adventures of a teacher
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the mv for SNSD’s “oh!”
So.. when I get back I can expect all the Korean girls to have perms and wear big rings and monochromatic athletic-inspired outfits?
My goodness, who has been dressing the Korean boy bands lately? I pray that no one is wearing shit like this when I get back.
It’s also a shame that these guys suck, they are kind of adorable.
F.Cuz [pronounced “focus”, wtf?] - “지기”
there are a lot of people who need to get this memo.
Ha, when I got back to the States I had to do several double-takes on some girls’ outfits. Tights? As pants? What?
And even in general it’s been hard getting used to everyone’s attire—they all seem SO dressed-down. You would never see so many gym shoes, t-shirts, and lazy clothes in Seoul.
So I am kind of maybe writing for a Korean fashion website, and I got sent to a T-shirt design party tonight in Cheongdam, a fancy part of the city. It was a really cool place and I met a ton of awesome artists who invited me to parties they’re having, so it was a successful night.
I dragged Sakura along with me, and thanks to some free alcohol and an abundance of Korean-guy eye candy, it wasn’t too bad for her (I hope). Speaking of dudes, we were drooling over this one guy forever, and my attempt to talk to him was by asking him to take this pic of us. He spoke really good English, but our relationship went no further than this poorly-framed photo. Tooooo bad.
Earlier in the night, we decided to hit up the bar, and I noticed one of the bartenders was staring at me and waving. He looked vaguely familiar, but since this place just opened, I couldn’t think of where I knew him from. I even talked to him for awhile, and it didn’t hit me until later when I ran into another familiar-looking guy who worked there, and he talked to me too. I realized they (and another one) were from Hard Rock. I guess the place closed in April, so a few of them ended up at this new place. Sakura and I were both sad to hear about HRC closing because it had been our main place for awhile, even though its lack of business should have been a sign that it would quickly shut down. It was kind of like last year when Cly’s closed and Amanda and I were nostalgic for the old days when we used to dance up on bros and slide around on the perpetually sticky floor. I will miss my drunken nights of free alcohol at Hard Rock, and I wonder what ever happened to that weirdo bartender I used to be in love with.
Pretty lame pics, but it was really cool to go to. I went with my co-worker Tae and our friend Eva, and Tae took pictures so maybe his turned out better. The first show we saw, Cho Sungkyong, was kind of boring, but the last dress was gorgeous. Too bad my camera is like 800 years old and this was all too much for it.
Then we watched Doii, which was super tacky and ridiculous, but at the same time pretty sweet. My poor dying cam could not handle all the lamé and shimmer.
Afterwards, we saw a group of girls chasing after someone, cameras flying everywhere. Turns out, it was an actor who looked really familiar, but we’ll never know. I just failed a lot with cameras on Sunday, and the only picture I got was of a bunch of Korean girls in the parking lot.
Then on Tuesday, I met up with the boy—whose status is yet to be determined—for a date. We showed up awkwardly wearing our respective gender’s version of the same outfit, hah. I wore a white shirt, black skirt and tights, and a black coat; he wore a white shirt, black pants and boots, and a black coat. I laughed. It’s so Korean for couples to intentionally dress the same, so we looked like we planned it. We saw Lee Young Hee, who is a regular designer as well as a hanbok designer, so that show was awesome.
First it was just normal ready-to-wear stuff. This time, I pulled out the camera that doesn’t suck.
Then the hanboks!
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