Black Day

I forgot to mention that today was Black Day here in Korea. February 14th was the day girls gave gifts to the guys, March 14th was the day guys reciprocated, and April 14th is for the singles who have nobody (as described to me by my Korean co-worker). I guess this is the day that the singles decide to go out and find themselves a boyfriend/girlfriend. We ate some black stew for lunch to commemorate the day (it didn't taste too bad, actually, but I have no idea what it was). A few girls at school have blind dates set up for this weekend... :)

I doused my wrists with a new perfume by Victoria Beckham earlier tonight. Every now and then I get a whiff of it and think, "what smells so good in here...oh, wait, thats me!" I have to admit I am kind of liking the fragrance.

Random Day Off :)

Today was another election day for Korea, so we had the day off! Kara and I decided to take advantage of the morning time for prime viewing of the cherry blossoms which are in full bloom! I was told that all the flowers would fall off on Saturday, so if I wanted to see them, I would have to do it soon! We thought that most people would be voting in the morning, so we went early to beat the rush! It was a good thing, too! A couple of hours later, it was so busy that it was difficult to enjoy the blossoms.


The best viewing was near the Han river which runs through the center of Seoul.


This is what it looked like after 12... Too busy to walk! Kara and I meandered around for a couple of hours before making our way back home.

I really like that the Koreans have their election days off--I wonder if more people vote here since they have the day off. I am not sure...maybe we should try it in the States! It might work--I barely made it to last year's elections (actually, the ones in 2006) and had to wait in long lines for a long time before getting to vote. When I become president, that is one thing I will change...days off for voting (are you gonna vote for me?)! :)