the third time is NOT always a charm!!!!

Friday was pretty laid back for the most part --- all of the student tried their costumes on and we just rehearsed for the dance performance open house that would be held on Saturday.

Saturday – I had to be at the studio around 12PM to start preparing for the open house that would be held at 5PM. When I got there many of our students were already there. We began by doing hair and makeup --- if you have ever participated in a dance performance then you know we’re basically just doing the typical pre-performance stuff.  Before leaving for the school Zack was already sporting his GAME DAY attire as he called it... a blue button down shirt with an orange tie….. you would have thought he was getting ready to be on ESPN he was sooo excited !!!! haha

By 5PM the dancers were lined up and the studio was packed with friends and family who had come to watch the kids perform and there were also people who had come to just “check out” the studio since it just opened. 

Me and the “little ones” were up first. I thought they were going to dance but I had to suit up as well and even wear a headset and dance with them and talk in the headset the entire time – LOL – After all the dancers had finished their pieces they broke out the refreshments!!!! When I say refreshments I mean (cookies, fruit, chips, eel, cake, all sorts of Korean stuff  -- I had no idea what it was) and we ate all of it with chopsticks. My director’s mom made a special place for Zack and I along with some of the other foreigners to sit.  Zack, Josh and Stephen stood out a little… (3 white men with scruff) People were taking pictures of them throughout the night. LOL

Everyone just sat down on the floor and grubbed out for the most part… around 7PM we left and headed to Busan --- it took us way longer to get there than normal because of the traffic --- this time of year, Gwangalli Beach in Busan has a HUGE fireworks show on the beach at night and everyone was headed in that direction. 

This is who I got to sit by -- he was really talkative!

Sunday --- we went to church and it was a wonderful day. Zack was so pumped Auburn won – he even worn his Auburn t-shirt to church – LOL After service Zack and I decided to go different routes for lunch. I ate soup and I don’t know what he ate because I did not eat with him (LOL) --- we met after lunch for coffee. It was yummy!!!! Zack then had a tutoring session and I went to get my hair done… MISTAKE!!!!!

I went to the first place (first being a key word) – I had an appointment and they spoke English. The salon looked really nice and I just new everything would be great. Well after everything was done… I came out with ORANGE roots --- CAROTT TOP!!!! I tried to stay calm but I was freaking and they said that was the lightest they could get my roots.  So I called Zack and thankfully he took a break and took me to another place (which also seemed really nice) we explained what happened and they understood what happened and what needed to be done to get it the right color – an hour later my entire head was um.. YELLOW! Needless to say I was almost in tears but it was funny at the same time. I was also thankful I still had hair with as much color and BLEACH as they used. She looked at me and said this looks a little “BRIGHT” and I was thinking DUH???? I wonder if she really thought it looked bad or if she could tell from my face how awful it looked.  Needless to say the next bowl they brought out looked like tomato juice…. I freaked and she assured me it wouldn’t turn that color… so all in all they TONED it down a lot and I now have um…. GRAY in my hair ---- Zack jokes that I look like an old lady and shouldn’t have paid for gray hair when I could get it for FREE in 60 years he says. Haha…… it may not look good but it looks way better than what it FIRST looked like and also what it looked like the SECOND time. I wouldn’t say that the THIRD time was the CHARM but it was way better than the first two. I told Zack I am going to have to teach him how to highlight my hair at home. What a great BF! LOL 

just hanging out while my scalp is burning

Do you need to add some curl.... we can hook you up to this machine...

waiting --- not knowing the outcome would be a BRIGHT one.

I really love 80's music but I don't want to look like I am part of the band!!!!

I don't even really know what to say about this....

Oh my!!!

hello --- I promise I'm only 23, but i look 65!

Today is Tuesday and I got a call from Zack this morning saying it was freezing outside and to dress warm today. He was not lying by any means. It is freezing here today. I even have on tights and a double jacket --- i wish i had a scarf, gloves and a hat on too. I dread leaving work tonight because it's going to be so cold.

Tonight I am meeting a "new friend" his name is Andrew. He wants to practice his English -- normally people pay you for like a "private lesson" but he wanted to do a language exchange -- so I agreed to at least meet him tonight --- we will see how it goes. I am looking forward to the Coffee we will have at Dunkin Donuts because I know it will be SUPER COLD tonight.