10:35PM 10/11/2014
I have been to tons of Korean national treasures so, I have tutored easily more than 30 people, I have met easily over 200 people since I landed. I just... I have done so much and had so much fun and yet Yet I feel I haven't even been able to break the surface on what there is to do here yet.
Korea may be an insanely small country, the size of Indiana, but there is easily 100 times more things to do than the entire midwestern part of the USA has to do. It's incredible. I wish I could have more time here, but I could spend 5 years here and still not have done half of what wanted to accomplish.
I know this is a bad comparison, but it reminds me much of the two "Everybody Loves Raymond" episodes that he filmed in Italy. At the end of the second episode I remember he saids "I was just starting to understand it over here and it's over already." While I am happy that I understand it early enough, I only have 2 months and 9 days left. I feel like it's going to end so soon... And every minute I waste is time I could be planning and doing my next event... so I got to spend my time wisely, I don't want to miss this opportunity.
I also like to note on here that While I was in Jinju with Sean Green last weekend, I was able to go to Haeundae Beach in Busan. It was my very first time at a beach and so I put my feet in the water and sand... It was absolutely wonderful even with the wind blowing the way it was that day.
Yesterday I went to Jongmyo palace and it was pretty damn awesome. They've done a fairly good job preserving the history there. and the teacher that took us there is definitely pretty awesome. Young Hoon Kim actually did a year sabbatical in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. So it has definitely been fun getting to know him.
Also as part of that class I am in a group that has to give a presentation on the Suwon Hwaseon Fortress... I have met 3 other gals as part of the group project and for once I feel like the group project will get done as a group effort. They all have good work ethics, from what I've seen, and seem like really relatable and sociable people. Anyways, today I went to Suwon Fortress as well to get a good understanding of what it looks like and it was very fun.
Finally, I went to Itaewan today to see the Cultural festival. It was pretty awesome. Shout out to my friends in the Army, it made me proud to see the US Army led the cultural parade!!! So that should answer all your questions about how much respect Koreans have for the American military... They led the parade and the Korean Military was right behind them. definitely a heartwarming sight for me, Being a a Korean American seeing the respect that is held between the countries!!! U-S-A!!! haha.
I have a ton more to say and plenty of picture I like to post, but at 11:15PM on a Saturday night, I should probably get a shower and call it a night. I'll try to post pictures tomorrow in the AM.
ALSO, Colts are 4-2!!! 4 game winning streak and 10 inter-divisional game streak!!! GO COLTS!!!!
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