- Today started out great because Winter and I met up before school for coffee. We went to one of our new favorite places, a shop called "Coffee Enchante", across from the HomePlus. The owner is really nice (he bowed to me later tonight when I saw him through the window) and the coffee/tea is really good. I brought some cookies along with me and we relaxed in the air conditioning before heading to school. We even considered just staying there all day. Not really. But kind of.
- Ashley and I got haircuts tonight. This has been on my to-do list since I came to Korea, because I wasn’t able to get one before I left. This last week or so, my hair just started bugging me – and it was so hot! – so Ashley got a recommendation for an English-speaking hairdresser (named Happy!) near Bukbu beach. We went there tonight and it was great. Happy was so nice and spoke English really well, so I could tell her exactly what I wanted. She wasn’t the one who cut my hair – but the girl I got was SO good. She just snip-snip-snipped but it was so skillful and she made it look so easy. She also pulled down on my hair on both sides every once in a while, to make sure she was cutting evenly. THANK YOU. Oh and she was rocking 4-inch+ heels that I’m sure she had been wearing all day. She cut my hair all short-ish (same style as when I got it cut last summer, but a little shorter) and then I got a shampoo AND she styled it...all for only 20K! (Which, if you aren’t keeping up, is only about $17.) I wish I needed my haircut again before I leave! Or that I could go to her for all my haircuts! Now I have to find a stylist at home who will do all this stuff for cheap – because I realized that part of the reason I’m always insecure about my new haircuts is because, since they spritz it with water to cut it, my hair is poufy and unstraightened and I don’t like it that way. I mean, she cut way more off this time than normal and I still love it! :D :D :D
- After our awesome haircuts, we met Abby at HomePlus – we spent almost 2 hours shopping and browsing, looking up and down almost every food aisle. And fighting with Ashley about Tesco brand cereal. And when I checked out, the cashier handed me my receipt, circled the bottom where my points balance was, said stuff in Korean and motioned to the Customer Service desk. I went over there, they handed me a scratch card and a 10-won piece, so I scratched it away and then they handed me a new folding-pully-cart thing! I don’t know how I won it but I/we were so excited! The sales ladies were looking at us a little strangely – I don’t think they usually get that reaction. It was really funny :)
- After HomePlus, we dragged our bags, ourselves and my new cart onto the bus and went to Tilt – mostly because Happy told us we needed to go somewhere more fun/cool than HomePlus, with our new dos. We don’t have school tomorrow, so we were all game. Plus, I got to cross “Go to Tilt” off my Korea To-Do list. Tilt is a bar owned by a couple foreigners frequented by MANY Pohang foreigners ALL the time. They even have cookouts and game nights. But I’ve never been before! We walked it and it wasn’t sketchy at all, which was a fantastic surprise. There were lots of people, lots of fun, and pretty good drinks. The bartender was really nice and fun - he thought we handed him 21K (two 10s and 1 one), instead of the 30K (3 tens) that we actually gave him, so he offered us the 9K change or a free shot each. We decided the shot would be fun and he took it with us! Fire Water is kind of good ;) He also brought us another shot later, so we basically got 2 shots and a mixed drink for less than $10, which is pretty good. We also found Nida and Ingrid and got to hang out with them for a while. Ingrid hadn’t met Ashley yet, so when Nida introduced her she said “And this is the third one!” It was so cute. I’m very glad we went!
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