sorry I lied :(

I was supposed to write about my small night adventure with my friend a day after my last post, but I got busy and exhausted towards the end of the day so I couldn't do it. I'm so sorry :'(

Anyways, I met one of my good friends since middle school last Wednesday (11th) near 강남역 (Gangnam Station) around 4:30pm to get early dinner at 미즈 컨테이너 (MIES Container (what's MIES or Mies..or whatever that is..) click the link to check out more pictures and info) There were so many people waiting on line to get in! We had to wait for about 20-25 minutes to get a spot. We were actually lucky that we got in early because there were more people waiting on line when we got out. Whole interior looked pretty cool. It kind of had this industrial decoration..sort of reminded me of BJs a bit.

My friend said this place is known for salad spaghetti so we ordered that and potato bacon pizza. As soon as the order went in, they gave us a receipt in a white safety hat with number printed on it. We went to our seat and talked for awhile. A waiter came with our food after 15 minutes. He said "happy new year and hope you will have a great year this year" and some more comments and asked for high-five, so we did it and laughed after he left. Food was really good! I know I wasn't supposed to eat pizza or spaghetti but she's been craving for awhile and she wanted to go to this place since a week before, so I was okay. And besides, I knew I won't be able to eat this if I didn't eat that moment. Food was really delicious. Salad spaghetti was like actual salad with spaghetti noodles (no, there wasn't any tomato sauce on top.) Pizza was a bit saltier than I thought. Maybe my taste became less salty.

As we were having a conversation about our life and other stuff, she asked me if there was anything that I wanted to visit while I'm in Korea so I told her I wanted to visit many places like 삼청동 (Sam-chung Dong) or 북촌 (Book-chon) area. She asked if I wanted to go after dinner so I agreed and decided to go. I was wearing heels that time so I wasn't sure how far I could walk, but I didn't care. We arrived at 안국역 (Ahn-gook Station) around 6pm and started to walk to small road where a lot of cafes are located in Sam-chung dong. Roads were pretty small in the beginning but there were a lot of cute places to pass by.

(a panoramic view of Sam Chung Dong)

After we walked for a bit, my friend took me to top of this building on a hill to look at the view of night cityscape. We had to go up this steep stairs to look at it. Night view was very beautiful. I took a photo and we walked to Book-chon.
Book-chon is a really small village on the hill with Korean traditional houses. I was little bit disappointed on myself that we came here too late because I wasn't able to see details of the house. Oh wells, but they were still pretty :D We walked around there for a bit and went down to head over 인사동 (Insa Dong)

(Ssam-ji Gil)

Insa Dong is known for selling Korean traditional products and galleries. Also all of banners are written in Korean (even Starbucks.) We were planning on going to this cafe that my friend wanted to go, but we decided to go to 쌈짓길 (Ssam-ji Gil) and check out the stores. Stores in that building sell a lot of hand-made products or their own design products. Ugly Dolls shop was there too. I found few things that I liked but they were overpriced so I gave up.

(left: interior of Book Cafe / right: drawing for my friend)

We went to a cafe located on top of Ssam-ji Gil called 'Book Cafe' and rested until they closed. She ordered mocha and I ordered lemon tea. They had scrap papers for guest to draw on it and post it around the wall so I started to draw the interior with my friend in it. My friend liked it a lot so she asked me if she could keep it, so I gave it to her.
After we got out, we started to head out towards 청계천 (Chung Kye Chun.) We saw a Honey Thread snacks, watched their how-to-make shows and bought some.

(Gwang Hwa Gate)

We walked through Chung Kye Chun, went to 광화문광장 (Gwang Hwa Gate Square) and walked all the way to Gwang Hwa Gate. We saw a person bowing in front of a statue of General Soon Shin Lee...it was weird...

So that was my dinner date with my friend :) I should've took more pictures but this wasn't planned so I didn't have a camera with me :/

Anyways, I don't go out as much as I wish I could be. I've been sort of busy with dad's business related stuff, going to gym every morning, get acupuncture, do house chores and some other stuff...so I don't know what else I can say..lol. I will post more about recent activities I had with friends and family :D (hopefully tonight?!)