Free day. I just did chores in the morning because they have to be done no matter where in the world you are. After that I met up with some friends and went with them to go find out where the bus terminal was. My friend and I went to see the Big O Show. Despite only showing up only 45 minutes early, we got really good seats. I need to record the full show at some point.
Saturday, May 19th
In the morning I went with two friends to 서시장 (West Market), an outdoor market in order to buy produce. The produce at Emart was super expensive so we were hoping to get some for better prices. The produce at the market was sooo cheap but they give it to you in massive quantities. It's still probably cheaper though to buy massive amounts and throw some away than buy produce at Emart, not that I'm suggesting that. I'm just going to go with friends every time and then split what we get. You can also buy fresh meat and seafood there, but even if I ate meat, I couldn't buy it. I think as an American I feel the need to make sure everything is oversanitized because I was definitely feeling some culture shock by the fact much of the meat was just sitting out unrefrigerated. I was also not a fan of the pig heads staring at me. The place also understandably didn't have the most fantastic smell either.
However the market had cheap, delicious 호떡 (Ho-tteok), which looks like pancakes, but tastes like cinnamon toast. It was sooo good. I'm going to have to buy more of them.
After that I made a veggie stir fry with all the veggies, aka I cut up a bunch of veggies and dumped them in a frying pan. Master chef right here. Then a friend and I wandered around the expo and got dinner at Turkey. Yum. The food there is really good.
Sunday, May 20th and Monday, May 21st - I had my two afternoon shifts, but I can't remember what I did besides that for the life of me.
Tuesday, May 22nd
I had my first morning shift, so I was really tired after work. But I am determined not to take naps and royally screw up my sleeping cycle, so I just wandered around the expo to stay awake. The good thing about it being in Yeosu is that like everyone is at the expo. I ran into someone I know and talked to him for like a half hour. Then I went to the Theme Pavilion because people had been asking us what was there and none of us knew. It was okay. Then I went to the Sheketak performance and it was absolutely fantastic. Sheketak is an Israeli percussionist dance group.
After that I hung out with friends I ran into at the performance. I got some 떡볶이 (tteok-bokk-i, spicy rice cakes) and felt like a champ since I could eat it all. When I was here two years ago, I couldn't even eat one because it was too spicy.
After that we went to the Big O Show. It really doesn't get old. That is except for the song they sing at the beginning.
Hey! Ho! Welcome to the show!
Hey! Ho! Welcome to the Big O!
Repeat for like 5 minutes to an impossibly upbeat tune and it becomes an affront to the English language.
After the show, they had an outdoor dance party on the stage in front of the Big O for like a half hour or hour. It was a lot of fun despite my inability to dance. Then I went and hung out at Red Wolf (a restaurant in our apartment complex) with a bunch of Danes. It's so cool how easy it is to interact with people from anywhere and everywhere here. It's definitely my favorite part of the Expo.
I don't see what is possibly unappetizing about pig heads. Looking at them just makes me hungry. :)
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