Ap-San Tourist Hotel Daegu

... in the window of the pet store, but other than that spent most of the day unable to move and singing to korean adverts (i yet have some to learn, by all accounts). I didnt even have the energy to watch newest 'The Hills'...that says a lot. Evening had to clean my flat which was made possible with a hangover only due to me finding Stevie Wonder on my I-Tunes and using the mop as a microphone! ... the joys :D

On a sadder not, this week ...

... and have just paid money for celebrating New Year's in Japan :D I cant wait! So much going on and so many events and things...i cant stop smiling!

Anyway, there is probably so much experience and funny things i have missed out (like the squid lady who im scared of) but anyway theres an overview of my first month and will now keep a regular (ish) update of the next 11 :) SO thats me for now, an official alien here in the Republic of Korea - R.O.K!! xx

... hungry. I have a package of peanut ************ers so I said they could pass them around. I wasn't thinking about the allergies to peanut butter and one girl looked at it and said "oh, I can't eat it because I'm allergic to peanut butter". Then a few seconds later she said "I don't care, I'm eating it anyways!" I begged her not to because she would have an allergic reaction in my class and die. She said "No! No! I will just throw up". She ate part of one and she ...

... taking off is almost impossible. Another teacher's grandma died and he asked if he could have a few days off to mourn and she said no. It's pretty crazy. I have to talk to her within the next few days about going home for my sister's wedding....we'll see how that goes because I'm pretty sure that you're supposed to avoid taking off the first three and last three weeks of the semester, which December falls in the last few weeks and if you leave the country, you have to wait ...

... of space. But then I noticed all Koreans looking at me. It definitely felt weird but I persisted. I felt like the girl enjoyed the attention but I also know how these Koreans try to save face so she could of felt embarrassed. My drunk ass didn’t give a ****. I was having fun. Later I asked my buddy Roy about the situation and he said they were enjoying the ...

... major disappointed and could be the one big downfall of my trip. Eric and I have met many locals and foreigners and find ourselves plenty busy on the weekends partaking in Korean Culture! Apparently there are over 5000 English foreigners in Gumi. There is a local restaurant/bar where most foreigners meet on Saturday nights to get together and socialize. We have not met any other fellow NBer's or PEI'ers in Gumi. Many people from Nova Scotia though.

For those of you ...

... t get dressed this time. Find the ladies pool area where you will see between 3 and 20 different pools of all different temperatures and sometimes liquids depending on the place. Most of them are just water (i think) but sometimes they are tea. I wish they had a jello one. Anyways, splash around for a while, go to the wet sauna (steam room), dry sauna whatever you want. Then, go back to your locker, grab some soap, go back to the pool room, pull up a seat and start ...

... forcing myself to stay awake and soak it all up. Andy met me at the bus station and took me back to his place, a familiar mess, and a familiar face! It was amazing to see him again and catch up. For the first few days I struggled to get myself into a routine and get over my jetlag. It was not helped by several late nights in a row! I met up with old friends and ate lots of Korean food! I met new people and made new friends, the way you do when ...

... experience regarding food was met in Daegu. We ordered according to the plastic portions in the window and my portion looked really good with chilli sauce and vegetables. And with the little balls that looked like mussles. After tasting one it popped ion my mouth and liquid came out of it. And it sure didnt taste like a mussle. We assume the "balls" were fish eyes or something similar. Yak!! That's Daegu and fish eyeballs.. N

... animals.) The ceremony itself was very interesting even if it was impossible to understand what was going around: we were just following the move of the monk trying to not do too much mistakes. The good way to barrow and to follow the move, for the song of course it was more difficult. After this first introduction to Buddhism, it was time at 9PM to go to sleep to be ready to wake up for 3AM: time of the first ceremony of the morning.