A Star Is Born?
I didn't see it myself, but apparently the film of the class, and me singing was on the news at 9:00pm last night. It was only the local affiliate of KBS, but still, the 9pm news is very popular here, so I was probably seen by thousands of people. Sheesh!
Today I took my first bus trip. I had to go from Haman to Masan, a bigger city about 30 minutes away, to the international bank. I needed to go there to cash my traveler's cheques.
Luckily I had a good guide, my friend Dong Jin, the guy who picked me up at the airport when I first arrived. What a guy! He left his car at work, came with me on the bus to show me where to go, what bus to take, what to say to the bus driver, and what stop to get off at to change buses. Then, he helped me at the bank, bought me some Korean junk food, and showed me how to get back. I'm taking him out to lunch on Thursday.
Korean junk food? There was a stand right beside the bus stop in Masan that had, hard boiled eggs, various kinds of deep fried kimchi, and some other stuff I really can't identify. But as with just about everything else I've eaten here - it was delicious! Or as they say in Korean...Mashissossoyo!
Thursday after English Camp is done, and after I take Dong Jin out to lunch, I may go back to Masan to meet the other 3 English teachers in the area. I've met them before, well, two out of three, and they're very nice. But, I made it pretty clear that I want to meet them and spend some time with them, but that I'm here to meet and get to know Koreans. I don't look for places where foreigners hang out and don't want to hang out with them. If I wanted to hang out with North Americans I could have stayed in North America and saved myself a 14,000 mile journey.
Another little bit or Koreana...when I say to them, "So you're not going?" They say, "Yes". It's a little confusing to us, but they mean, "Yes, I agree with your statement that I am not going." rather than we who would say, "No" and mean, "No, I'm not going". So, I find myself having to make sure I'm on the same page with them.
I found out that there's a movie theater that shows movies in English in Masan. Yes, I really want to see "King Kong"! I hope it comes out here soon.
Well, my hour at the smoky PC Bang is almost up. My eyes can only take about an hour in this place before they really hurt. My contract includes some medical and dental insurance I think, so I may have my eyes tested here. I may come back to Canada with glasses. Just for reading of course.
G'night.
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