Blogs from Daegu, South Korea, Asia - page 18

So it's been a while I know but life has been busy. School is getting hectic and we are going through a lot of tranistions right now. Things have been good for me lately. Two weeks ago I went to Jinhae for the Cherry Blossom Festival and last weekend I headed up near Seoul. The first night there we ended up in this huge night club (foreigners are usually not allowed in these places so it was extra special) it was equipt with "table girls" (like prostitutes for old businessmen) and a Vegas style stage show. The next day was pretty amazing, I ended up just outside of the Seoul City walking this incredibly picturesk river, possibly one of the most beautiful things I have seen in Korea so far. After the river tour we got ... read more

So today was the first time I actually realized there is a war going on, albeit a war that hasnt had a shot fired since the 50's. But all the same, we had an air drill today, where everyone had to run inside and all traffic came to a stand still. It was kind of surreal. Army men with yellow bands took the streets, directing traffic blowins whistles, all while airhorns rang in my ears. I kind of wish I had brought my camera to school today. Anyway about halfway through yesterday I came down with what can only be described as the Plague of the Orient. Sore throat, headache, chills, and it was impossible to sleep last night. I am already feeling a bit better, but last night was absolute hell. I was having nightmares ... read more

...Each morning the drivers pile their cars onto the sidewalk and the bit of asphalt in front of the company building. The small, always-chipper man directs them and calls out "Good morning" to me whenever he is not preoccupied with the morning rush. I haven't heard him speak any other phrase in English. Well! He doubles as a package delivery man for the editing office - and he dropped off the enormous, cumbersome, Tolstoy-novel heavy package to editing - which became a main character in the office - since someone was either blocked, inconvenienced or in awe due to its size, - with each remark I basked in my package glory. "Whoa, who got that big mama?" "Brie, it's in my way, can you shift it to the right?" "Jesus, what was in that thing? Cookies? ... read more