'A nice little Saturday'

Trip to Home Plus today. Absolutely maddening. Thousands upon thousands of people casually strolling their carts about, not looking in front, behind or to the side of them to see if they're in anyone's way, but naturally they were all in ours.

We went to the food court to eat and, because we couldn't make out what any of the establishments were selling, we went to Popeye's for some 'chicken and biscuits'. Perfectly enough there were three birthday parties happening with each set of boisterous kids trying to be louder than the other. What made it even better was the staff were inexplicably encouraging the noise by teaching the children some sort of chant where they had to scream at the top of their lungs. This mixed with everyone touching Cate's face and rubbing her hair put her in a great mood.

I've developed a cold and Cate seems to be getting it too. So far Carmen's in the clear, but from what we hear, most foreigners encounter this in their first few weeks in Korea. Luckily we loaded up on Tylenol Cold and Flu before we came, and we've been eating Vitamin C like candy. A nice evening in watching movies sounds like the best medicine though.