3.31.2009

Proof

Nikki's New Experiences

I had a great time while Nikki was here. I got to show her all kinds of new things, but I'm not sure how she felt about all of them...


...her first Korean meal, for example. It was sam gip sal. It's little pieces of pork you cook yourself then add lettuce, rice, onions, bean paste, flavoring, etc. You wrap it up in the lettuce and eat it in one bite. Yummy! I think she liked it better the second time she had it. I think she was still extremely confused (jet-lag) when this picture was taken.

A couple days later I told her we were having this for lunch. I think she actually believed me because she looked scared.


I took her to my skin doctor to have a freckle removed. Again, I'm not sure how she felt about doing this, but she said it didn't hurt. I have had this done so many times that I thought she needed it to experience my Korea! :)


As we all can tell from this photo, she wasn't crazy about having fish eat her feet!

However, I think she took to the noraebang pretty well...

...and the batting cages, but she wasn't that great. (Proof of this later.)


She enjoyed her tea at the traditional tea house, but not the rice pastries. I enjoyed the rice stuff, but not my tea. I guess we both had mixed feelings about this one.

We even got to celebrate her and Rachael's birthday with a Baskin Robbin's ice cream cake in a DVD bang. We watched a weird movie, but Nikki said she liked it.

All in all, I hope she enjoyed herself, but some of these pictures might tell me otherwise. :)

3.30.2009

The days I wished I spoke Korean

Yesterday I woke up with a sore throat and a persistent cough. I went to the pharmacy near my house. The lady speaks a little English and knows the exact medicine I need when this happens. (I seem to get a cough here a lot.) Unfortunately, my pharmacy was closed. I went to the next closest one, but the man didn't speak English very well. I demonstrated my cough for him. He gave me a box of two normal-looking pills. I wanted to know if they were non-drowsy, so I made the sleepy face and said "no." He switched out one box of pills with these...

...Japanese pills with no instructions. I trusted the pharmacist though. I bought them, took them home and opened them up to see this...


...any clue what these are? Me neither, but I took them anyway. About an hour later I realized the pharmacist interpreted my "Are these non-drowsy?" as "I can't sleep." I couldn't have kept my eyes open even if you paid me. I guess the good news is I didn't have an allergic reaction and it was Sunday, so I didn't have to go to work.

3.28.2009

Before Nikki's Visit...

Rachael and I got to go to the Daegu Art Fair the day before Nikki came. It was very interesting. There were lots of beautiful paintings. I realized later I only took pictures of the weird ones though. Like Mother Teresa with orange nails...


Apparently there were a few famous pieces as well, but I only knew one name. I wouldn't know it, but according to the sign this is an Andy Warhol painting.

3.27.2009

I am a liar.

My sister commented on my last post by saying I was a liar for not posting when I said I would. It's true I'm a liar, but only because I'm a perfectionist. I had to reinstall all of the software on my computer recently and it's taken me a long time to get Photoshop back. I refuse to publish a photo unless I have edited it. Therefore, you still haven't seen or heard anything about Nikki's visit. It was nice. I can tell you that. I finally finished the installation, so hopefully soon you can see evidence of that. Blame the Rovenstine in me. Sorry! :)

3.14.2009

Something Here Soon...

I have been a little overwhelmed with new classes and Nikki's visit. I didn't take any time off, so we try to get as much in during the day as possible. I haven't had a lot of sleep. We have definitely had fun though. I will write more later...I promise Aunt Beth! :)