Last night, I met up with my friend (I'll call him "Chol") that I met on Tuesday to go swimming. He took me to the swimming pool which is practically in the basement of his apartment building, and apparently is like 10 minutes away from where I live....! Yayyyy for pool close by! (And it is cheaper than Haeundae) We had a really fun time swimming (at least I did!) and I got in a pretty good workout! I was especially glad because since I didn't have practice yesterday I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to get a workout in. :) After swimming I think I accidentally went into a dry zone in the locker room while I was dripping wet from the shower, and probably made some people the opposite of happy. Many people were staring at me (I couldn't tell if it was just because I was a foreigner or if it was because I was dripping all over them) and some woman throws a towel down in front of me and starts to wipe up my mess...I'm still not convinced that you are supposed to be dry in that room because I don't understand how people could be completely devoid of drippage before entering but I know I did not feel completely welcome...haha oh well. Something to remember for next time. After swimming Chol and I met up and went to get some tea near Gwangali - it was really fun! He is such a nice guy. I am so lucky to have met such nice friends in Korea!!
After school today I met Coach at the PNU track to do the track workout we were supposed to do yesterday (apparently yesterday 승연and 성인 were busy too and couldn't make the workout so that worked out well), but the others were also tied up today so it was just me and Coach. My leg was still hurting from the other day, having pulled a tendon behind my knee. So instead of doing a speed workout, Coach and I just ran some chill laps around the track for 40 minutes. It wasa very relaxing and very fun! Although my leg didn't feel fantastic, it was much better than not running at all. Ah. I love running - especially when you have a team to run with! (And when there is lots going on around the track to watch - ah I miss school!!!)
Coach and I then went to dinner and ate some delicious noodles and talked about the weekend training schedule...yayyyyy. Ha. He is great. Later on into the meal he told me to call over the waitress and say in Korean "This Kimchi is delicious. Could we have some more?" So she came over, and I almost finished saying "this Kimchi is delicious" and she said "네" (yes) and left...hahaha. I was trying to practice my Korean and the woman totally just left me hanging! That's gotta do a lot for your confidence. I mean, she brought over some Kimchi right after, but still - I must be pretty bad at Korean for her to not want to listen to me finish. Haha. No I know she was just trying to be nice, I'm sure. Coach and I laughed for a long time about that (that probably doesn't sound funny...haha...maybe you just had to have been there). We had a few more great laughs (I always do with him) and then left. I got to treat him tonight because he just got an article published (!!!) and I wanted to celebrate. He is so awesome!
I'm on my way back to the subway, happily thinking about practice at 9am on Saturday, when I run into two girls I knew from the EPIK orientation!!!! (Awesome girls, I might add). It was so great!!!! We went for ice cream and caught up a bit...(although it was more of me getting all girly and gushy and excessively smiling about the Korean man who is stealing my heart away (and probably has no idea)...but they seemed to enjoy that...haha) and then we split for home. I'm so excited that I saw them though! Although I have been very busy I definitely need to make some time to see these girls every so often - they are a great group of ladies!
And tonight, I figured out which bus I can take from the subway to my house, and where it is located...sighhhh. :)
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