First Team Dinner

Today I met up with a few of the girls from GFRA and we went to a local silk shop. There were so many silk bags, but I didn’t buy any. So far I’ve been pretty good on the shopping front, I’ve only had one little shopping outing. Yesterday after the GFRA morning tea a few of us girls went to lunch together and then Leigh, who’s been here for a few months already, kindly offered to show me a couple of her favourite shops. I picked up a few items and am now fitting in a bit better with the dress code over here.

After looking through the silk shop with the girls Sarah offered to join me on another search for an apartment. I was so grateful as a second opinion can really help. We were shown 6 apartments today but unfortunately none suited, they were either too far away or too small. As frustrating as it can be I just have to keep my chin up and realise that by crossing apartments off the list we are getting closer to finding ‘the one’.

We had the first project team dinner for Adrian’s work tonight. It was a Korean Barbeque and it was SO tasty! There were about 40 people there and everyone was really nice, even though English wasn’t everyone’s first language the conversations flowed easily. That might have had something to do with the amount of Soju that was consumed though! J Soju is a Korean rice wine and is very popular over here but is incredibly strong. It is served in shot glasses and when someone (customarily the head of the table) takes a sip the rest of the table must follow suit. And if they are keen drinkers you can see how it could easily end up being a big night with a big headache to follow! As tonight was almost everyone’s first time drinking it we didn’t have to follow suit at all times and only drank when we wanted to. I ended up having three and I think Adrian had about 5 but we ate so much that it soaked it all up and neither of us felt drunk. After dinner we had a night cap with a few others and then turned in. It’s been a big day!

Write soon xx