Friday - Saturday

This past weekend was a jam-packed weekend of birthday fun!! Cam, aka squirrel, turned 24 on Friday. We celebrated by eating some yummy curry and watched the movie Brothers Bloom. Saturday, we began another day of celebrations. We ventured into Seoul for Cam's birthday dinner with some of her students. We ate at the All American Diner in Itaewon. Yep, it definitely was all american. Grease and Ranch...I have officially met my quota of how much I can "try" to stomach beef. I don't know if I can manage the strength to eat a cow again after seeing Derek attempt to eat 16 ounces of smashed cow. Cam's student's treated us to lunch, nice students, and we made our way to Yeoido where the cherry blossoms were in full bloom.

Yeoido is home to the world's largest church, 80,000 members plus! The church seems to take up several city blocks. The cherry blossoms were beautiful and set the scene along the Han river. Derek and Kahle enjoyed a game of hacky-sack and Cam and I enjoyed our newly purchased floppy hats.


After a 2 hour bus ride back to Ansan, we met up with Adam for his housewarming/birthday party. He has the most amazing apartment I have been to yet! He lives in the tallest building in Ansan and has an amazing view of the city. Plus his apartment came with curtains. At the party, we met new people and enjoyed the company of Jack, Adam and Melidy's dog.

Sunday was a day of blessings. I have this amazing man in my life that I am blessed to share conversations, McDonald's, and life with. It's great to spontaneously dance on the sidewalk waiting for the bus or to look over at him and see someone who is becoming my best friend. Jam session Sunday night was a lot of fun! Badejo (from Nigeria), Mary (from NC) and I had a lot of fun trying to find harmonies in the songs that Derek picked out. Great times that I wish you all could come and experience with me!

Book this week: Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder. c h e c k i t o u t ! !