a perfect little day. :)

i woke up with a headache.  i felt annoyed.  something was off.  i ate breakfast, cleaned my apartment, and went to the gym.  i killed myself on the stair machine.  the ajoumas were doing their stripper dance class.  it was, as always, quite entertaining.  i came home and got clean.

i left around 1.  it was a beautiful day, not a cloud in the sky and probably close to 70.  i decided it would be a perfect saturday to spend by the cheongyecheon stream getting a tan.  i opted to walk there to get a little more exercise and a lot more sun.  i was about halfway there when i was waiting to cross a street and a random jamaican guy decided to introduce himself to me.  he seemed ok so i introduced myself.  shortly thereafter, i realized he was annoying and was a burden on my perfect little day.  i simply cannot be bothered to entertain annoying people i will never see again on my day off.  i texted carla that she should call me on her break and sound frantic and rescue me.  she soon called and i tried to be the best little actress that i possibly could be.  i said i had to run into work for my sick co-worker and i trotted off down the street.  i ducked into work, but only to use the bathroom, and then snuck off to starbucks for an iced americano.  every time i left a building, i felt like a spy, checking left and right to see if annoying jamaican was there.  

i pranced down to the cheongyecheon, found a place to perch myself for awhile, and began to sun myself.  i wrote for a bit, then turned to read a book.  the sun was glorious.  while the koreans were hiding in the shade, covering up their skin with long clothing, i was basking in the sun, making all attempts to become even the slightest bit bronzed.  a young korean guy, maybe a new uni student, approached me and in very poor english, asked something about a picture.  i assumed he wanted me to take a picture of him and his friends so i said sure.  he said thank you thank you and then started to pose with me.  i was like, um, wait, you want a picture with me?  i posed, threw up a peace sign, and went back to my reading.

i texted this to carla.

she said i should start charging.

his friends probably bet him that he couldn't get a picture with the giant waeguk.  

i soon wandered along the stream until i was at the end of it.  i made my way back towards lotte.  normally i hate crowds and purposely stay away from lotte on the weekend.  but today was different.  lotte was busy, but i didn't really care.  i wandered around there for awhile, then headed to myengdong for a bit of window shopping.  myengdong was pretty busy and i was a little annoyed, so i went to kyobo.  kyobo, as always, was insanely busy, but i found a bit of solace in the foreign book section.  i love bookstores.  they are the most tranquil places on earth.  i picked up a book, 'story of o.'  it is an english translation of a french book and it is about sex and paris.  i read the first couple pages and found it necessary to purchase.  i look forward to reading this while it is raining in seoul tomorrow.

i sauntered down jongno street, back towards work, to pick up carla for dinner.  we had a lovely boribap dinner and then i made my way home on the bus.  i just ate an ice cream fish.  i am content and relaxed.  it is amazing what sun and fresh air can do for one's spirit.

and the best part?  

i get to do it all over again tomorrow.

i love not working on saturdays!