Mosquitoes can bite me. Ha, that'd be a really cute and punny expression of annoyance if my arms hadn't been completely owned by mosquitoes. The multiple itchy points that are driving me insane are anything but cute. Here's how, in the course of an hour, I went from having zero bug bites to over fifteen:
My dad bought a property in Cheongpyeong, which is a town about an hour outside of Seoul (more like two hours if you factor in traffic), and we went to go check it out yesterday. I was expecting an inhabitable vacation house or something like that, but when we got there, I was greeted with the external walls of a house and not much more. The floor was all rocks and gravel, there were no windows, and the entire place was falling apart. I then understood why my dad needed to "fix up" the place. We went hiking up the hill behind the house, which is when the mosquitoes decided to attack. I think that if I wasn't continually swatting at the air around me, I probably would have received way more bites. Anyway, the house is situated near a lake with boats and stuff, and I'll be happy to return when there's a nice indoor area, where I can go to escape from the blood-hungry horrors.
I went to my cousin's house afterwards, and from there my cousin, his girlfriend, and I went to Dongdaemun at around midnight. Dongdaemun is one of the historic gates that used to guard the entrance to Seoul, or something like that, but it's also a famous shopping area. There are so many clothing stores. My head was spinning about five minutes after we entered the area. My cousin bought some clothes and kept asking me if I wanted anything, but I was in no mood nor energy level to go shopping. I did, however, mention that I wanted a hat, which we proceeded to search for, but to no avail. Since I'm super picky, it's really hard to find something that I really like. Oh well, I'll keep searching.
On our way to Dongdaemun, we got caught up in some protest or something, and the traffic was completely stopped. There were police everywhere, and my cousin said that in all his life in Korea, he's never seen such a large-scale protesting event happen. I guess I got to witness something extremely unusual! We returned from shopping at 3 in the morning (it's amazing that so many places never close in Korea), and I crawled into bed and slept like a log.
Compared to yesterday, today has been relatively uneventful.
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