halfway point and lotte world

미안.. i've been pretty tired. and lazy. and sick. right now, alivia, lucas, emily, and i are sick. we all, excluding lucas, got sick after going to busan. lucas, on the other side, became a little sick (he's been getting headaches) today after hitting his head during a ride in lotte world. prayers please. 


alright, about yesterday. earlier in the day, the kids went out to go to changdeok palace while i was sleeping; i had two classes that night. welll my mom and auntie yoomi didn't do their research and found out that you had to pay for the tours. they came back and we decided to go to dongdaemun!!!!! that is where we spent the rest of the day. 


as for today, we spent the day with joanna kim (from san diego, california) at lotte world! we were there from 11:30pm to 7:50pm. i think my feet are dead. overall, we had fun but i don't think we're going to go there again. unless, it's just me and some friends. going for that long with 5 kids under the age of 10 is just not fun. also, the food is pretty gross and expensive. i REALLY hate that combination. and guess what? joanna, alivia, and i had no idea how to get to the "outside" part of lotte world because lotte world has HORRIBLE DIRECTIONS. they'll tell you what direction to go in but that's about it. if the road splits, it's your responsibility to find the ride. that wasted at least an hour. what did we do for the other 7 hours? waited in line. what are people even doing in lotte world during school hours? oh yeah. BILLIONS OF LITTLE KIDS TAKE FIELD TRIPS TO LOTTE WORLD. yay. i'm done. 

what the kids did instead of going to the palace..

this was one of those exercise parks. 

is it just me or does she look like she's sorta flying?

whatt? you don't know what an exercise park is? well it's just like the name. they have these things that help you exercise (i think.. i didn't exactly go..)

man, i don't remember ever being this cute :(

ohh my. skin is showing.

the boys were VERY sore today

the girls too?


later that day..

doota is sorta like a department store but not as expensive. i really liked the clothes!

migliore [pronounced mil-li-oh-reh] this is where we spent most of our time

the next time we go to dongdaemun, which is very soon, i think we're going to spend most of our time in here

i didn't know auntie yoomi owned a store!! :O

this soondooboo was actually really good!

vegetable dolsot bibimbap

regular dolsot bibimbap. i guess it was okayy

we finished everything anyway haha

korea at night. you see those stars? the lines were moving, making it look like shooting stars

blending in

well that ruined it :]

LOTTE WORLD..

the beginning of the end..

looks pretty nice right?

if you ride the trolley, you get a little performance in the middle of it!

if you saw this, then looked at us at the end, you would be like, "are you sure they're the same people?"

creepy right? she's wearing a mask because the theme was a masquerade

really..

this is how koreans make memories

BY DRAWING ALL OVER THE WALLS

a mini car-ferris wheel!

inside the teacup spinners?

scary doggy..

da boys

bumper cars!!!!!!!!!! <3

red. red is good. unni is proud of you, emily

korean haircuts vs america haircuts. who wins?

elise likes cotton candy. she's doing a dance that's quite dandy

whoa. lucas and ella look really alike in this picture

my madre in action [on the right of the cutie pie]

bibim jjorlmyun: pretty good!

udon set: the udon tasted like instant udon you can buy at trader joe's. that chicken katsu was very soft and did not taste good.

i thought this looked pretty cool though

curry.. they need to make food look better. and taste better.

does anyone know who this is? he's supposedly a famous comedian.

joanna and i! ahh i miss you already, man..

coming back home.. this isn't even DURING rush hour. this is AFTER

exactly two more weeks till we go home. i have mixed feelings about this. i wanna stay and explore more yet i would like to sleep on a bed and smell fresh air.. oh yeah and see my dad. almost forgot about you, pops. just kidding. i miss you and i can't wait TO COOK FOR YOU. JA;SLDKJFA; I WANNA GO AND COOK.. you should look at these recipe videos and see which ones you want me to make! i should probably sleep. gotta go to an online class in an hour. bleh. bye.

ps. i hate runny noses. i hate it when you're itchy inside your ear but you just can't itch it. i hate being sick. sigh. pray lots.