Work hard, play hard

Annyung-ha-seh-yo!

Checkin' in from a local cafe (internet access woot woot!)....just started my day technically (had a company din last which means lotsa meat + soju, then left for norae-bang or karaoke, checked out a casino which was interestin' to observe though given I am so risk averse esp. when it comes to gambling prolly not exactly my niche, & finally danced the night away at NB/Harlem clubs...caught the first subway at 5:40 this morn' back & caught up on lack of sleep for past three weeks so just woke up at 5pm)...currently preppin' for lesson plans & such for the upcoming week...

Students are overall very intelligent/respsectful/funny...tryin' to inspire in them some spark of life & instill a habit of self-introspection/improvement....but then again often I forget how young some of them are & I recall what I was like back then when pimples were my biggest worries & holding hands w/ the opposite sex suggested admirable maturity...

Luv luv luv this city...the biggest difference is the sense of security (though, as Moody adamantly asserts, "constant vigilance!")...young girls can walk here late at night/early morning alone & expect to be left alone...even at the latest of nights/earliest of mornings the city is infused with life & lights...as for street harassment, it is nearly nonexistent (though admittedly, visual harassment is still prevalent)...next there is so much of everything within incredibly close proximity (you can find so many bars/clubs/NRB/cafes/movie complexes on nearly every street)...lastly, peeps here in general are so fashionable....I swear a magainze photographer can simply walk down a bustling street, snap snap! & bam, you have the styles section for this month's issue...

The one disappointment is the lack of K-pop at clubs...it's mostly Western hip hop/trance/etc. Sigh...my DBSK/K-pop madness fix is not being met...buuuut it is my goal to go on some kind of music show & scream away w/ all the other (significantly younger) fangirls...youth is a state of mind & fandom maintains it :P

The thing to do after clubbing is to hit the delish-ness of super fried (but not greasy) soaked-in-hot-sauce street food yuuum...everything in Korea (especially desserts) seem much lighter/less dense...I am almost ashamed to admit this (but why would we ever let that stop us?) buut I adooooore the McDonald's here :P....oh yes, very upscale/sophisticated...that is how I roll...

xoxoSeoulxoxo,

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