"teacher introduce yourself"

shopping mall famous to foreigners

a shopping mall called maxstyle at night 

some famous gate/castle in the middle of dangnamdo

ramen from little restaurant near gangnam

so the pictures are from the other day when the mother and i went out shopping for new work clothes (only ended up buying one piece of work clothing) and we shopped from two in the afternoon until nine at night non stop.  there are two malls in this area, one is called migliore, and the other is called something else .. the migliore place is very famous to foreigners and is very cheap with a lot of cute clothes and a lot of really ugly clothes -- the other mall is really nice and the foreigners dont really go there because there are a lot of foreign brands like tory burch and burberry and armani which all of the native koreans go to because they want all those designer clothing.
  i cant remember if i told this story or not so im going to tell it again if i already did; i went running in the city the other morning with my running gear on and there was a big crowd waiting to get on the buses so i stopped and ran in place.  a nice korean lady asked me if i was a foreigner and i answered, yes why?  and she said because youre running with work out clothes on in the city.  and immediately i knew, koreans dont run outside, DUH!  the air is so bad in seoul, its enough that they have to walk everywhere in that polluted air, and to run?  that's crazy stupid!  i should have known, silly me.  so the gym right next to my apartment is called bobo sports, and its a whopping 60 dollars a month for a membership so im really just considering running outside every morning still.  i came all the way to korea to work and live, i might as well save that money to live instead of spending 60 a month to possibly maybe work out once a week if that.  it's 12.43 in the afternoon right now and i have to go into work at two for a workshop so i should get started on my preparation for later today!!  i miss everybody and hope everyone is doing well!  xoxo.
.jan.  =)