Callie Anderson documents a weekend in Seoul running an English-practice market for kids, exploring the city's food scene, and attending a friend's wedding at the National Assembly. She picks up the Korean phrase "1+1" (buy one get one) at a drugstore and shares how watching Netflix dramas and real-world experiences beat expensive classes for learning natural English.
Travel with me to Seoul for a fun weekend. I'm at the KTX station now. I'm about to hop on a train. Oh, it's here. Let's catch it. Just kidding. I'm on the next train, so I'm just waiting at the platform. Our train was delayed 10 minutes. So I'm just waiting for it to depart. Wait, wow, it looks great! Thank you so much! Our students wrote a letter to you. No! Oh my god, this is the best gift ever! Hold button! Hold button! Butuk dukkan hosi! I've never had my face on a cake before. I'm at a loss for words. Someone's going to eat my face, I guess. I set up a small market for the kids so they could practice using English naturally while buying toys and snacks. What's your favorite video? Oh, which one? Oh, New York Christmas. What is it when I take a small drink? Oh my gosh, that is so cute! I was really touched and inspired by seeing how hard the kids work. You're amazing! It was such a special experience, which made it tough to say goodbye. Woohoo! Bye! It's been such a long day, but I had so much fun meeting the kids at the school in Jeonan. If you're watching this, kids, thank you so much. They honestly made my day and it was the most wholesome thing ever. I just checked into my hotel in Seoul and I'm pretty hungry so I'm gonna go out and see what restaurants are nearby. My stomach is growling. I'm trying to decide where to eat, but when I'm really hungry It's so hard to choose. Everything sounds good right now. Friday night vibe. It's a big party in Jongno tonight. I think people are blowing off some steam after a long week at work. Almost every pocha was packed and had a line, but luckily we found an open seat at a Vietnamese restaurant. I got a huge bowl of pho and a nice cold beer. I know this is gonna hit the spot. Cheers to our first night in Seoul. So good. You can never go wrong with pho. I had an amazing first day day in Seoul, but man, I'm exhausted. So I'm going to cut into this gorgeous cake that one of the students' moms made for me. It just seems wrong to cut into my own face. I'm gonna change into my PJs and go to sleep early tonight. I have a big day tomorrow too. Exciting? Very excited. It's bigger than I Who's going to be the lucky winner today? Mmm, it's like a vanilla wafer, very crunchy, delicious. Everything you want is on the other side of fear. I love that. I've never participated in a big event like this before, so I'm a bit nervous, but let's face our fears. These cookies are actually for a raffle. 20 lucky people will win books or free drinks or free snacks. We even customized the wrapping with my photo and the colors of the fortune cookies. If you have some kind of event, I really recommend working with Bread Hyphen. They're awesome. Toss him! Yeah, toss him! That's right! Thank you so much! I actually saw your video and I am also a subscriber. Let's collab! Of course! Thank you so much! Bye-bye! One of my favorite cafes in Yeonidong, Carvana Praha, helped me out big time at this event. I couldn't have done it without them, and I'm so grateful for their hard work and generosity. Their food and drinks are amazing, so make sure to visit them. Never, never, never give up. I need to pee me up. Jupa hala. You won! You won! I have the best friends. Thank you, Callie! By far the best part of the day was meeting all of you. You were all so cool and sweet, and it reminded me how truly lucky I am to be part of such a wonderful community. I really can't thank you enough for that. 3, 2, 1. 3, 2, 1. Thank you for studying. Oh, thank you for watching. Always makes me study. Keep studying. It's time for the awards ceremony. Wish me luck. Oh my God, I feel really honored. Thank you so much for watching my videos and for voting for me. How old are you? Do you want a cookie? You can do it. English is so good. I'll do lemon tea. Perfect. Today was a big success. We were there for a long time. It was hot, it was exhausting, but I'm so glad that we did it. We won first place in our category. Oh my God, thank you guys. It's really all thanks to you. It was a really great experience actually. Thank you so much. Thank you guys for inviting me. Next time, if you want— Regrets. Now we are just enjoying some barbecue and of course a glass of beer. Craft beer. Cheers. I have a wedding to go to tomorrow and I ran out of eyeliner, so I had to make a quick pit stop at Olive Young after dinner. In Korea, I noticed that everyone says 1+1, but in the US we say buy one get one free. The mascara is buy one get one free, so I'm getting this too. She also has a BOGO coupon. Really? Yeah, buy one get one. That's how I learned the BOGO. BOGO. Thank you. Bye. Thank you, Jahho. It's my last day in Seoul and I'm getting ready to go to one of my good friends' wedding. Actually, I'm not just attending the wedding, I'm giving a speech. I'm a bit of a nervous wreck right now. I keep telling myself to take deep breaths and it'll all be okay. I can do this. My friend's wedding is at the National Assembly. So fancy. I've got my speech with me. Let's head in and see the bride. Hey, congratulations! Are you Jacob's family? I'm Callie. Nice to meet you. Am I allowed in? How are you feeling? I'm all right. Yeah, I'm so excited to hear his speech because I didn't read I want it to be a surprise. I held my breath as he confessed his love and asked Callie to marry him. And her response? Yes! But you didn't take the tag off the ring. And that's when I knew without a doubt that they were definitely ready for marriage. The ceremony was beautiful, and I feel a bit relieved now that my speech is over. I hope I did okay. Now I'm just enjoying some food from the buffet. Everything looks really delicious. The hotel we're staying at is actually right by the place where we got our wedding rings made. And if you remember, my husband lost his wedding ring at a beach in California, so we decided to drop in and get a new one made while we're nearby. This time he's buying it though. Nice to meet you! Nice to meet you! Bye! He was so nice. What are the chances? 안이, 좋은 시간! This weekend was a blast, but now I'm beat, so I'm just having a chill last night in the hotel room. I was in the mood for a burger tonight, so that's what I ordered, and I'm about to binge-watch a new Netflix series. The show I'm watching tonight is a new American drama called Wayward. It looks pretty interesting, so I'm going to watch that while I enjoy my burger. Thank you so much for spending the weekend with me. Check out the pinned comment below and good night.
