What UT has taught me:

To just give up and helplessly take it in the rear

My school currently has a new elementary teacher, one who has replaced Adam ( :*( )
Her name's Shella and she's from Australia.
Lauren and I have been playing tour guide for her for the past week...
Today, we took her to LotteMart (a large supermarket-department store)
During this trip, Shella noticed how many times ppl mistook me as Korean...
and I, having mastered the art of pretending I understood.
I've given up trying to clarify the misunderstanding...
and it just takes far too long and too much energy to continually explain to ppl that (and in this exact order):
1) I do not know Korean
2) I am Canadian
3) No, I am not Korean
4) Yes, I know i look Korean, but I'm not

I believe the count was about 8 ppl within that hour of shopping
that approached and spoke to me.
One in particular,
an old woman,
came up to me in the aisle and spoke to me in Korean...
this was an encounter in which i couldn't feign understanding
b/c she asked me a question...that will be..like for the most of me being here, will never know..
I had to say in my limited Korean that I did not know Korean
and that I am Canadian..
she said something to the likes of
"oh...hahaha..you look Korean, that is silly of you to not know..."
and walked away laughing
at the end of the aisle
(i forgot to add: she was using a cane)
She keeled over and started laughing WITH cane in hand
laughing at me..
probably thinking how retarded of a Canadian Korean I was.

But the fact that she keeled over
an old woman..
keeling over out of laughter from me..
hurt.
just a little.

But I suppose my day was done. My life's mission complete...
bringing happiness to someone...if not for a brief moment -_-""


Anyways, tonight, i made dinner for Lauren, Shella and I (I love entertaining)
After cleaning my entire apartment (thanks to Shella willingly taking Soph off of my hands for a little while),
and getting chlorine in my eyes (which burned for oh so long...well, at least i know it works)...
oh, and giving soph a shower with some nice smelling blueberry shampoo that I believe I will continue using on her.
The menu of the night was:
rice,
seaweed,
mussels (a pound purchased for $1.90 "what!??!") in a garlic, butter, and wine reduction,
bulgolgi,
and for dessert: chocolate fondue with strawberries and bananas.
After, we talked and watched the Nanny Diaries on my comp.

Not too shabby day.
Had a bunch accomplished...
although I failed to go to Uijeongbu to get a cell...
since I have decided to ditch my extremely broken cell phone and its annoying pay as you go plan (where I have to continually refill minutes every month or else it'd be cancelled...despite having a plenty on the damn thing)
and I shall be switching to another company that isn't as annoying...
boo...more money wasted.
but at least i'll be saving a bundle for not going to Malaysia/Thailand/Vietnam during the Lunar New Years (All airlines were booked full...or so high that i just couldn't justify paying for a trip that would be significantly cheaper had it not been one of Asia's biggest and most busiest holidays)...
so I suppose it's a good thing.
So I guess i'll be chilling at Seoul with my Xbox360, Soph and Shella during the Lunar New Years holiday coming up...
hopefully we'll get the chance to go and chill and a gimgilbang (a sauna place) during our holiday, cuz I want to check that out fo' sheezy.

I have lots of pictures to post up..
but alas, i've been quite busy these past few weeks...
and utterly exhausted from all the errands
but soon...soon...they shall be up!