Happy Chuseok!

Fall is right around the corner, and it is time to celebrate Chuseok! Chuseok is a holiday here in Korea where families get together and share their great harvest. Many Koreans pay respect to their great ancestors during the Chuseok Festival, and it lasts for 3 days. It is similar to our Thanksgiving. People also take this opportunity to go on a vacation, I pulled up a picture of what we can expect the roads to look like into this weekend:

Needless to say, Zak and I don't plan on traveling. 

However we will be studying hard for our Korean driver's license because our car has arrived in Korea, it is in Seoul now waiting for us to come pick it up! After we get our licenses of coarse...

Last weekend Zak and I stumbled upon a street festival in Songtan, there was lots of games, chicken on stick,  cross dressing singers, and soju! Here are some pictures:

(I think I might have scared Spongebob!)

Here is Zak rocking out to the live band..

I hope your speakers were down, Zak's got one hell of a yeti yell. 

We had a great night, and its even better when you know you have a little dog to come home to at night! :) I will leave you with a video of Pip:

Hope everyone enjoys their last few days of Summer, it's Fall on Wednesday! Woo hoo!

The Glowing Toilet

Another exciting day in the Moreland household! We decided to open up a box that came with out apartment that has been sitting in an empty bedroom for the past month. When opening the box we found user manuals to just about everything in our house. Thank goodness the Korean's love to put picture-grams with everything because I wouldn't know how to decode these user manuals without them. Underneath the user manuals we discovered about 10 remote controls! So we spent the rest of the evening walking around the house with every remote to see what it turned on, the lights, the heater, the camera, the food washer, the UV sanitizer, the air conditioner, and the toilet...wait.. what? A remote for our toilet?! It is not just a remote for the toilet, it is a remote to turn the light on in our toilet. I have no idea what the purpose of this infrared light in our toilet is, Zak thinks it to keep your bum warm. So in true Moreland nature I felt the need to document this discovery...

Does anyone else have a glowing toilet? Do YOU know what its used for?!

Another discovery, the "Soju Kettle". We went out to go play pool with some friends last night and he recommended that we try a soju kettle. Usually when you get a soju drink there are many flavors to choose from, but the soju kettle has one flavor...original. It ended up tasting like lime kool-aid. Here is a photo of our kettle...

I think we had about 3 kettles, and by the time the lady selling things came around I was pretty toasted. You see, here in Korea, they get you when you are at your weakest. A woman wearing a necklace that states she is deaf holds up a sign that says "Thank You, I Love You" and asks me to buy something. This is what I chose on this particular evening:

(elephants under a palm tree)

Just another Korean bar trinket to add to the collection.

Thanks for reading, you are awesome.

P.S. Does your McDonalds do delivery?

(Mine does) :-P

Pip is finally in her new home! (Video Heavy!)

Great news! The typhoon was just a windy thunderstorm, I am glad it wasn't any worse! The worst it did to us was keep us up all night from the whistling coming through our utility closet. There is supposed to be another one headed this way in a day or two but I am pretty sure thats going to be south of us. Here is a picture of the typhoon at about 5am:

And a video of this weak little storm:

On Sunday, Zak and I traveled to Gumi which is about 2 1/2 hours south of us by train. In Gumi we met Pip's foster/rescue mom and we united with the new addition to our family! Pip didn't really seem to mind being handed off to strangers, I think she thought we were just taking her for a walk! We had a little bit of time before our train home so we went and looked around Gumi with Pip. People in Korea love to pet dogs that are being walked, and Pip is no exception. She does get a lot of laughs for her big ears though! Here are some pictures and videos (sorry I have to post them individually, having issues with our editing software! ) of Pip's first day here:

Video of Pip's first walk:

Waiting at the train station (it was so hot!)

Pip really wants out of her carrier:

Pip didn't want to sit still in her carrier, so we let her out so she could see what was going on! 

The best thing about the ride home was that we were able to sit first class! There is so much more room, its quiet, and there is no "standing room". Standing room= oversold tickets, tickets are still sold for the train ride even if there are no more seats left so there are people standing over your shoulder most of the time in the economy cabs.

And finally, Pip for the first time in our apartment:

Sorry for so many different videos! Hope everyone had a great Labor Day weekend. Cross your fingers that we get our house hold goods in the next two weeks! 

Thanks for reading! 

Typhoon Kompasu is coming!

Time to stock up on water and get all my laundry done! I had no idea there was a Typhoon in the forecast until my husband's doctor called to inform me that he needs to get to the clinic ASAP since it will be shut down for a few days and his wound needs to get checked out! (Thanks Dr. Kim! Without you I would be wondering the streets of Korea tomorrow during a Cat 3 Typhoon!)

(We are where the red square is)

See you on the other side of the storm, with hopefully no damage to report! Right about now I am wishing we didn't take the apartment on the 10th floor of the tallest building in our city. (Actually I love this place, but its going to suck to use the stairs if the elevator is out of service!)

Ciao!