Alright, so Korea is apparently very technologically advanced. I knew this coming here and expected plenty of Internet access, fancy cell phones, and pretty nice computers. Well, what I didn't expect was such an electronic apartment. First off, I don't have a key to my apartment. There is a key, the type that you stick in a door-knob turn and unlock things. But the guy that let me in, Sonnie (a manager of my school) kept that key. Okay, so they must have one of those electronic keys like at nice hotels where they program a card and you slide it in your door? That would make sense - Korea is a step ahead of the game and installed that type of electronic key system not just in hotels, but in apartments now. Nope, not even ... read more

I'm starting to think Korean now. No, not the language. With everything I do, I am starting to imagine what it will be like in Korea, how I would perform the same acts, what it will look like and feel like. While making dinner just last night, I wondered "will there be StoveTop Stuffing in Korea? Probably not. What will I cook as a side dish instead? Will it be vegetables, some sort of cabbage similar to kimchi?" Then lying in my bed at night I wondered "My room will be smaller. Probably my bed smaller and maybe my comforter won't be quite as comfortable. I won't be on the second floor of a house in a neighborhood I grew up in, but probably on the 8th floor of an apartment building in a country ... read more