We got to the Incheon Airport in good timing. We sat around and waited for a long time. Once we were seated on our Vietnam Airways flight, we realized that we were on a 6 hour flight! We had no idea it was so long. It was a nice flight though. I had pleanty of leg room and i sat in the middle of two people. We were served a nice meal with free drinks (including wine). Much better than all the United or Delta flights I've been having experience with. We walked off the plane and the heat from the engines hit us in the face. It was so hot. And then about 3 yards later we realized that wasn't the heat coming from the plane, that was just the outside temperature! Hot and muggy. ... read more

No, this isn't an attempt at an April Fool's joke. Last night, I attended the DPR vs Korea soccer match. Getting there was the craziest part of the whole night in my opinion. EVERYONE was heading to the stadium so the subway was PACKED. I was squished, herded, pushed, shoved, and squished again just to get onto the train. haha It was so crazy! People had their faces painting, singing loudly cause they had already started drinking. It was crazy. I wasn't really sure what to expect. I never would have thought that North would play south, let alone that NK had a soccer team at all! From the game and the atmosphere itself I wasn't expecting anything, but at the same time I was expecting everything. It's not like I thought there would be nuclear ... read more

Today, Nobel Peace Prize winner George F. Smoot gave a talk at EWHA. He received his title for Physics in 2006. I can't really write too much about the lecture, because to be honest, I didn't understand a lot of it. My knowledge in physics is minimal at BEST! haha But basically his findings proved the Big Bang theory correct. Also Einsteins theory that the Universe isn't expanding to be wrong, that the universe is expanding. It was pretty cool though to hear a Nobel Peace Prize winner speak so it deserved an entry. I only wish I had something more intelligible to say about the subject. ... read more

Monday afternoon while walking back from a failed attempt at finding the groceries I needed, a loud alarm sounded. People seemed to be hurrying along their way, but nothing out of the ordinary, so i continued on mine. I kept looking behind me waiting for an Ambulance or something to speed by. The noise was so loud, but it was continuous and steady. It wasn't getting louder or quieter, it just rang one. Minutes went buy and it continued. As I came up to the front gate of Ewha i saw that there were a few guards there closing the front gates, only allowing one small section for people to walk in and out. The road into campus was also closed. That was odd. It was only maybe 2 in the afternoon. They don't close the ... read more

Tonight was a peaceful night. There was no running around like crazy people, trying to see a Palace, or find a place to eat that fit all 15 of us. There were only 5 of us. A nice small group, much easier to travel with than the large groups we usually go places with. Tonight, we went to Insa-dong. The shopping there was AMAZING. Im going back with 200,000kw and buying everything. It's pretty cheap(well everything is) and the stuff they have is so cute. I'm spending all my money there. Everyone's presents are coming from there haha We went into a side street and went to this cute little place for tea. There were live birds in cages in the wall. It was quite expensive for tea and snacks. 6,500 per person. The snacks and ... read more