Tooo much junk food!!!

Another rainy day in Korea. This morning was a bit of a bummer. We had to go be the "token" foreigners (a job I fear will become all too common throughout this year for me) at the Camp F closing ceremonies. Pretty much we had to go stand there for an hour so the parents could see all the foreigners their kids were around at the 2 week camp. I am quickly tiring of all the effort Koreans go through to put of a facade/ make something appear better than it really is.

However, the day turned around when I ate in the cafeteria for the first time for Saturday lunch. We had cold noodles with veggies and it was yum! And I was adding extra chili powder for flavor -- my spice tolerance has increased!!! ^_^

After lunch we walked to Myong-dong, the downtown shopping district here in Chuncheon, the place with the underground mall that I visited briefly before. It turns out it's only about a 25 minute walk from campus. Anyhoo, I didn't buy anything besides food there. We got ice cream right away to cool us off (it wasn't too hot, but very humid). Then we walked around and looked at the shops for awhile. Then we went above ground and walked down the pedestrian street and to a more traditional market. There I got another one of those fish-shaped, waffle cone things filled with red beans. YUM! Then we made a deal with an ajima (elderly woman) to buy some more food from her stand. I ended up getting a home-made donut. Yum!!! And THEN we went and got supper. Anne and I split a plate because we just weren't too hungry. It was breaded chicken, a very sweet coleslaw that I actually liked, rice, spicy noodle soup, and then of course kimchi and vinegar radish (didn't eat those). Yummy!! By then it was downpouring again, so we hailed a cab back to campus. After studying for a bit (and not studying for a bit) we decided to go out and get some patbingsu. You should know by now that I can never resist an invitation for some PBS. We walked there in the downpour and it was so worth it. But then my stomach was literally full to the brim. After coming back to the dorm we watched the beginning of Step Up, then Matt & Anne got tired so we stopped it for the night. I wasn't upset because I came back and finished going over the chapter I was studying. I've been procrastinating this weekend! I have 3 more chapters to go over tomorrow, besides going to church, maybe getting my haircut, maybe going to see Mummy 3 and out to dinner with the RAs, and doing Charles' language study test in the evening. Yikes! But I think I can do it.

Enjoy the pics below and have a good day everyone!
Despite the "barber shop" label and the double barber shop spin-y things, these are actual signs of a sex hotel....not where you want to get your hair cut.
English tees in Myongdong.
A sign outside of a McD's we saw. It's advertising that they use Australian beef, as opposed to American (crazy cow) beef.
Engrish!
Check out that badass fruit lady.
Yum! One of those bad-boy donuts made itself home in my tummy all afternoon.
Churches really stand out here. Many actually have large red neon crosses that light up the sky at night.
Fresh fish anyone?
"Couples tees" are all the rage here. It's typical to see couples wearing matching shirts, or shirts designed to go together like these. We even saw a couple with a whole matching outfit today. They were wearing pink and white striped shorts and some sort of t-shirt. Also, there is couples underwear, where the bra, panties, and men's underwear all match -- a little creepy? I think so.
Breaded chicken, cole slaw, watermelon, spicy noodle soup, rice (yes, it was purple. They often add grains or beans to their rice), kimchi, radish.