New Friend?

I usually don't eat breakfast, but since I've been waking up early I get hungry at around 9. I hadn't found any cereal at this point, so I've been going to a little kimbap store just outside of the apartment. I love kimbap restaurants because they're simple and affordable. The prices usually only range from 75 cents to 4.50USD. Not too bad.

Well, since my first meal is usually lunch, I have no problem eating the spicy Korean food early. It is a blessing to want to eat lunch earlier in the day, because the stores are much less busy at those times. So I have the owners all to myself :) I've been hoping to build a friendship with at least one of the ladies who work here, and today I talked with one of them!!

She started talking to me in Korean, and I unfortunately had no idea what she was talking about except for hearing the word Korea...So I thought she wanted to know how long I had been here. I got out my little pocket phrasebook, and started searching for the word "day". She laughed when I told her I'd been here for 4 days...Must not have been the right question :) Oh well. I thanked her for the food and told her it was delicious. I had a kimchi and rice stir-fry. Mmm... She got out a little English book that she had written all over in! She's learning English!! I talked to her with the help of the phrasebook and found out her name and told her it was a pleasure to meet her. I think it might be a good tradition to go here a few times a week as well as get to talk to her more. Maybe she'll be willing to teach me some Korean if I help her in her English!! That would be great.

I'm pleased to introduce my new friend: Shin-dong Il