Once again, another busy week, another post one week later!

So where my last post left off was Monday afternoon, now it is Sunday evening! I will explain my week again in condensed form:

On Tuesday I started to finally feel better, my tonsillitis went away after some rest and medicine but when I woke up I couldn't believe my eyes. It was snowing very hard. On April 3rd! So I went to my one class, Sociology, and then I had to go to teach English. After my lesson I had to go meet my group for a group project again.

On Wednesday the sun was shining and that made me feel even better. After my one and only class, I worked on the presentation for my group project in Linguistics class. That evening there was a movie night hosted by AGA but I skipped it and went to the basketball tournament with some other exchange students to watch Vytas play in the final. Being 7ft tall he towers over all the Koreans and it's hilarious to watch. His team won the tournament and 500,000won. It was also on Wednesday that I decided I would go to Japan next week! On Wednesday April 11th, we have no school because it is Election Day in Korea. Thursday we also don't have school because it is Ajou's birthday, and I have no classes on Friday so I have a 5-day holiday from school. Many exchange students are going to Japan during this holiday. I bought my tickets on Wednesday night from Seoul to Osaka!

On Thursday I had classes and my Linguistics presentation. After school, since it was Thursday night, it was Friend's Club night! Our activity was bowling. First though I went out to dinner with one of the groups of Koreans and we had very good dakgalbi. After that we went to the bowling place and had a good time. At first though they didn't have any bowling shoes big enough for me! When we played I was in a group with the German girls, and I won the 2nd game. After bowling everyone went to a bar and played darts. I also won there. After the darts bar we all took taxis to go back near Ajou and we went to our usual hangout club, Plan B. This is where the night got really fun. Many people were there, the DJ was good, and everyone had a great time. Maybe you can see pictures that my friend, April took, click here to see the album on Facebook. One of the best nights of party I have had since I got here. I left earlier than everyone else at around 2:30, because I had to teach English later that day (Friday).

On Friday I woke up and went and taught English. I didn't really do much the rest of the day. Many students went to Seoul for clubbing but I need to save my money for Japan and the next day I was going to hang out with Byeongjae.

On Saturday, Byeongjae picked me up at 11:00 and we went to the Korean traditional village in Suwon. It was cool and cultural and it was very nice of him to bring me. We actually witnessed a wedding there too, a real life wedding, not a staged one. But it was done in traditional Korean style. No kissing, and at the end the groom got on a horse and the bride was carried in a box. I have updated my photo album so click here to see. Saturday night I went to Suwon station and had some very good Japanese food!

Today, Easter Sunday was a very fun day. I woke up and noticed the laundry machine wasn't running so I jumped out of bed and started some laundry. Then Vytas texted me saying to join him and others in the 4th floor kitchen because he was making Lithuanian pancakes. After he made them, a group of 8 of us ate the pancakes outside and basked in the sun, they were tasty and the weather was so good today. Afterwards, I wanted to go to a cafe and study so I went to Cafe Ti-Amo to study Korean and had a green tea latte while watching outside. After that I wanted to be outside again so I took a 30-minute walk before going and eating some bagels. Then I was going back to my dorm and I ran into Vytas, Kelsey, and Imane again and they told me to come with them to a cafe, so I did! We ate lots of cheescake and I had kiwi juice and we stayed and talked at this cafe for 3 hours. Afterwards, since it was so nice, we went and bought Korean style burritos and ate them outside on the patio and just talked for over an hour. After that we went and got Korean pancakes and ate them as we walked back to the dorm! In total, I got no studying done, but that is just fine with me. Being with my friends here is so great.
Now it is Monday actually and I have 3 classes and a quiz in Korean class.

In regards to my trip to Japan, currently I only have my airplane ticket. I am leaving Seoul on Wednesday April 11th and flying to Osaka. And I will return on Monday, April 16th. I am going with Keith, another American, who actually is Japanese-American and lived in Japan for 3 years. I want to stay in the Osaka-Kyoto area and we will probably stay in a capsule hotel in Osaka. More details will come soon. Bye.