Pusan

Hey everyone,

I'm sorry for the lack of posting as of late; we've been on our end-of-the-program tour of the country of South Korea, and I haven't had much time to get on a computer. Here's the skinny:

-I tried live squid and fish eyeballs at a resturant in Pusan City. It was pretty good, except the squid's tentecles kept on sucking to the roof of my mouth as I ate it.

-The group stayed at a Buddhist temple over night last night. We joined the monks for morning worship at 3 AM and then learned about Buddhist culture and religion. We even experiences some meditation and learned how they bow. It was an intense time, and I really enjoyed it. It was located right in the middle of a national park in SK, and so the beauty of the mountains was breath-taking. I'm not going to become a Buddhist any time soon, but it was interesting to talk to them about what they believe and how they live out their worldviews.

-The bumps are back. I think, and this is a big "I THINK", but I think that the bumps come from eating some sort of fish. We ate lunch at a church in Pusan and I unfortunately developed a serious case of red bumps on the undersides of my arms. When showing it to Dr. Shim, the conversation went like this:

Me: Dr. Shim, look at this food allergy. I think-
Dr. Shim: That's not food allergy.
Me: (suprised) What?
Dr. Shim: That's the early stage of HIV.


Hardy-har, har, Dr. Shim. What a jokester.

Anyway, I'm just going to let it fade out now.

That's all I have for now, see you in a few days (literally),

---CJ