Thursday

So here is the hotel we will be staying at after our night on the boat... http://www.nambaplaza-hotel.jp/

I'm still really sick but hopefully I'll be feeling better tomorrow... So today we went to the post office to pay our electric bill (thats where you pay all your bills) and sent out a few more post cards then we headed for our KEB bank where we met Kenny and his friend Nick. (Nick is from America and just arrived today and will be staying here for a month so I'm excited to have someone else to hang out with) At the KEB we exchanged our money into Yen and then went and ate some thai food that was delicious!! I tried to order spicy phad thai with chicken but I guess they heard shrimp so mine was a little different but still good. After that we went to the Megabox and Nick and Eddie bought nice winter coats. Eddie and I forgot we were leaving soon and bought eggs bread and cheese last week so we went over to Kenny's new apartment and had a Eggs and cheese party where we ate scrambled eggs and grilled cheese sandwiches so we wouldn't have the throw away the food! It was fun! After our little party Eddie and I took a taxi to Hongdae and walked to my 9pm lesson at the cafe.

The guys were their usual selves and the lesson went on hilariously as usual.... The topic in the book today was dating....They always try to tell me that they are looking for a nice girlfriend then they say beauty is not important then the next week they tell me they broke up with a girl because she was not beautiful and that they have a lot of money so they need someone who is beautiful but that beauty is not important.... This goes on for a while until we decided to move on but its very hilarious and the two men are always laughing and saying funny things. Tonight they asked Eddie if he took me on many dates before we were married and after an awkward moment Eddie said a few.... we also talked about flirting and being stood up and hit on which was difficult to explain at first but between the four of us we got it figured out....After the lesson was over they gave us some advice about traveling to Japan and we said our goodbyes....

One thing I have been noticing is how people give money. When it is time to pay me they always have the money in an envelope and they always do it secretively... parents will pull me to the side or into a different room to pay me and never do it in front of their children. Tonight when they handed me the money it was obvious what they were doing but they said it was a secret from Eddie right in front of Eddie. It was a little strange but after the moment passed we went along with our lesson.

Eddie and I both decided not to take a cab home as its only 25 minutes walk but that taking cabs could be addicting because the ride from Kenny's to Hongdae only took like 3 minutes to drive as it would usually take 45 minutes to walk but we know we can't spend the money to take a cab everywhere.... Now we are home and getting ready for our trip! Tomorrow its a long train ride then a very long boat ride so I'll probably be reading a lot!