Life is full of up and downs, but Korea was still the right choice for me. Of course, it's harder during the holidays, but I still had a good time. Thank you to all of my family and friends reading this who went through the trouble and expense of mailing me things during the holidays, it made me feel so special!
I've done a lot, but most of it doesn't seem worth the trouble of writing about and/or involves lots of alcohol drinking and other things inappropriate for this audience.
I went to a dog cafe (full of dogs for petting, not for eating) and a cat cafe (same deal with cats) in Seoul. Then, to my utter joy, a dog cafe opened in Donghae a couple weeks ago! Normally these are a big city thing, so this practically made me pee myself with excitement. This one is small (only has 3 permanent dogs), but it's one of my two favorite places in Donghae. Two of the dogs are puppies. One, the dalmation (Mini) basically lives on my lap when I'm there. I feel like the other people are giving me jealous looks, but when I put him down he always comes back to nap, so it's his choice!
Last week I took a plunge and got LASEK! It's a lot cheaper here than in the States (Korea's medical tourism is booming). My eyesight is still kind of blurry, but I'm hoping it will continue to improve.
The most entertaining part of that was that DREAM Eye Center paid for a motel for the night. Now, most motels in Korea are "classy" affairs that are often referred to as "Love Motels." A lot of younger people live with their parents until they get married, so there's a demand for a little privacy sometimes for couples. It was a four story building. We were on the fifth floor. This is because 4 is an unlucky number (the word also means "death") here, so like some places in the US omit the 13th floor, some places here omit the 4th floor.
The gentleman at the desk insisted on giving us a small pack of toiletries. How nice! Further inspection later revealed the contents of the toiletry packet to be 2 toothbrushes, a disposable razor, a couple of condoms and a couple small packets of douche. Neither of us ladies felt the need for a douche, although my friend may have taken the condoms for later, just in case. ;-) No lube though, how thoughtless. The bathroom door was this fancy thing:
Nothing says five star accommodations like nudity in a semi-transparent bathroom door.
The room itself wasn't that bad...no view and small, but the bed was big and comfortable (no surprise) and there was a mini-fridge, television and computer.
The contents of the television were an amusing surprise. Pornography is pretty regulated in Korea, so we were shocked and entertained to find that many channels consisted of (apparently really poor quality) pornography. My favorite was the semi-naked lady rubbing a squid on herself. Not a joke, apparently someone somewhere associated SQUIDS with sex and decided to put it on film.
Now that I've shocked and horrified relatives, former and future co-workers and friends' parents, I shall go rest my bleary eyes.
<3 to all.
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