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nolegirl · Joined: 17 Apr 2008

Ok, so I finally got internet in my apt and now I can post on Dave�s from home!! So I have a cold right now which sucks so I am lying in bed doing shit but life in Korea has been getting easier and therefore more fun!! This will be my last long post so don�t bother with the get a blog comment.

So I was cleaning my bathroom and during the cleaning I decided I needed to go pee, so I went pee and realized I had no TP in the bathroom as I took it out so it would not get wet when cleaning. So I decide to use the paper towels on my sink. Well I decide not to flush b/c I just put this bleach spray in and I wanted it to sit a little longer, no biggie, right?? So about a half hour later I go pee again and use the paper towels instead of TP and then flush, well my toilet does not flush and the water is coming up all most over the toilet, freakinA. So now I am like shit, I have to get dressed, brush my hair and head out to find a plunger. I go to 2 local hardware stores where you get brooms and stuff and they did not have. And lets just say I made a total ass of myself trying to explain what I needed. I am making the plunging motion then I pretend as if I am sitting on a toilet but they have no idea. So I go to my school so they can write down what I need in English but the only people at my school is the maid and the bus driver (its 9 AM). So I signal the maid to come upstairs, she follows, but has a look like I am suddenly going to jump her and where is this crazy white lady taking me. I take her into the bathroom and start pretending to plunge the toilet and she just laughs and splashes the water in the toilet with her gloves on. I keep showing her the plunging motion but she keeps just splashing the water, so I decide I am in this thing alone. So I venture out on my own and I finally find one and then walk all the way home with a plunger in hand . So I go to plunge the toilet and then I flush and guess what happens, all the water overflows everywhere. Mind you this is piss water and I had just finished cleaning my bathroom. Finally the toilet flushed but now I have piss all over my just cleaned bathroom. For some reason I feel like I am in a big game of shirades b/c I am always acting out stuff to explain what I need.

And when I went out I was wearing a wife beater that was sort of low cut, only a little, did I get a lot more stares!!! Or maybe b/c I looked like white trash, either/or. That�s one thing that sort of sucks is you sort of have to get somewhat presentable to go outdoors. Usually I would run up to Wal-mart in my PJ�s, hair all matted, not caring. Here I don�t feel I can do that. I have to look presentrable at all times!! Oh well, my way hasn�t worked maybe I�ll try the Korean way and catch a half decent man! Hehe JK. Actually I do take pride in the way I look most of the time but I never see Koreans just running out to get a plunger like me, they are always dressed impeccably.

Then I realized the Koreans love when you try to say something Korean( at least so far for me) . I learned a few basic words but I have to say them slowly and for some reason I forget mid word and then just start mumbling sometimes. But whenever I say thank you to all the local vendors in my neighborhood they smile, probably b/c I still say it very slowly. Or I�ll switch it up and say thanks or thank you or thank you very much and they think its so delightful. I get all happy and gitty b/c they are all laughing, I am not sure if they are laughing with me or at me but I don�t care, its nice.

I also think Korean women are very pretty and I like the way the dress, I think its nice. The Hello Kitty, Disney shit is stupid but for the most part I think they dress very nice. The men are really pretty too!! Not handsome, pretty!! I was walking in Gangham at 6:00 and wow!! My favorite past time is people watching so I sat there for about an hour or two and what I don�t understand is how the men don�t sweat in these silk shirts, and everyone looked so damn busy, always somewhere to be. Of course I am a women so I don�t sweat I glow but I have been glowing a lot. Its weird I am use to the humidity but In America you walk into a store and the A/C is on full blast. Here its like a small crap system so you never feel cooled down. I have been spending most of money on stupid sh!t just so I can get into the A/C. I have been walking around a lot and so I get so thirsty and I need A/C so I drop 5,000 won on some stupid Baskin Robbins thing just so I can sit indoors. Every time I come home I feel like I just ran a marathon.

For all the women who think they can lose weight in Asia.. it�s a lie. I ate whatever I wanted before coming to Korea thinking I would lose weight in Asia but not true. There are 5 fried chicken joints within a 20 second walking distance and I have tried all 5, yummy!! I still don�t know what those white pickeled cube things you get are?? And I end up dropping so much money b/c I just say fried chicken and I get this big box of it and it costs me 14,000 won. Lets just say I have been eating cold fried chicken a lot for breakfast!

I saw my first foreign female where I live on the street the other day. And I now get the fat western jokes. I don�t mean this in any derogatory way but I did not know that one could get camel toe in jeans, but to my surprise, this is possible. And really, I have extra pounds on me so I am not saying this to be condescending in any way, but I am serious, she was wearing spandex jeans which she should of not been wearing and she had camel toe in jeans!!! I am just saying you should dress appropriate for your body type. I always go up a size in clothing so it is not super tight and when you go up a size in clothing you look skinnier anyway b/c not every seam is pulling in different directions, but damn I thought the jeans were about to just bust from every angle!!! And she was young girl. And she had the cupcake think going, it was not pretty. Sorry ladies, had to note this

Korea is starting to smell better to, it doesn�t smell like a women on her period 24/7 it is actually just starting to smell normal. I think I live near a fish market or something b/c I always see dead fish skeletons everywhere, I dunno !!

So overall, I am starting to really like Korea, especially now that I am making friends!!! I think this is key b/c I didn�t have any friends but now that I am meeting up with people and making friends its much better. I got some Pm�s from some scared newbies, and just to let you know I sometimes get a little spastic so I hope I didn�t scare you to much, really I don�t think through my comments sometimes. Bring cold medicine, I am so glad I did!!

R-Seoul · Joined: 23 Aug 2006 Location: your place

Christ, I can't believe I read all of that. Nolegirl I want those 2 minutes of my life back!

So I see you've met Faunaki then? Laughing

DrOctagon · Joined: 11 Jun 2008 Location: Chicago

Funniest post ever

nolegirl · Joined: 17 Apr 2008

R-Seoul,

What I don't get is you obviously don't like my posts so why read, why argue you want those 2 minutes back. You should of seen that I was the OP and concluded that this is not worth my time reading, yet you did anyway. Don't try to be sly saying you want those 2 minutes of your life back b/c you really could not wait to read it so you could respond with some witty comment, but your witty comment sucks donkey balls!!

Whos the loser now, r-seoul is!!!

Whistleblower · Joined: 03 Feb 2007

I think you need to get laid.

endo · Joined: 14 Mar 2004 Location: Seoul...my home

nuthatch · Joined: 21 Feb 2008

very funny...not so much the urine/bathroom stuff...but the street, sweaty/store stuff....

excuse my ignorance, but what does "camel toe" mean?

nolegirl · Joined: 17 Apr 2008

I just got to Korea whisltblower, I have to meet some men first, jeez.

Ok, so my doorbell just rang as I was typing and soem guy came in and looked out my window and then in my bathroom and said something about water. He just left..... I have no idea who he was or what he wanted. That probably was not safe. That was really random.

btw, camel toe is when you see a womens outline of her va-jay-jay through her pants

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameltoe

Its not pretty, especially on plus size women, on any women for that matter