Random Tidbits

Here are some random things Zack and I have seen or heard in our first week here. 

* We went to a huge department store called Lotte and we got there minutes before they opened. Inside the first set of doors was a woman (who worked there) serving coffee and tea while we waited for the doors to open. Inside this particular door was the cosmetic section, and there were probably around 30 young ladies all dressed up in their skirt suits and hats, lined up massaging the person's shoulders in front of them. All of a sudden they dispersed and went to their separate makeup counters, two ladies walked up to the two front doors..bowed to the security guard, bowed to each other, bowed to us waiting at the doors, and then proceeded to open the doors. What an amazing experience! Every time we walk into any store..we are bowed at, since we're the customers. I feel like bowing back..but I'm not supposed to! 

*When Korean babies are born, they are already 1 year old. At the beginning of a new year in January, you can say that you are the age at which you will turn that year. So for instance, I can already say that I am 26. So, if a child is born in December, in January it would already be 2! 

* The birds outside our apartment squeak..they sound like a dog's toy. 

* The internet here is ridiculously fast! It's insane..really. 

* As some of you may know, I am challenged in being able to open packages properly..especially when it comes to cereal boxes and the bags inside. I just can't do it without ripping it and 

ruining it! It's going to be even worse here..because I feel like everything I've had to open since living here has been really difficult! The tape here has some superpower force behind it..it's

 almost impossible to just rip it..you have to cut it..as well as just plain plastic..like what papertowels come wrapped in. Normally you can just rip it..but oh no...not here!!! You have to whip out the scissors! 

* Our entry way into the apartment lights up when you step on the floor. 

That's where you take your shoes off and put on your house slippers. So, Zack and I have become that old married Korean couple and we wear our funky house slippers with socks.