Monday, June 23, 2008

Bullet List Time!

Here's a bulleted list of my activities for the last few days:

-I stayed over at Yohan's house for a homestay.  I met his parents and his adorable younger sister (she's six).  It was good times.  Yohan is originally from outside of Seoul in the countryside.  It was about a three hour trip to get there, but it was an adventure once we did.  Jake and I dipped our hands into the mud of the Korean West Sea, ate a grub (like... a small worm) that evidently is considered to be "very delicious" (it's not), and sat through nearly 8 hours of church.  Yohan's a nice guy, he gets frustrated really easily because of his English, but he's the only one that tries to make actual jokes, so that's something.

-We went to the South Korea vs. North Korea national soccer game.  Suffice to say, it was a blast.  It ended in a tie, but I still had a great time.

-We spent most of our day shopping.

-Two nights ago we went to a traditional Korean music performance.  It was actually pretty entertaining.

-One night ago, we went to a show called "Nanta", a fushion between a comedy and a STOMP-esque performance.  It genuinely laughed throughout the entire thing.  It was great.

-I'm not too homesick anymore.

-I am, however, finding it difficult to adjust to the transition back to traveling with a group.  Everything goes slower: traveling, making simple choices (where do we eat?), and even getting a metro ticket.  I got pretty frustrated today with everyone; ironically I meditated this morning on the peace of God and how I can bring that to fruition.  I guess I have a lot of work to do...

-That's all.  Everything else is going well.  Bye for now!

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