????????? (cho oh-doh-kae) What to do???????????? How could I refuse their offer? 그렇지만 저 먹었어요. (keu-roh-ji-man cho moh-go-soh-yo). However, I still ate. Now then, I thought I was going to die. 너무 너무 너무 피곤했어요! (noh-moo noh-moo noh-moo pi-gohn-hae-yo) I was so tired! On top of that, full to the rackles and didn't know where any of the food was supposed to go. 어떡해! 어떡해! 어떡해! (oh-doh-kae! oh-doh-kae! oh-doh-kae!) What to do! What to do! What to do! I'm freaking out here! Luckily, Ji Hyun helped me out. After dinner, I went to bed. Holy cow, such a long day. I went to sleep in seconds.
Bedroom
Vanity. Can I just say Korean cosmetics are so cute!
Bathroom. What's interesting about this bathroom and many in Korea that I've been to, they don't have tubs just floors and let the water flow to a drain by the sink. It's actually useful.
Living room
Kitchen
I'm loving Korea! It's so beautiful, unique, and fun! SO much is happening. I'll keep you posted.
