Koreana Hotel Seoul

... Law, and that you are not going to pay me?"

Them: "Uh huh... That's right."

Me: "Hold that thought, I'm heading to the Labor Office now and I'll have them call you and you can tell them that too."

Long story short, the Labor Office called a meeting.... found the school of wrongdoing and told them the exact amount they owed me, which my institute in the end was obligated to pay. And that's a wrap folks!

... crime shows - every f'ing television commercial has a jingle with a little dance in it. it's starting to drive us bonkers. and the only american shows we get on cable involve ghosts, crime, or a combination of ghosts & crime - my favorite! i spent an entire day watching ghost whisperer marathon. that stars jennifer love hewitt, for god's sake!

#4 cash - we have to pay our rent in cash every ...

... should, I pull out my Valerian Root extract and take down a couple of droppers full. If you have never had Valerian Root before it smells like concentrated wet dog and has a similar taste. But it is very good for your nervous system, tension, and inducing sleep. I prefer it in the form of Celestial Seasonings Sleepytime Extra, but alas extract is much more potent and travel-able. So down the hatch!

Beautiful thing sleeping on the plane is! Sleep for a few ...

... overly generous and I do not know how I could ever repay them.
My H-S mother wanted my real mommies e-mail address so she could talk with her- so I gave her that and I of course gave them mine.  Hopefully this way we can stay in contact.  Ye Jin and I left the apartment to meet her friend and his H-S brother (American) at the subway station near her house.  We then took the subway to go do karaoke with my friend Kori and her H-S sis.  The place where we did karaoke was really ...

... so we arranged to meet up in Yeoido on Sunday. This is the prime cherry blossom area in Seoul and is infamous for its crowds during the festival, but I still wanted to go as it might be my only chance to experience it. In the event, the crowds didn't detract from it at all, and it was a very pleasant day relaxing in the sun. We even had a picnic in front of the National Assembly building where I could quite happily have gone to sleep - this cherry blossom viewing can be tiring!

... thinking that all oats are oatmeal......nope! After two breakfasts worth of carefully examining my cooked oats I realized I had bought barley. Yep, I have been eating bowls full of cinnamon and banana barley for the past two mornings! At least it was a very healthy start to my day! I have slowly been putting some of the school supplies that my mom sends me into a box that I decorated with metallic wrapping paper from the corner store. I am making a prize box! When classes ...

... Started on Labor Day, Which I believe was September 1st. The one place I have gone on the top ten list is The Peak!! Life as a Student: - Most of my friends are either other foreigners from Spain, Germany, Singapore, Mainland China, and Indonesia, or are Chinese Canadian or Chinese American. Oddly enough, I have never really hung out with anyone from Hong Kong. Weird huh? These are pictures of my friends, not all, just some. lol. - I live in a 3 bedroom ...

... of good food and even better company. I chatted with a Korean woman; her name escapes me (typical), about life in Korea. She is a translator of economic journals from Korean to English. She was well spoken. When I asked her about North Korea she felt that the south would not reunite with the north because financially the north carries nothing where as the south has prospered. Many would not be willing to take a step backwards to ...