Candace: Remember that second ear piercing I got at Nana's the other day? Well I was really worried it was infected because it was red, swollen, and bleeding like crazy. This normally wouldn't have phased me after getting 7 other piercings and knowing this is sometimes normal afterwards, but it felt & looked like my piercing was too tight (e.g. the bar going through my ear was too small and the end cubes on either side were pressing into my skin). I went back to Nana's in Apgujeong to get it checked, since the girl who had pierced my ear had told me to come back in a few days to get both piercings checked out anyway.
Awesome rainbow samurai owl set in the ground in front of a clothing store & various shots of the streets and side streets I walked through!
Jess was tired out from yesterday so she rested up in the room while I went out. I really do love just taking my time and meandering around the city. Everything is the same, yet so different from home! I feel like one of those stickers in the sticker books you get as a kid. You pick them up and place them on different pages as you move through the book; I feel like a sticker plopped down at a crosswalk in Korea! I look like I fit in (until I open my mouth ha) but I know that I am from somewhere else ^^.
The girl at Nana's took one look at my ear and plunked me down in a chair while she did...something. I don't know what she did, unscrewed the ends or replaced the bar (doubtful since that's bad so early in the healing process) or what but somehow after some pain, she showed me in the mirror how the bar was now like twice the length and the ends were no longer pressing into my skin. HALLELUJAH. I could physically FEEL the release of pressure as she did...whatever she did to my ear. So much better :) The girl who had helped me for both my piercings was this super cute, tiny, thing with AWESOME clothes and piercings. She also knew a tiny bit of English that she really tried to communicate to us with, was a lot nicer to us than the other workers there, and seemed to know what she was doing more than the rest as well. I recommend her if anyone ever ends up going there.
The girl at Nana's took one look at my ear and plunked me down in a chair while she did...something. I don't know what she did, unscrewed the ends or replaced the bar (doubtful since that's bad so early in the healing process) or what but somehow after some pain, she showed me in the mirror how the bar was now like twice the length and the ends were no longer pressing into my skin. HALLELUJAH. I could physically FEEL the release of pressure as she did...whatever she did to my ear. So much better :) The girl who had helped me for both my piercings was this super cute, tiny, thing with AWESOME clothes and piercings. She also knew a tiny bit of English that she really tried to communicate to us with, was a lot nicer to us than the other workers there, and seemed to know what she was doing more than the rest as well. I recommend her if anyone ever ends up going there.
Aaaaaand since I'm ALREADY right next door to Cofioca, I might as well go right? :D Don't answer that, it was rhetorical. And moot point, since nothing but raging howler monkeys could keep away (I know all about them now after our trip to the zoo! [zoo is next post]). The lady who runs the shop is seriously the sweetest thing on this planet. She's so cute and itty bitty and seems to recognize me at this point...I can hardly say I'm shocked given my addiction to this place, heh. I relaxed in the shop for awhile watching tv and sipping my bubble tea, before leaving. She was all "you're leaving already??" then thanked me as I said my goodbyes and bowed my way out.
Now, since I hadn't done much clothes shopping since I got here I figured I would swing by the Gangnam Underground Shopping Center, located at the Express Bus Terminal subway stop. It was on the way home after all.
I forgot how much I loved being in the shopping center; not even buing stuff, just being in there and cruising among all the cool stuff in the hundreds of shops :) It is undoubtedly my favorite place to be in Seoul...aside from in my room and at my twiggim lady's food stand that is. The noise and the hubbub from all the people and store owners and the colors and music playing is fun to be a part of ^^.
I forgot how much I loved being in the shopping center; not even buing stuff, just being in there and cruising among all the cool stuff in the hundreds of shops :) It is undoubtedly my favorite place to be in Seoul...aside from in my room and at my twiggim lady's food stand that is. The noise and the hubbub from all the people and store owners and the colors and music playing is fun to be a part of ^^.
You knew this was coming, buuuut I did damage :3 I just can't help it. Next time I'll throw YOU all into this madness and see if you can resist the adorable clothes everywhere you turn for so cheap it's makes your head spin. I got 3 cute long sleeves, 3 chiffon button-ups, an aqua-colored cardigan, some cozy fleece PJ bottoms, 3 adorable thick knit sweaters, and the cutest blazer-trenchcoat jacket ever...all for about $100. The coat has an adorable print inner lining and it all flares out until around my knees, so I spent a good 5 minutes twirling in it when I first got home. Yes I am 5-years old, thanks for asking :)
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