Life This Week in South Korea: April 29-May 5, 2024
Nothing much happened this week, really. I had a test and a presentation to do – that occupied my mind and mental faculties for the first half of the week. No Hyungeun Night as he was preparing for a presentation he gave at a conference on Saturday. I forget he’s a smarty smart smarty pants cuz he’s so humble. Anyway, after my test and presentation, I pretty much crashed the rest of the week, right through the 3-day weekend. I pretty much stayed in bed from Friday after school through Monday morning when I had to get presentable for a tutoring session. Til then I just lay in bed, played word games on the phone, napped, watched the kdrama I have been watching FOR. EVER. And napped some more. I’ve been sleeping poorly lately so I just felt like if I COULD sleep, I SHOULD sleep, so I just kept dozing off. It was really quite lovely.
Lisa
I’m so glad that you had a long weekend for resting! You “sound” better today š
bettyewp
Thanks! I FEEL better after a good rest and a little walk today.
Sally in St Paul
Sometimes ya just need a Weekend of Sleep! Glad to see you supporting yourself more without the crutches – I hope things continue to improve on the knee front. You hair dryer butter hack is hilarious and brilliant. Isn’t the spring green terrific?? I feel like I could look at the dandelion-covered grass all day long; the pops of yellow among the green is just so happy-making.
bettyewp
Oh, a weekend of sleep is a beautiful thing! And good thing I had it last weekend cuz this weekend is gonna be STUDYSTUDYSTUDY for next week’s finals, gah!
I also love the yellow dandelion flowers. I think they’re every bit as charming as daisies.
Penny
A good week and lots of dozing – yay! Hope that knee continues to improve. And I have to say your hair is looking great – nice style and good condition. Here’s to another good week!
bettyewp
Ha, that’s so funny…I’m overdue for a haircut, just waiting for the school break…and just yesterday someone in class asked if I’d just gotten it cut cuz it looked nice.
I’m like NICE? With these flippy doops?? My bang perm is finally wearing off – it had a good run, I had it done on December 1, so 5 months. Can’t complain. I think this time, seeing the superiority of the Korean perm, I might get my whole head done…like a straightening but with some shape. It’s getting warm and I’m already getting sweat curls (ugh). I don’t know how long this lovely spring weather lasts here, but at some point heat and humidity will take over and my hair will go berserk.
Tina
The key ring was such a thoughtful gift from your teacher! That breakfast is one of the best to eat, high protein—it’s one of my favorites. The hair dryer was very creative and I loved the grand-puppeh gift–too cute. Sounds like you had a better week. And I still like the ‘get-up’. Happy Birthday to Katie!
bettyewp
I do think all that rest last weekend helped put me in a little better place. Plus, getting the presentation out of the way. Next week is finals and I know the anxiety will come back, but at least for a couple days I’m relatively calm and anxiety-free.
em d
Finals and a potentially two blog posts in the same week!? Do you go LOOKing for trouble?!
I remembered from IG that your teacher so thoughtfully remembered you with a key chain. I’m sure you’re so glad you braved the day!!!
So…I was wondering, after reading about Copang (which I just checked out, briefly, because it was all in Korean). So when Katie sends you something and it gets snagged in customs, do they make the receiver, aka YOU pay to release it? Was wondering if it snags bc it’s from an unfamiliar/international source. I occasionally order from Aliexpress. I just checked it out and they ship to Gwangjin-gu (good idea on the addresses, btw). SO… if someone ordered from them, do you think they would still get snagged in customs. Or perhaps Temu or any of the other more eastern-based shops. Or maybe it’s just worth it to wait the couple of weeks. I would just not want to send you something small and then find you had to pay $40 ransom to get it. Just not sure how all that works. š¬
bettyewp
Do i go looking for trouble? Why yes, yes i do. Part of my tutoring sessions. Every time is 70 like simple dialogues where he asks me questions and I have to answer them. And heāll be like how did you sleep last night (thatās a common āhow are you?ā question here, along with āhave you eaten?ā) rather than just saying I slept well last night, I have to go all in with well, because Iām worried about the test and my knee hurt anytime I moved and I want to make sure that I get Katie on time and blah blah blah no I did not sleep well but Iām hoping to sleep better tomorrow, screw a lot because I donāt know how to make such complex sentences and heās like BETTYE! Why do you make things harder for yourself? Yeah, he had me pegged pretty quickly. My tutoring sessions are like a microcosm of my life. Why DO i make things so hard for myself (she said to the woman who does 12 interior design/remodeling projects at the same time)? Oh, if you look at Coupang on your computer, you can get it in English, maybe thatās just Google Chrome but thatās what I use for shopping. Itās much much harder on the phone. When the package from Katie got snagged at customs it was because it was over a certain dollar amount which is $150. Once itās over that amount it gets flagged and opened and they have a bunch of questions about whatās inside and yes, the receiver has to pay the additional fee. I guess the additional fee is some sort of tax on incoming overweight packages, and clothing is taxed at a higher rate than other items, and I had a bunch of new clothes in there so I think I pay like another $75 when she already paid Like $175 to ship it originally. But a small package should not attract any sort of attention. Iām sorry if thereāre a bunch of typos in here, Iām doing talk to text laying down in bed because Iām so exhausted from day one with Katie and I just canāt. I donāt have it in me to read back and fix things. Iām sorry š