Artsy and I met up at 2ish at the PX in the military base, took out some won, and we took a taxi down to Daemyoung, which is where Homeplus and KAPS are. A week or so before, one of the coordinators had informed us about a Korean restaurant which was really good, and Artsy and I were hungry, AND it was a couple of buildings away from KAPS, so why not? We entered, took off our shoes, and sat down on the floor in front of the table with the ... uh... thing... in the middle, that cooks your food.
So, that was our menu. I don't know why, but we weren't allowed to have a lot of the stuff on the right side. We kept trying, but she kept point and making an X sign with her hands. So whatever, we got that thing for 6,000 won and just hoped for the best. Artsy was hoping to get live Octopus, I think. We'll have to check out the fish markets near KAPS, but we got what we always get at Korean restaurants. The same meat. Most Korean restaurants actually give you the same meat, and other foods, and same leaves, etc. I was a bit frustrated until she gave us POTATOES and CHEESY CORN. I know it sounds really stupid, but in Korean restaurants that I've been too, instead of potatoes, and cheesy corn, you get some other kind of strange vegetable/fruit that when you taste it you're not sure if you like it or not, or, you're not sure if you should cook it on the cooker in front of you.
So, the restaurant wasn't half bad. We paid and went to KAPS, groomed dogs, played with dogs, took dogs for walks, got about 6 drinks because it's so fucking hot in Daegu at the minute. At 5:17, we decided to leave, which is usually when we leave anyway, but Adam wasn't picking us up. We decided to take the Subway! I was excited, because I've never been on the Subway before, and I really needed to learn how to navigate it. So we're walking down there, and stop for a minute to sit down and Sunnan, the president of KAPS see's us and starts talking to us. :D She's so sweet! She's quite a bit older, but very lively and active. She told us the importance of exercise and gave us fruit. 3 apples and a batch of blueberries each. We tried to refuse, but Koreans can be too kind sometimes. We conversed with her for awhile, she left, and we cont'd to walk down to the subway. On our way, though, we saw a hospital patient. Jamie, Artsy's husband, had mentioned before that hospital patients in Korea are allowed to leave the facility to get a drink, or something to eat. We saw a girl with an IV in arm, drip machine and all, hobbling along the street with her boyfriends/friend/brother.
So the subway was an experience. Artsy thought we had to get off at the third stop, but decided we should get off at the second one instead. Biggest mistake, EVER. We ended up semi-close to walker, but it was one well of a walk, and we needed to be on george. From the station, to walker, to George is not a fun walk. At All. We were actually semi-close to George and decided to get a taxi, told him where we needed to go, he didn't understand, drove us up the street and made a motion at us to get out. Thankfully, we didn't have to pay, but, he did take up back up the street we just walked up, so we had to walk back down, again.
Getting to George was like Ice Cream on a Hot day, though.
Most of last night, and today, is dedicated to making KAPS a new site that will be easier to function than the current one, making animal profiles, and other various things like figuring out a new building for KAPS. Sunday will be spent meeting with Sunnan and the Fund raising Coordinator at KAPS, I'll call her PottyMouth on here, because she always says "Fuck you" at me. :( Silly Londoners.
Adam doesn't get off work until 10 until Sunday, either, which really sucks. I get bored. 3:
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