Missing home :(

So amidst all this posting of Korean products I got sentimental and started missing home terribly! Can't wait to go back in the summer. If only for like ... 2 months. It still is and always will be home to me. So I decided to post some throwback pictures from summers past and back in high-school... sort of make-up related you can see some of the shopping areas.

Favorite store banilaco :)




Me and my favorite BanilaCo uni!!!




Streets of downtown




My brother being strange... at an Anycall station in the underground metro shopping area.

My mommy downtown while we're out shopping :)

Random bathroom products in Korean open-air market Seomunshijang

Also at seomunshijang... random kids bookbags? haha not sure why I took this pic? ... guess cause it's sooo colorful!

My favorite shopping partner of all time, Kelli! In front of a cute little vintage jewelry store called Tiffany I think... ?

Nightlife in Daegu... me and a couple of my friends.

FOOD:

Yummmmm, just some simple dishes, deokbeokki, kimbap, oodong

one of my favorites: bibimbap! My brother took this picture btw!


As usual I tend to KILL korean food right down to the bare bowls. :) Missed a couple pieces of kimchi though :(

Amazing seafood clams. I'm not sure the Korean word for them, my eoma told me but I forgot. They're just friggen amazing, melted cheese on top of clams and other seafoods... mouthwatering to think about. These were in Pohang while we were at the annual Fireworks Festival. AMAZING experience.

Korean cafes are the BEST. This one was called Princess (it's closed now =(!) But you could dress up in dresses, wear masks, the whole place was pink and had swing chairs and beautiful draperies hanging down like those things that you put on your ceiling to cover your bed (can't remember name right now). I'm the one in the red jacket.
Randoms

Me and my doggie Bugs before he got to be a huge lazy fatass!

Traditional Korean drumming...

Says: Whitney also the same as my tattoo (p.s. that's my middle name) and the bottom row says Pohang... which isn't where I'm from but a cute little seaside city.

So a little personal questionnaire: write your answers in the comment box!

What are the five things you miss most about home?

1. My family: I miss them soooo much! It's hard not being able to see them on a daily basis. Especially my brother who I love oh so much.

2. Shopping, I love Korea's downtowns, their cheap stores full of fun stuff.

3. Food... omg I miss Korean food. Thank goodness I have a kitchen this year where I occassionally throwdown hangul style!

4. Taxis... I miss being able to take a taxi and NOT spend my entire paycheck. In fact, I took taxis EVERYWHERE, a luxury I surely miss.

5. Department stores and markets, I know that's kind of cheating but both are adventurous places, you never know what you're going to find! Especially at markets, I love going to random ones and seeing what kind of great steals you can get.