monday afternoon:

so i finally got to see my beloved cousins. woong chan (19), jung hyun (21?), jung sook (23?), and junguk (25). that's 1 boy and 3 girls. so far, everyone who's seen me says that i got taller and skinnier, which is absolutely false. i've only grown 2 centimeters and have replaced my lost baby fat with "unnatural fat?" but when they see simon, they are in awe of his change in height and voice. he is no longer the cute, adorable, laughing maniac. he is now the not-so-fun and quiet teenager. i guess he has
changed alot in the past 2 years. but he still knows how to make me angry.

so we go see my grandmother (mom's side) and my oldest uncle. i'm never too excited to go to that house b/c it is just absolutely boring. tv. room. room. kitchen. bathroom. thank you very much but i am not interested. and of course, there is the crippled grandmother who cannot do anything but mumble complaints just to make conversation. yeah, i don't like her much and i'm sure she doesn't like me either. to her, i'm probably the "different" grandson. the retarded american boy who cannot speak korean for crap and dresses like he's going to continue growing for the next 5 years. anyways, my uncle is a pretty funny guy. he's really good at belittling his nephews, especially woong chan.

uncle: so can you drive now?
me: yeah, i got my license 2 years ago.
uncle: woong chan, what about you?
cousin: no. not yet.
uncle: what?! why not? only stupid people don't
know how to drive.

all of my cousins are pretty much the same. they just changed their hairsytles a bit, but they really seem like nothing's changed in 2 years. i think that's cool though. change is gay.

tuesday:

i found out that you can dye your hair and get a haircut for less that 30 bucks in korea! this was a bargain i just could not refuse. we went to AP-GOO-JUNG-DO, one of the more popular cities for younger people. but before that, i was seriously craving some pat-bing-soo. my cousins took me this placed called Ice Berry. they have this one pat-bing-soo called the KING BING SOO, which is absolutely enormous! you get this hecka big bowl and just add tons of crap to it. it's basically a pat-bing-soo that you eat as a group. it was so freakin' good!!!! man, i could've cried right there on the spot. i don't understand why we cannot have such things in america.

at the hair salon, i got my hair done by several people. first, this guy and this girl were putting the dye on my hair. they were so careful to make sure every little hair was going to get colored. then, i got my hair washed by this other lady. then this other lady highlighted my hair. then the same lady washed my hair again. finally, this well known hair stylist was in town or something so i got my haircut from him. man oh man, is he good! he seriously takes his time in every little snip. a freakin' perfectionist man! he made sure each side was exactly even and kept starting over. it was quite an experience. i think he was gay cause he was wearing red pants and was so good my with hair. but i don't know. not like it should matter i suppose. and of course, the best part was that i got a discount. 35,000 won to 25,000 won (approximately $20). ugh, what a deal! korea really knows how to treat your hair right!

we also saw The Score on video. it only costs 1,000 won to watch that crap. that's like what, 75 cents?!

wednesday:

and the food continues to do justice! every morning, i ate don-ggah-seu for breakfast. haha. it's weird eating such food at such a time. but it's all good right? on wednesday, i went bowling with woong chan and jung hyun. dang, we bowled like 3 games and it was still less than 10 dollars! it was great cause we were all bowling great that day. we all made new high scores except for woong chan. my new record is 172! my last 3 turns were all strikes. i was seriously the KINGPIN! ok, that was stupid. but after that, jung hyun made us egg salad sandwiches. quite impressive for a girl who's lived in korea all her life. after dinner, we went to go play basketball. now basketball in korea is one frustrating mother! first of all, the weather is unbearable! humidity is seriously no joke. after you're done playing, your shirt has got to go. freakin' gross. second, the ground is all dirt. korea's too poor to have nice concrete courts like we do in america. don't take that crap for granted guys. finally, korean people suck at basketball. well, i guess i can see why with the conditions they play in. anyways, it's still hecka fun. they think they need to learn how to play from "american" people.

finally, we concluded this fun day with 2 hours of noraebang! i hecka love the noraebangs here. 1 hour=15,000 won? crap that is so cheap compared to our $25/hr. and plus, they have all the unpopular koreans songs too! it was cool cause my cousin knew the owner and he have us so much more time. we sang til we could sing no more. what fun. too much fun. so exhausting.

thursday:

my cousins took me to this one park. they have this one area where you take your shoes off and walk along this rocky trail. it's supposed to be really good for your health or something. anyways, it was one painful experience. while little kids were just chatting and cruising on the rocks, the 4 of us were screaming bloody murder, trying our best to finish the cursed trail. at the end, there's a picture of a foot that shows you what body part is the unhealthiest, according to where your foot hurts the most.

me: my foot hurt over here the most. what does it mean?
cousin: well, i can't explain it too well. we'll look it up when we get home ok?
(later at home).
me: oh, sexual reproductive organs huh?
cousin: yeah. that's where you have the most problems.
me: hmmmmmmm...

later that night, my oldest cousin said that she could get us into a GOD concert for free. so of course, we all went. before we went to the concert, we ate at Mr. Pizza. dude, they have some funky toppings over there in korea. they have bul-go-gee pizza, potato pizza, and some other stuff i don't remember. we had the potato pizza. some interesting stuff. not bad. not good. however, i do miss American pizza. after our meal, this guy was selling masks with X's on them, saying the theme for that night's concert was "LIE," one of their hit songs. "you have to buy it or you'll be the only ones w/o masks!" it turns out, the guy was a fake and we never even put on the masks. freakin' bastard! so many people like that in korea! the GOD concert wasn't as big as i thought it would be. it was big, but not that big. it was really loud and the place was just polluted with girls. i felt so gay, being one of the few males cheering for GOD. they were pretty good live. all in all, i enjoyed the concert. my first, and probably last korean concert i'll ever go to. once again, we concluded this day with noraebang, but this time with a few more GOD songs.

friday:

i went to DONG-DEH-MOON, a popular city that sells everything for really cheap. i bought my shoes there for 40,000 won! now that is cheap!!! shopping was really exhausting though. taking hecka buses and subways is no fun ride, especially when they're packed with koreans. later that day, we also went to go buy some cds but i decided to cut down on my shopping for a bit. besides, one of my cousins promised to make us her infamous spaghetti. to be honest, it was one of the best spaghetti's i ever had in my life! i really enjoyed it even though i'm not a big fan of spaghetti. we rented John Q and watched that late at night.

saturday:

my dad took us camping to this place in the mountains. omg. there is nothing better than eating sam-gyup-sal in the outdoors. i even had my first taste of "so-joo" cause i was now a "college student." dang, i really suck at drinking. i hate the stuff. i know you're not supposed to drink it for the taste but still! soda is the way to go. anyways, it was really nice playing in the river and splashing each other with rocks. for dinner, we ate shin ramen. this crap is great outdoors too! camping in korea is just a great thing to do. it's totally different from our american style. it's nice. lots of fun.

unfortunately, i got sick that night. what i thought was a small cold slowly turned into a small fever. after taking some medicine, i slowly fell asleep as my brother was having some hilarious conversations with my friend, in-gyu.

in-gyu: shi-mons (simon). let's wrestle before we sleep!
simon: no!

in-gyu: shi-mons. lemme teach you some cuss words. do you know what "sheep-seh" is?
simon: no. but i know what "shi-bal" is.
in-gyu: oh. well, "sheep-seh" is "shi bal upgrade!"
simon: ahahaahahahahah.

in-gyu: you know, all you say is "gee-nyang" or "uh-tuh-keh." if you say use those words again, i'm going to give you a kiss.
simon: nooooooo. "gee-nyang..."
in-gyu: it's "geu-nyang." not "gee-nyang." that's it! i'm going to kiss you now!

once again, these conversations are only funny in korean. so fudging funny!

man, my dad's pc bang is so full of smoke! by now, i must've inhaled enough smoke to add up to one cigarette! today, i'm going shopping with my cousin again. don't worry i-fang. my cousins told me they have PUKA stuff here. gosh, everyday is so full of fun. i know you american suckas envy me! i know you do!!!

Thought of the Day: However, I do miss some of America.
Song of the Day: Cool-Before I Become Sad