i want a hango oh mah too :(

damnit, wish i had a korean sugar momma too

today, i went mountain hiking-climbing with my boss, his friends, lauren, and her friend, melissa.
It was awesome and a definite change from my other weekends.
We went onto sampeon-san; an easy mountain that's next to dobongsan.
I was definitely not prepared.
I had my timbaland boot...a roots toque...mitts..and my snowboarding jacket...
i was both overdressed and underdressed -_-""

I was DYING going up the ascent.
and my boss' friend, who's also my school's building manager was pawing over me..
and kept on tricking me to go to the more difficult route with him...
which i naively did..
but i did enjoy it b/c i got to mountain climb.
The view was AMAZING and pictures will come up soon once i receive them from my boss.
Also, the descent was great and i wasn't tired at all,
in comparison to my fellow hikers.
The hike took about....4-5 hours.
During the ascent, melissa and i had to pass out on this flat rock,
to the amusement of a korean lady who was resting on the rock.
I literally fell to my back and did not want to get up...telling my fellow climbers to go one without me.
The poor lady was cracking up and saying something in korean..to the likes of:
oh you poor, unhealthy thing. I am amused by your sufferings.
lol (sometimes it's more fun to not know what ppl are saying to you)

During our descent, near the end, we went to this family restaurant that gave us a table right by the mountain stream.
It was amazing.
We had fresh chicken (and i mean FRESH! we picked out the live chicken lol) soup
with rice.
OMG! SOOOO GOOOOD.
it was GREAT!
and i'm definitely going to do it again.
....hopefully with the appropriate equipment.
ALthough the weather today was amazing because it's the beginning of winter...
therefore, no bugs and not too hot and not too cold (for a Canadian)
so in the end, i just hiked with my long sleeved shirt and pants most of the way.
With the occasional putting on my thin coat.
I also love my boss.
During my welcome dinner, my boss and his wife informed all of us that my boss wasn't allowed to smoke
and if we caught him, to take a picture of him and show it to his wife.
Once she left, he informed us that he'll pay 50 dollars for each picture we take of him (and to erase it)
so...i took the opportunity today to take the picture...
as he ran away.
hahaha so funny.
for the rest of the trip, he tried to make a deal with me and to promise him not to show his wife.
hahaha.
so i eventually agreed to erase it for a free dinner (i was just joking anyways)

Also, last night, lauren and i went for some pizza at our neighbourhood pizza place that is a 1 minute walk away from our building.
The pizza guy knows me.
Everytime i walk by, he always says 'hi' to me and if i don't go there for awhile, he probably says in korean that he hasn't seen me for awhile.
Anyways, we ate at the pizza place and there was a tv there.
We decided to change the channels to an Englishchannel (Chicago)
despite being the only English speakers there.
I put the volume really low so that it wouldn't bother anyone.
Later on, the pizza guy turned up the volume up for us b/c he knew we couldn't hear it.
It's so awesome, to have these ppl to be cool with us and be kind.
I'm loving my experience here.
And i think i've become a mountain hiking-climbing fan.
I might go mountain climbing soon...
so stoked.

ANways, tomorrow will be a busy day for me.
I gotta go and pay for my flight ticket for x-mas...
go to yongsan to buy my parents their x-mas present (and maybe get my own..if i can get a good deal...
and i still have to make a test for monday.
Gonna be an expensive and exhausting day.

i hope everyone's having a good day
and i will hopefuly be able to write and send some x-mas cards...
cuz i purchased some awesome and cute holiday cards these past few days.
:)