Last Day

On my last full day in Korea, I met up with 'Emily' at the subway station. Intent on making my last day memorable, Emily and I went to Tom N Tom and had 허니 버터 브래드 (Honey Butter Bread) and coffee while we exchanged letters and took pictures on her polaroid camera.

Knowing we only had about 5-6 hours together, we decided to stay in 홍대 (Hongdae) and go to a 노래방 (private karaoke room). My second experience at a 노래방 was definitely more exciting than the first time. Emily had warned me that she was “pretty crazy” when it involved 노래방, and boy, she delivered. Dancing around like fools, we spent over 3 hours in the room. I was sure the people at the front desk were watching us because because instead of giving us the standard 30 minutes for service (ice cream), they kept adding time right before it ran out, giving us over an hour and a half of service.

After spending the afternoon at the 노래방, Emily took me out for dinner at a Korean BBQ restaurant. The BBQ was delicious, but she made me try Korean rice wine, which to me, did not taste so good, but I pretended to like it anyways so she wouldn't feel bad.

Suddenly, Emily had to leave and I went back to the guesthouse to pack my things. After done packing, I stayed in with a German girl I met and we watched subbed movies together in the common room. She even made cake with another Canadian guy that was staying there because I was leaving the next day. The cake was delicious to say the very least. I didn't even know a person could make a cake out of Fanta, but somehow, she managed it.

It was a great last memory in Korea before I left in the morning.

Being a Tour Guide

명동

연세대학교

파파

Bright and early on my 3^rd last full day in Korea, I took the subway to 용산 (Yongsan) Station to pick up my friend from Jeonju who was coming to visit me in Seoul! Full of excitement, I waited at the station, unable to keep my hands still. As she walked into the main area, I really could believe that I was able to see my best friend twice within two weeks.

We went back to the guesthouse to put her things away and went to 홍대 (Hongdae) for breakfast. If you remember my last adventure in 홍대 during the morning, imagine it with even less stores open. 홍대 is a very busy place at night, especially Friday night, but one would think it was a ghost town on a Sunday morning. We found a shop, ate breakfast and left since it was not busy.

Then we went to 연세대학교 (Yonsei University) to look around. It seems like it would be a bit boring, but we were both extremely excited to be there because we both want to study there, her in the hospital as a Chemistry major, and me as foreign language exchange student.

Since my friend had not been to Seoul very many times, I was her official tour guide, which felt a bit weird since I was in her country. I already knew a couple places where we could go, and since there was so much to do in 명동 (Myeongdong), we went there next. We walked around, took sticker photos and did a lot of talking to each other.

Of course, knowing my best friend, we had to go back to the guesthouse just because her favourite singing competition was on TV that night. I didn't mind because it's also one of my favourite shows, and coincidentally, she was the one who introduced me to the show!

Later, we went back to 홍대 to enjoy some of the street music and look around. There were a couple performers that we okay, but there was one guy who was amazing! I almost felt bad for the other because everyone was around one person and no one was listening to them. We ate supper in 홍대 as well and then went to watch a movie. The movie, called 파파 (Papa), was awesome because it was half English, half Korean, so I could understand everything. It was weird because we were the only people in the whole theatre, but it was a lot of fun to be the only ones there.