[Part 2] 027. 28 August 2010 Saturday

I had a great day, even though I didn't go to a noraebang.

My day started off with meeting Alex, JaeHyun, Jimin and Justine at Anam Station at 2pm. We went to Woodang Hall to use the computers there to check where our classrooms are and what textbooks we need for our modules. I'm so upset that Alex got his Consumer Behaviour class and we actually submitted our course registration forms together. In fact, I submitted mine a few seconds before he did so why is it that he got the course but not me? By random? Our buddies showed us where our schools were before Jimin and Justine left for Insadong while the rest of us went to the bookstore to get our books. I got my Investments, International Financial Management, Korean 3 and Korean 4 textbooks as well as some stationery. Free book wrapping was provided for my business textbooks but not for my Korean books for some unknown reason. I decided to buy Korean 4 for self-reading to improve my competency in the language during my remaining 4 months here. Time, please pass slowly! 

Initially, Alex wanted to get a printer but due to the on-off drizzle/rain and the sheer number of items he had to carry (his bag, heavy bag of textbooks and an umbrella), he decided that it wasn't a good day to buy a printer so he went back to his place while JaeHyun, being ever the gentleman, carried my 2 bags of textbooks for me. Since it was still really early and neither of us had any plans for the rest of the day, we went to the cafe at the Centennial Memorial Samsung Hall for strawberry shaved ice bingsu. He wanted to treat me but I insisted on paying because he helped me carry my books.

We had a nice chat and...buddy, I'll remember the buffet date at Lotte Hotel ok! Anyway, we checked out some alumni museum in the Samsung Hall before heading back to my place for me to dump my books. The air-conditioning at the museum is FANTASTIC so on a hot day, you know where to head to for some respite from the heat. I ran out of drinks to offer JaeHyun so I gave him a choco pie :) 

He needed to get his textbooks from a bookstore in Coex Mall near his place so I decided to accompany him there and do some window shopping, since it was more than a year since I went there together with Mel, G and Chun. I bought some stickers (one of my greatest weaknesses) from a supermarket and he got his Immunology textbook from the bookstore before we did more window shopping and went to the food hall in the basement for an early dinner. Dinner was on him and he bought his favourite food for us to share. Delicious stuff! I ate all the shells too, haha :)

We did more window shopping again after dinner and when I walked past the jeans section, JaeHyun pointed out the True Religion brand to me. I casually plucked out a price tag and was speechless for awhile. A pair of jeans costs a whooping 698,000KRW and he says his favourite brand is True Religion. It's truly expensive...He got me to try some fox fur vest too and I looked weird -_- I guess I better start figuring out how I'll dress when the weather gets cooler. Not used to dressing up for Fall! I tried looking for Longchamp as well in Hyundai Department Store but the sales assistants gave us wrong information -_- When we were on the 3rd floor, someone told us it was on the 2nd floor. When we went down to the 2nd floor, someone else told us it was on the 3rd floor so we went back up but couldn't find it. So we went back down to the 2nd floor and the sales assistant at Mulberry told us that there's no Longchamp there. Alright, thank you very much for your service! Anyway, we left Coex Mall at around 8pm and took 2 buses back to Anam. 

I think JaeHyun's really nice. I can't believe he went allllllll the way to KU just to show Alex and I our classrooms/schools and to help us with the purchase of our textbooks. He put me to shame and I now realize how terrible a buddy I was back in NUS! So I just wanted to accompany him on his long journey home to show my gratitude as well and to shop around in Coex Mall. My original plan was to shop alone but he actually accompanied me. I thought that after he had bought his textbook, he would head straight home but no, he treated me to dinner. And what was worse was that I could just take the subway/bus back to Anam on my own BUT he insisted on accompanying me BACK TO ANAM. Coex Mall/Gangnam area is like super far from Anam and he went back and forth today for Alex and I. I felt so bad :( And he's really gentlemanly as well...like when I'm walking in the mall, subway station or along the streets and someone pushes past me, he actually switches sides with me to prevent me from getting pushed. Such a rare breed and I need to gush about this because I've never met someone as nice as him and my brother doesn't even do this for me. My brother even tells me that I cannot sleep on his shoulder because it's reserved for his future girlfriend -_- So JaeHyun, I'm so glad I got to know you :)
The bus journey back took quite some time and I had to try really hard to stay awake and not fall asleep like what I normally do because if I were to sleep, my head will swing about and the last thing I want to do is something stupid and funny. 

Back in my room, I packed my stuff for awhile before meeting Jeannie and Zechy. I brought her to Aritaum to purchase her Laneige products (the same as mine) before we walked around the Anam area and popped by Baskin Robbins for my favourite Peach Melba regular cone. Great day indeed! Just that it was spoiled by an email from my mum saying that my hair looks like a curtain -_- I guess I need to drop by a hair salon soon to perm my fringe again and get a trim as well.