before i left training tonight, i started talking with a fellow teacher about our plans for the evening. i mentioned how i thought i would go home and use shampoo or body wash to hand wash a few things. he told me the method that he had used when he first got to seoul. it requires a bathtub and detergent. he showed me a close place that has cheap laundry detergent, we chatted a bit, and then i came home to begin my mission.
i filled the tub up with water and soap (and some body wash, too, because it smells nice and it comes with the room. oh, wait, it's called 'body soap' here) and threw in my clothes. i said fuck it and decided to wash pretty much everything that was dirty, including jeans. i threw on the 'leslie' playlist and started dancing in my tub, taking care to not fall down and break myself. it actually worked quite well, and it was really a bit of a workout mixing all that water and soap around, not to mention wringing all of the water out. my room is now covered with drying laundry. it isn't exactly cold out, but it is not the temperature where one needs AC on, yet mine is on to aid in the drying process.
after i did my laundry, i met up with another new teacher. neither of us speak korean. we decided to go out for dinner and figure out how to eat together. we went to a place i went last saturday that i knew had pictures and some english. we managed to order bibimbap, but we ended up with the cold kind (we wanted the hot stuff). but it was still delicious, as well as deliciously cheap, so we were happy. it was a lovely little dinner and we gave each other a high-five as we left, proud of ourselves for ordering food and not ending up with a big pile of dog meat. (she doesn't eat meat, either. score, another veg.)
one thing that i was talking about with my korean friend last weekend is that no matter how dumb i may think i seem, korean people will find it cute. as long as i try and dont pretend that i really know what the fuck is going on, i should be ok and they should find me adorable. our waitress, a darling middle-aged woman, certainly found us quite hello kitty-esque.
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