Updated Blog List

I've updated my blog list!!!

What that means is this:

If you scroll down on the right hand side you will notice that there are other people's blogs that I tend to frequent. Most are way better Korea information blogs than mine (since mostly family checks out my page--which I love). However if you are not family and you some how landed on my page two things:

1. Welcome. Hope you enjoy the blog.
2. Check out the other sites. (haha)

But in all seriousness. Eat your Kimchi is a great one because they have all these cool videos about Korea and well have their blog sh** together.

The others are mostly news blogs. You can read about how very little Korea cares about the problem in the north and how much more important K-Pop (celebrity culture) is to them.

Anyways, check them out if you have endless hours of free time to spend in front of the computer like me.

PS Happy October!!!

Yup its official. I'm a wuss...

First of all...this poor cow!

.....Food Poisoning??

Really?

Up until now, my stomach has been rock hard and accepting to most Korean offerings. But not any more. This weekend, the infection of my intestine decided to proceed, making my life awesome for a few days. Fever, chills, severe stomach cramps, and not to mention the other fun stuff you can imagine that goes along with intestine infection.

And I've decided, this is the worst pain in the world. Call me a wuss if you may; I say you've never really had food poisoning then. If you've had food poisoning, you know what I'm talking about; you would understand. If you haven't, pray you never do get it after eating that piece of chicken or meat.

Good news though, I'm on medication and will recover (thankfully--I know how worried you all are). And through out all of this, I did learn a great lesson: I've learned never to call in sick with 'food poisoning' again (which I kind of did for every job I've ever had in the states at least once) because that means you have to be out of commission for at least three days. Or on second thought....

Space Cadets!

Two weekends ago, a few friends, Ed and I went to a small island called Naro. While we mainly went there for its nice(ish) beach and good camping site, Naro had something entirely else to offer. KOREA'S SPACE CENTER!!

Naro's Beach

I do have to say, Korean Space Center does a much better job than Kennedy Space Center. Granted last time I was at Kennedy Space Center I was a sullen 20 year old on vacation with my parents, so I may not be the best judge (and it was eight years ago).But, I'm very impressed with Korean Space Center. Not only did it have realistic simulations, but plenty of buttons to press, which is always a plus in Ed and my museum book. And did I mention that it only cost 6 won (less than 5 bucks) for BOTH of us to get in?? Here are some of the highlights

Parabola microphone. I was actually talking to Ed here (he's at the opposite one and could hear me)Land Rover, with controls that worked! (did I mention they had a lot of buttons for us to push?)This screen. At least 10 minutes of enjoyment!

And Space Cadet Cut-Outs! Assa!!!

Just in case you missed the first one....

Update....

Hey All!

First of all I want to thank you for the great comments about our trip pictures! I'm glad that you've enjoyed looking at them (as we enjoyed taking them).

We have been settling back into the swing of things quite easily here. The biggest news I have is the mass hysteria Yeosu seems to be suffering from the Swine flu. Actually, the hysteria is all over the county, but it seems like in Yeosu at least, every conversation you may have eventually swings around to Swine flu!

At both of our schools, there is the "Swine Flu Defense Line" (as Ed likes to call it). They take the temperatures of all the students coming into the school and sometimes the teacher's temps too. Bottles of hand sanitizer have popped up all over the place (they were definitely not present in Korea before). If a student is even somewhat sick they think they have the "Virus". It would be kind of funny if it wasn't so tiring.

Anyways, other than that, not much has been happening. Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving) is coming up in a few weeks, so the buzz has been about planning where to go (we have no idea yet).

Back to school, back to soccer playing, back to having fun!