Well, the adventure begins.
Here i am... in South Korea. Strange isn't it. Most likely not too strange for most of you, but definately definately strange for me. I know that many of you might be thinking... 'but you're already asian... you'll fit right in'... well that my friends is a huge misconception on your part for a number of reasons. Firstly, I'm already at a huge disadvantage since, although i belive myself to clearly look NOT Korean at all, Korean's don't seem to share this opinion. So, it comes as a huge shocker to them when i cannot understand what they are saying to me, or when i, much to my own embarassment don't know how to used chopsticks in a restaurant. Secondly, although i've had many friendly encounters with Koreans, i've also expereinced a rude, boardering on hostile, attitude toward english speaking foreigners. So me, being both english speaking as well as a foreigner, but disguised as a possible Korean, must be doublely offensive to them.

Wondering Korea: Some interesting and humerous observations
1.) Although this is a country ridden with Foreign english teachers, all bilboards and signs still post english phrases that either make no grammatical sense, or no sense in general.
ie. 'Bravo your life'
What does that mean? does anyone know? i don't think so.
2.) It is perfectly normal to find two completely random activities like 'ice skating' and 'shooting range' in the same recreational complex side by side. It is also perfectly normal to have a racoon in a tuxedo and top hat brandishing a pistol as a mascot for the shooting range.
3.) The closest subway station to my neighborhood is called Beomgye, which may not seem funny yet, but phonetically it is pronounced 'Bum-Gay'. Yes, I live at BUM GAY station.
4.) Apparently, having a conversation on public transit is a full on social taboo, punishable by public humiliation. A perfect example of this would be this very morning, when the bus driver actually STOPPED the bus and yelled at a fellow teacher and I. Ofcourse, neigther of us being Korean, could understand what he was saying and continuted our conversation until he started to make talking motions with his hands whilst glaring at us in the rear veiw mirror. At that point we looked around and noticed the ENTIRE bus staring at us, as an old lady at the front yelled 'BE QUIET'. At that point i proceeded to get off the bus in order to throw myslef infront of it out of sheer embarassment.

Well folks, that's all for now. However, there are still 52 weeks of Korean antics and enjoyment to come. Stay tuned. I'll post pictures soon.