Today I was introduced to the steep hills of Dongguk University. Wow, I have blisters on my feet from climbing these hills. My legs are going to come back from Korea looking mighty toned. Woo hoo!
I also came to understand just how unorganized the Dongguk summer school is going to be. They listed the wrong meeting room on my paperwork and the girl who is my “Dongguk Buddy” did not even know where the building was where our classes would be held. Don’t get me wrong, the people are nice but the program does not have a strong foundation. Oh, by the way, I am the only American in the summer school program; the others in the group that I met today are from the UK. I was a total loner, ha!
Other than that I used the subway for the first time today. I went to school with Rari on the subway and I came home by myself. Rari was so worried that I would get lost and she made sure that I called her as soon as I reached the apartment. I came to find out later that the whole family was worried about me using the subway alone because they did not want me to end up lost and without a phone. They are so sweet.
I also went to Olympic Park today with Duri (Rari’s younger sister). Olympic Park is literally the location where the 1988 Seoul Olympics were held. It is very close to the apartment where I am staying. I fell in love with Olympic Park today. It is huge and it has so many different kinds of trees and plants. There was soothing music playing over speakers throughout the park and small outdoor venues where amateur musicians played. And there were so many cute Korean babies!
Tonight Rari painted my nails so now I am in with the trends. Maybe I won’t stand out as bad now… lol. Tomorrow I will go to class and then attempt to get a cell phone. I am learning Korean; it’s easy get motivated to learn a language when you are in fear of getting lost. I started with the alphabet and so far I have only studied the vowels. Korean is tough, so I haven’t gotten far.
And now I am off to bed. I am exhausted despite my 12 hours of sleep last night! I have been waiting for this moment since 5:00. Good night.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
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