my last night in korea T_T thank you guys for coming and saying goodbye~ i know we'll see each other soon, somewhere in this little world...

v.i.p. for my first time at club circle last night, and no one's more fun to go dancing with than my euroboy squad!! life is very very good, yes

if you're living in seoul, you will see these photos from the new skype campaign soon enough on billboards and in newspapers... so i'll "save myself the embarrassment" and post them here now... look how american i look in my cowboy hat and jeans!!!

AKARAKA spirit week at yonsei and all of sinchon is bright blue~ after the festivals there are discounts at every restaurant, bar, and noraebang, so clearly we've been taking full advantage.

CAUGHT outside choi's tacos with dami on my birthday by paparazzi greg jeong :P

happy birthday to me, spent at the han river in the best of company!! thank you my friends for sharing this night with me!!

feliz cumple maricarmen!! and even in seoul we hunted down some mexican food to celebrate right with our mexican princess! thank you for the sombreros!!!! :D

some very silly photos from my premiere on kbs's 미녀들의 수다~ a talk show here in korea where a panel of international girls chat about their home cultures and their experiences regarding korean culture. look for me on monday nights for the rest of the season!

me and dami went skiing this weekend and it was so nice to be outside the city, yes indeed, and to see forever mountains full of snow, and to speed down the hill with no mushy korean couples in my way!!!!

a very silly evening out with the exchange student boys!! i can tell this semester is going to be too much fun for my own good~ these boys make me laugh too hard!

dhruv invited us to his unbelievable apartment this week to try on his mom's beautiful old saris, watch bollywood music videos and eat an authentic indian dinner made by his personal chef!! i decided i need to save up for a sari of my own~ what an incredible garment and the pieces could actually look great separate too! also, i guess i had only tried watered down american-indian food before, because i couldn't believe how spicy and delicious the dinner was. thank you dhruv for an amazing day and for teaching us about the indian culture!

it's a snowy wonderland! and while the streets of sinchon are sludgy and sloppy, the yonsei campus has fluff falling from the trees and the radios that line the sidewalks play hymns in korean as i walk to class ^^ life a-okay

i got a perm yesterday... i know that sounds weird but i promise that in korea it's completely normal!! imagine the whole country with naturally straight black hair~ everybody wants to change it to have their own look! this also means that perms/dye jobs are incredibly cheap soooo i figured why not! although now that i see it on my chubby ramen face i'm having a few doubts...

happy birthday to mika!! and evvveryone was out to celebrate~ what a spectacle to see so many guys at once working to make her day perfect! she's a maaaaan eater

seasons greetings from seoul! the city is all lit up and i swear, it almost rivals new york with it's decorations! and there is no one i'd rather spend these beautiful winter days with than my best friend in the whole world, jan ^^ in any case, i'll be home in the states soon and hope to see you there.

lucky night for me, jan, and meme~ grae's boyfriend jun invited us to eat at his restaurant, hirokawa! he cooks the japanese food that the foriegners have never heard of~ forget sushi, think fried crab and tofu, tomato skewers wrapped in bacon, amazing noodles... best of all he's open reeeaal late, so keep the sake coming!!

it's thanksgiving in seoul and though i am so so far away from the land of the free, with not a turkey in sight, i am here with my family of friends and my sweetest cousin austin, and no girl in the world is more thankful than me tonight. thank you, my friends, for making my life so so complete :)

having a visitor in town is the best excuse to get out and see all of those sights that i've been putting off, so today austin and i went to the palace by city hall to check out some ancient korean history. my favorite part of these palaces are the hand-painted designs on every building~ just being in those plazas makes you feel like you've gone back in time...