i'm in korea!! i got to surprise my dad, who had no idea that i was coming. i could tell by his expression that he was totally caught off guard - he stared at me blankly for about 30 seconds. For the first 15 seconds, he thought i was my twin sis (terrible, terrible) and was wondering why i was staring at him for a reaction, and the next 15 seconds was confusion on "i thought she was going to LA for spring break, is she part of my imagination?" sooo funny! we thought that my sister blew the surprise, but found out that that wasn't the case. i love my family! it's been really fun hanging out with my sis. I've been taking my video camera with me (sacrificing good pics for video footage, which isn't as portable but then the memories are more lasting) and recording my journey throughout seoul, to all the familiar places i always go to. and some new ones too! we've been discovering some more restaurants in apkujong, like we discovered that a coffee bean was there, a five story 24 hour fitness (i wish you guys could see it! it's pretty amazing), finally got to go to a famous jazz club once in a blue moon (amazing, amazing jazz singer! have no idea what her name was, but so so good), and a good yogurt soju place :D, a gelato place that when we passed by it, looked like the ones in rome! it was a lot of fun.

today's plan: either mokyoktang (korean bathouse) or go to Itaewon for some bargain shopping (depending on my second cousin), and then meet up with another cousin for some yummy galbi sal for dinner and maybe some drinks. it's gonna be a late night tonight, so i need to get over my jet lag so i can stay up. cuz of my jet lag, it's been waking me up at 5:30 am and i've been dead asleep by 8 pm. haha, i guess that's not too different from my usual schedule except that i wake up at 9 am. :D