korean department stores

are stressful/scary/hilarious/intimidating

I went with my family to go shopping today and they wanted to buy me a pair of nice shoes. so we go to the shoe floor which is in itself so intimidating because they legit have millions of shoes everywhere. but each little section for different brands have their own reps. so like 2 guys for each brand. and they just stand in front of their place YELLING at you as you walk down the aisle. this one guy was like "PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT OUR SHOES! TAKE A CHANCE ON US! WE WON'T LET YOU DOWN!" it was like a whiny boyfriend or something. haha. and the first phrase these people learn when they start working with shoes must be "TRY THEM ON" okay i know i can try them on. they're shoes. if i like them, i will ask for my size. but as soon as they catch you even glancing toward the direction of their shoes, they will attack you and repeat that phrase over and over until you give in and finally try a pair on. but in the end, i did decide on a pair of shoes with the hilarious "take a chance on us" guys. and this is where it gets even more intense. they like measure my feet (not only the length but like the width and the circumference (?) and are like we can add padding here and there to make it really confortable. i was amazed. so i'm really excited to see how these shoes turn out and hopefully they will be the most comfortable heels ever to exist on the planet (not like the shoes that literally cut my feet all over the place. my feet our currently covered in bandaids. but they're these really cool bandaids that are supposed to help you grow new skin there and reduce scars?? so we'll see how that works..)

besides that it's been really great being home for the weekend. it's going to be hard adjusting to dorm life after this..

also we just got these super huge dumplings for dinner. like each one is the size of a softball. so that should be delicious.

also first question my grandmother asks me when i get home is "have you gotten a boyfriend?" oh korea.. hahahaa..