La Bamba

Had a great weekend. Saturday was an event for ESC, the group that I'm a part of that regularly meets in Sanbon. Hung out with all my Korean buds and a couple foreigners. We dressed in sharp threads, ate cheese and drank wine and listened to strings and danced to K Pop. It was classy and fun. ESC is a group started to help Koreans learn English but it's also to bring the people together (duh). And the founders are trying to spread it all over the Earth. That's right, they got plans for a world takeover. The party ended around 9 and I headed back to Anyang with the homies. We hit up Garten Bier for a couple pitchers and then went to Noraebang until about 2.
Yesterday I met my friend for her birthday and we went to Namsan Tower together, then a cafe, then walked around Myeongdong and found dinner. Myeongdong, so many people. There was a Mexican band at Namsan Tower and they played La Bamba which was AWESOME.
Back at school, gonna teach in about thirty, it's all good.

No Ice Cream Cake

Well, I was looking forward to coming home, having an early birthday in October and eating the ice cream that all my friends and family promised me. Unfortunately that's gonna have to wait a few months, because according to the school, I just can't skip out on the kids like that. So, my trip home will come in January and we'll all have to wear gloves or mittens while eating Ice Cream Cake. Yes, we're still gonna eat ice cream cake in January. Okay?
Yesterday I fell asleep around 10 and got a decent night's sleep, free from mosquitoes for the most part. I finished watching this French Film called L'Homme qui Aimait les Femmes (The man who loved women) and it got kind of bad toward the end even though it was Truffaut who I've been watching a lot of lately. (UN?)Surprisingly there was a remake of the French film starring Burt Reynolds and I want to see it because it's probably really bad.
I also bought a pineapple pizza last night and ate it. It was good except it needed more tomato sauce and they didn't give me any hot sauce or parmesan. : P
I also watched an episode of The Mighty Boosh, which I'm not so crazy about and Fawlty Towers which I should have watched a long time ago because it's funny.
Today's been good. Classes breezy. Especially 102, what smart girls! It's good when more than one person answers my questions. Got a Dentist Appointment tomorrow. Later Blogs!

No More Mosquitoes! (Pleaz)

I hate mosquitoes. Last night I went a little crazy staying up until 1AM trying to kill all the mosquitoes in my apartment. I thought at one point that we could read each others thoughts. I thought the mosquito knew I wanted it dead and maybe it did. The satisfaction of reaching into the air and crushing one in my hand was bittersweet as soon after I turned off the lights I heard another buzzing near my ear. I hate mosquitoes.

Tuesdays with Morrie

I added a few more words about the park in the post. There's an explanation of why I'm on one leg kneeing a teenager in the stomach.




I just read this book called Tuesdays with Morrie and it changed my life and now I'm going to get a dog and spend more time with old people.
I'm joking, I never read that book or saw the hallmark movie. I think it had the dog from Fraser in it right?
A week ago the Former President of Korea died and my school got shut down for swine flu and it was my one year anniversary in Korea! Party!
I was pretty busy last week, meeting friends, coming in fourth in dart tournaments and watching movies. I went to a park on Saturday and it was a really beautiful place called Mulhyanggi Arboretum. Mulhyanggi means water smell, so it's the Water Smell Arboretum.
We ate Jok Bal which is translated as "shaven pig's feet" which sounds really strange but is actually really delicious. After eating pig feet, we walked around and had a chicken fight. I got beat by my friend's nephew who is in high school. Then we found a maze where we raced to the center and our team won. After the park we went back to a friend's apartment and he made us all spaghetti. We was me and about five Korean friends. All the foreignors were off at some island playing Lord of the Flies or something. I felt special and also a little lonely when everyone spoke in Korean and I just had to sit there like I don't know what you're saying people, speak English, but forgot I was in Korea.
Sunday Ryan came by Anyang, and we hung out with my friends in Sanbon and walked around Anyang a little. I don't know if it was not enough Ryan or just enough Ryan. Probably just enough. Because sometimes he says things that I don't want to hear.
Yesterday I went shopping and bought a lot of vegetables and spaghetti and some other groceries. I sat in a cafe and tried to read and block out girls saying 'blah blah blah migookin saram, blah blah blah migookin saram" migookin saram means American person, so I kinda sorta felt like they were talking about me, which makes me uncomfortable. It's one thing I can't get used to and I'm thinking about getting surgery so I look Korean.
Today I'm back at school and I don't know what I'm going to teach my first class because the copy room's locked but whatever, if all else fails, dance party, right? Or hangman, I don't know.