Helicopters

Potentially being our last day in our current area, we decided to pay a final visit to the first restaurant in which we dined in Korea. This involved consuming a somewhat sizeable lunch of shabu shabu (샤브샤브) (left: the vegetable accompaniment to boiled meat, followed by noodles, followed by eggy rice-soup), rendering us rather full.

It was thus that our original plan of meeting our US army friend to visit the Seoul Museum of Art became rather unfeasible as we rolled into our agreed meeting place three quarters of an hour late. Well, this along with the fact that our friend accidently drove us in the wrong direction (but presented us with an exciting trip through an underground tunnel - twice) and that once finally at the museum we were told to "U-turn, u-turn, and P1" - implying the carpark was a fair distance away. Attempting to battle the heavy traffic, something was telling us that today was not the day for art appreciation.

Instead, as per a previous daytrip suggestion, we were taken to his workplace where we were shown round the helicopters. It was very exciting. He was a good tour guide, encouraging us to sit inside and play with the controls; he let us climb on top and showed us the ropes of what helicopter fliers get up to; he took photos of us and made us feel like right tourists ^^

Just as exciting, he surprised us with Christmas gifts: Lauren got her requested oatmeal in various flavours while I've been given my fix of Babybel - not quite the English cheddar I'm missing but an exciting Westernism nonetheless! (Oatmeal?! I've been away from England too long...)

Job wise, we're supposed to be meeting Kinderschool woman tomorrow morning to talk about transferring our visas, as well as meeting Comedy Duo about moving apartments. Since the latter are offering us a better contract it's probable we'll take the job with them, but I guess that means one of us has to phone Mrs Evil-Turned-Nice sooner or later and tell her the bad news...

But as far as I'm concerned, after the initial disappointment of moving away from where has become home, I'm quite excited about moving (mould-free apartment here I come?^^) and leaving this state of coasting, unemployed...