This past Friday, I went downtown to make an appointment at the dentist.  One of my molars was really sensitive to cold, two weeks ago.  It had since stopped, but I figured I should get it checked, just in case.  I was expecting the office to be booked, like every dentist I've ever gone to.  I would have been happy to get an appointment the following week.  I came in and the receptionist remembered me.  Before leaving my house, I looked up the Korean word for "appointment", but didn't get a chance to use it before the staff ushered me to the back.  I was a little uncomfortable because I wasn't expecting to sit down for an evaluation, but I had no say in the matter.  Within five minutes of walking in the door, I had a bib on me, had talked to the dentist, had an x-ray, and was injected with novicane.  I had a small cavity, which she cleaned out, and told me to come back on Monday.  If there was no pain by then, I'd just need a filling.  She nonchalantly continued, that if there was pain, I would need a root canal!  Luckily, it was just a cavity that I got filled.  The first visit was only 16,000 won, and the filling was 11,000 won!  I remembered getting a cavity filled in California for $100.  There are pros and cons, because this is the same office where I had the most painful teeth cleaning of me life. 

On Saturday, I went to Christa's place in Yang Yang and had a girl's night.  Yolanda was supposed to come too, but she was sick, so it was just the four of us: Christa, Noreen, Megan, and myself.  There was a lot of food there.  It was a little strange at first, because I can't remember the last time I had vegetables and dip.  Noreen also made a delicious chocolate pudding cake, which we ate with ice cream.  We talked a lot and managed to put on some facial masks.  It was weird, because the mask was pre-treated, and all you had to do was put this fabric-like material on your face.  we were beautiful, as you can see.

The spread.  There's even dip!	Cake and ice cream
The masks.	Christa.  I think we can all agree she was the funniest of the mask wearers.  It didn't quite fit her face.
Noreen wearing a yogurt pack, and nose strip.	We hung up our used masks on Christa's door, along with Noreen's nose strip.  It was funny then, but looking back on it, it's a little disgusting.

I   love getting mail! 

One last thing...
I was leaving my house for work today, when I noticed this in the hall, in front of my neighbor's door.  It's a huge, dusty, Mashi Maro doll.  It might be hard to tell how big it is, but look at the door knob.  I felt a little sympathy for my neighbor, even though she usually stomps up the stairs in her clickity-clack heels every night at 3 or 4 in the morning.  (I'm still trying to decipher what her "job" is.)  Anyway, I felt sorry for her, because it was obvious that some boyfriend won/bought her this monstrosity of a doll, and she couldn't throw it away because he would notice if it was gone.  And it's not like other hideous gifts that you can stow away and bring back out when the gift-giver comes over.  There's no room to hide it anywhere! 

A note to men:  Only give your girlfriend a big doll like this if 1) she's 12 years old, or 2) she's a Korean woman under the age of 30. 
(Thank god I don't fall under those two categories)