Sorry for the delayed update everyone! It took me two days to figure out how to update my blog and find English settings rather than Korean. So I survived my first weekend in Korea! YAY! Friday Jason introduced Andrew and I to a bar called "Long Life." It is my new favorite bar and anyone who visits me better be prepard to go drinking there! I will soon have the pictures uploaded to this blog to show you how truly wonderful it was. The drinks are named after playing cards, so there is an Ace, King, Queen, Prince and another one I can't remember. The glasses are all shaped funny and I HIGHLY recommend trying the Ace at least once! It was massive....probably about 3 feet tall!!! They are certaintly an adventure to drink, especially near the end when a big bubble threatens to crash a wave of Hite beer into your face! Long Life is a very chill bar with dim lights, booths with couch like seats and individual beer coolers installed into the table! Genius! My extremely large beer was never warm!!! If America had bars like these they would never be empty!!!! We met two other western teachers who live near our area. They seemed pretty cool. They bascially confirmed that being an English teacher in Korea isn't nearly as good as it used to be. One of the guys was from Ohio. He told me that any American could go and eat & buy things from the military base in Pusan. He said it was pretty cool to do that for the holidays.....then listed all of the American meats that they have. *Sigh* I guess being a vegetarian isn't very easy in any country! We spent the rest of the night exploring the university campus of Hadan, Pusan. It is a beautiful campus spread throughout the mountian!
Saturday Jason, Andrew and I woke up at a decent hour to try our luck at Lotte Mart. This is basically a three story version of Meijer or Walmart in the States. After walking about 40 mins exploring the town of Hadan (where I live) we finially reached our destination. Lotte Mart is only about a 10 minute walk from my school. It is located on the water and surrounded by mountains! We successfully purchased a ton of things that we needed to live.....cleaning supplies, bed sheets, trash can, laundry det (which was an adventure since we can not read any writing on the package!), soap and food. We had to take a cab ride home, wich only cost about $2.00! It is amazing how cheap the cabs are in Korea. After returing our stuff to our apartments we decided to explore a more downtown area of Busan called Samyeon. It was freezing!!! We were outside and walking all night. Korea is very overhwhelming and stimulating because every street has a ton of flashing lights, K-pop music blaring, random people singing karaoke, and stores/bars/salons going up to the (at least) 5th floor of every building! Since I have been either vomiting or starving since we arrived to Korea I almost feel to my knees when a Turkish man pulled us inside his Turkish restaurant!! It is very sad when the sight of non-sugary white bread and hummas bring tears to your eyes. I had the most wonderful dinner of falelfel & hummas! After that we went on a 45 minute quest for a bar called "Thursday Party" where apparently all of the western teachers go to. We finially found it bud decided it sucked and was over priced (plus we didn't see any other teachers!). Since we are all still really jet-lagged and exhausted we came home an crashed around 11pm.
Although I threw up again this moring- today was a great day! I got to actually speak with my family AND we went to COSTCO!!! HA! It is only a 40 minute subway ride away. In relation to being able to eat....I actually felt like a human being today. While the Busan Korean Costco is the largest Costco I have even seen- they have a lot of the same things as we do! YES! I now have a backup plan.....a means to protein... a way to survive being a vegetarian in Korea with the unfortunate current language barrior! ! ! I ate two huge slices of Costco cheese pizza lol and a smoothie while at the Costco. I purchased almonds, cereal, peanutbutter, bagels, cheese, cream cheese and crackers. These are things I can not find in Korean stores, and while some items were extremely overpriced, ($14 for Kashi cereal..) I am so happy I have them. Andrew says it is the first time I am acting like myself since I arrived! Poor Andrew- he has been so helpful throughout all of this! OH and Korean's are EVERYWHERE in Costco! It is a mad house...and they WILL run you over with their shopping carts! It is like driving in NY. Andrew almost crashed into a cart with two babies things got so out of control! Madness.
Today is Sunday and I am already dreading going to work tomorrow. :-( I'm sure it will be fine but I have to go to the hospital for a checkup (requirement of the school), we have a staff meeting, I still have to learn what lessons I have to teach on Mon/Wed/Fir and I have to confront my director about missing last Firday! I am supposed to have sick days but when Andrew explained that I was vomitting the dirctor was shocked and basically implied that in the history of the school no one has ever taken a sick day. ugh. yeah right. I will let you all know how it goes!!!!
Good Night Everyone!! Miss you all!!! XOOXOXOXO <3
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Friday, December 4, 2009
Busan Korea Day 3....
Hello Everyone!
So I have offically decided that Korea is crazy. Nuts.... the city that I live is is actually very beautiful. We are surrounded by the sea, and there are mountains everywhere! They surround my apartment and school- i can not wait to hike up one. Apparently they have outdoor free gyms at the top where old Korean men like to workout. lol. So after arriving to Busan, a Korean teacher from the school I work at picked us up from the airport and dropped us off at our apartments. His name is Bill. He is older with a wife and 2 little girls but he is so kind. He doesn't speak much English, but I can tell he has a really beautiful and gentle soul. I am happy that I met him! Andrew and my apartment is located in a more downtown area, but not the main downtown where all the other western teachers go. I feel safe that we have 24 our security on our apartments, but I think our manager "Mr. Park" is kind of a jerk. He doesn't speak a lick of English and has a lot of trouble communicating. We wrote both of our names down on a paper for him, but apparently he can not say "Danielle" so he has decided to call me "Gainer" lol. It is funny when he calls us becuase it is "Andrew and Gainer!" ....I really don't think he likes me very much because he yelled at me three different times on the first day to lower my voice. I would be talking in the hall way (on the 7th floor!) to other English teachers and he would appear out of no where frantically whispering "GAINER GAINER lower down!!!!" I am the only one he says this too....which is shocking becuase I am dating one of the loudest people on earth. lol I think Andrew scares Korean's yet they are obsessed with him and think he is "very handsome!".... I agree ;-).
So my apartment is on the 7th floor and Andrew's is on the 11th. Our apartments pretty much are the exact same. It is a studio apartment with a burner on the counter (for cooking), a dish sink, a small fridge, a washer (for clothes) under the burner, a bathroom, one double bed, a small dresser and a TV. We have two closets and yes I will post the pictures as soon as my laptop arrives! The beds are really hard but comfortable. I have a window and the vew is amazing. I see the city that surrounds me and also the close mountains!!! I also have a deck/ledge that I can climb out of my window to sit on. We get our heat from the floors which is actually cozy and kind of cool. I still can not get used to the showering system...... apparently bathrooms in Korea are strickly used for showering and pooping lol. The shower head is right above the sink and water gets EVERYWHERE when i shower....all over the toilet, floor, mirrors.... I cant really store anything because everything gets wet! I also can't do my hair, makeup or go to the bathroom after I shower :-/ I really hate it lol. It doesn't help that Andrew and I have nothing yet. We have to buy towels, a new bed spread, shampoo/soap, EVERYTHING! We are going shopping to lot mark and costco (yes, I will take pictures for you dad!) this weekend. Andrew's apartment had a nat (like the bug) problem, but I believe that has been resolved.
We haven't really had the opportunity to shop or explore because we seriously started working THE SAME DAY that we arrived to Korea. THANKS SCHOOL!!! I feel a bit like a slave, but I guess that's ok lol. We got to school around 3pm on Wednesday and met everyone and observed 2 classes, did paperwork and prepared to teach BY OURSELVES the next day! Everyone at my school seems nice. The school is owned by a husband and wife. The wife bought us some food for our first night- so that was nice. The husband pretty much insulted me to my face but from what I have heard this was actually meant to be a compliment. They speak zero English so one of the Korean teachers has to translate for them. When I met the husband the first thing he said was "OH, you are a lot prettier than we expected you to be, from the picuture you gave us! This is very good!"..... almost like a "THANK GOSH you are not too ugly! I am SO relieved!" lol oh well! Every kid at the school (and Korean teacher lol) is OBSESSED with Andrew! Apparently having a shaved head is a very big deal in Korea since none of them do that. The kids all talk about it and try to feel his head lol. They also go NUTS for his height! They are so cute! When they figured out that Andrew and I are dating the entire class actually screamed and fell off of thier seats!
The kids are really cute and active!! The love talking about my eyes.... apparently I have "cat" eyes because they are blue? Yesturday I tought 6 classes by myself!! YIKES! Most of them went ok. I just have to learn to relax and come up with more games. I teach 9-15 year olds. I have learned that Korean kids are obsessed with death. It is brought up in each class at least once. I had my eight year olds draw me a picture of themselves and their favorite thing as an icebreaker..... cute Taylor drew her and her puppy....Jordon and Mike drew them and their gold fish....and little Cole drew himself laying dead on the floor, next to his dead dog who had a knief sticking threw his heart! wow, how do i even deal with that? lol
The kids like to give me lots of gifts and love games! Most of my classes are really well behaved...except for one! Of course it is my biggest class (about 15 kids). They are mostly 11 years old. They are SOOO loud, and naughty. Korean kids are also VERY physical. They hit, pull eachother hair, and fight constantly! This class fought for 40 mins straight and actually ended up knocking over my stand! I thought I was going to get kicked out from screaming at them so much lol...this is saying a lot since I did have Brian growing up as a brother. I dislike teaching this class. I also have a class teaching four 15 year old boys. Only one showed up yesturday and he refuses to talk (apparently they are all like that) and doesn't really understand what I am saying....great he is completely at the wrong level but the school will not change his class becuase of his age. He kept sighing and slamming his head on the desk becuase he hating talking to me that much lol.
Our school also has a really embarrssing bathroom situation. Although we have a nice large bathroom down the hall, with four stalls and 3 sinks ....the bathroom doesn't have any toilet paper, soap or hand towels! A roll of T.P. is kept at the front desk... so everytime we have to go you have to take however much TP you think you will need! yeah...............
OH before I forget- I forgot to mention that the plane had FREE beer and wine! That did help a little :-)
So I would have been teaching my second day of class today BUT I was really sick all morning. Korea definitely has a smell. I can't really explain it....it is like a fishy/farty smell. It makes me sick. I guess over time I will get used to it. Getting food has been a challenge. I obviously can't read or speak korean and most dishes has meat, fish, or egg in it. I have gotten a few fish suprises in my dishes! I have been living off of Bibimbop with no egg in it. It is a rice dish with lots of veggies. Last night we went out with some ENG teachers from our area- one of them is a vegetarian! So she will probably become my new BFF and guide me along my way! lol. I guess my body is acclimating to a new culture... so yesturday moring I threw up once and was fine...today I could not stop throwing up!! It sucks because finding Korean food I can eat is so hard, but finding anything that resembles food from back home is almost impossible. I think there are more places in the city, but I don't really know too many dinners yet so I haven't been eating too much (but don't worry mom I can still always manage to find food! :-) ). Andrew is my blessing and hero! He is taking care of me just like he promised Dad! :-) He held my hair when I vomited, went out and found me fruit and bagels, handeled the school today for me and is constatly worring about feeding me. Actually so is Jason lol its really cute. I am SO happy that I am here with Andrew and Jason!! They are my family, best friends and life line in Korea!!!!
Oh! I also peed in my first hole last night! We went out to a traditional Korean BBQ (I ate salad and rice) and the public bathroom was basically a hold in the floor. It had a flusher and everything. Shockingly enough it wasn't bad! I actually pee better in the hole than trying to squat on a toilet! HA! Just thought I would share that with everyone!
Drinking in public is awesome. Everything here is cheap. Korea's are seriously nuts. I will have many more stories and pictures SOON! I LOVE EVERYONE....and I miss everyone more more more than you all know. I cry everyday on the inside for you, but even in three days this has been a life chanaging experience that I am happy/lucky to have!!
LOVE YOU! xxoxoxoxoxooxx
So I have offically decided that Korea is crazy. Nuts.... the city that I live is is actually very beautiful. We are surrounded by the sea, and there are mountains everywhere! They surround my apartment and school- i can not wait to hike up one. Apparently they have outdoor free gyms at the top where old Korean men like to workout. lol. So after arriving to Busan, a Korean teacher from the school I work at picked us up from the airport and dropped us off at our apartments. His name is Bill. He is older with a wife and 2 little girls but he is so kind. He doesn't speak much English, but I can tell he has a really beautiful and gentle soul. I am happy that I met him! Andrew and my apartment is located in a more downtown area, but not the main downtown where all the other western teachers go. I feel safe that we have 24 our security on our apartments, but I think our manager "Mr. Park" is kind of a jerk. He doesn't speak a lick of English and has a lot of trouble communicating. We wrote both of our names down on a paper for him, but apparently he can not say "Danielle" so he has decided to call me "Gainer" lol. It is funny when he calls us becuase it is "Andrew and Gainer!" ....I really don't think he likes me very much because he yelled at me three different times on the first day to lower my voice. I would be talking in the hall way (on the 7th floor!) to other English teachers and he would appear out of no where frantically whispering "GAINER GAINER lower down!!!!" I am the only one he says this too....which is shocking becuase I am dating one of the loudest people on earth. lol I think Andrew scares Korean's yet they are obsessed with him and think he is "very handsome!".... I agree ;-).
So my apartment is on the 7th floor and Andrew's is on the 11th. Our apartments pretty much are the exact same. It is a studio apartment with a burner on the counter (for cooking), a dish sink, a small fridge, a washer (for clothes) under the burner, a bathroom, one double bed, a small dresser and a TV. We have two closets and yes I will post the pictures as soon as my laptop arrives! The beds are really hard but comfortable. I have a window and the vew is amazing. I see the city that surrounds me and also the close mountains!!! I also have a deck/ledge that I can climb out of my window to sit on. We get our heat from the floors which is actually cozy and kind of cool. I still can not get used to the showering system...... apparently bathrooms in Korea are strickly used for showering and pooping lol. The shower head is right above the sink and water gets EVERYWHERE when i shower....all over the toilet, floor, mirrors.... I cant really store anything because everything gets wet! I also can't do my hair, makeup or go to the bathroom after I shower :-/ I really hate it lol. It doesn't help that Andrew and I have nothing yet. We have to buy towels, a new bed spread, shampoo/soap, EVERYTHING! We are going shopping to lot mark and costco (yes, I will take pictures for you dad!) this weekend. Andrew's apartment had a nat (like the bug) problem, but I believe that has been resolved.
We haven't really had the opportunity to shop or explore because we seriously started working THE SAME DAY that we arrived to Korea. THANKS SCHOOL!!! I feel a bit like a slave, but I guess that's ok lol. We got to school around 3pm on Wednesday and met everyone and observed 2 classes, did paperwork and prepared to teach BY OURSELVES the next day! Everyone at my school seems nice. The school is owned by a husband and wife. The wife bought us some food for our first night- so that was nice. The husband pretty much insulted me to my face but from what I have heard this was actually meant to be a compliment. They speak zero English so one of the Korean teachers has to translate for them. When I met the husband the first thing he said was "OH, you are a lot prettier than we expected you to be, from the picuture you gave us! This is very good!"..... almost like a "THANK GOSH you are not too ugly! I am SO relieved!" lol oh well! Every kid at the school (and Korean teacher lol) is OBSESSED with Andrew! Apparently having a shaved head is a very big deal in Korea since none of them do that. The kids all talk about it and try to feel his head lol. They also go NUTS for his height! They are so cute! When they figured out that Andrew and I are dating the entire class actually screamed and fell off of thier seats!
The kids are really cute and active!! The love talking about my eyes.... apparently I have "cat" eyes because they are blue? Yesturday I tought 6 classes by myself!! YIKES! Most of them went ok. I just have to learn to relax and come up with more games. I teach 9-15 year olds. I have learned that Korean kids are obsessed with death. It is brought up in each class at least once. I had my eight year olds draw me a picture of themselves and their favorite thing as an icebreaker..... cute Taylor drew her and her puppy....Jordon and Mike drew them and their gold fish....and little Cole drew himself laying dead on the floor, next to his dead dog who had a knief sticking threw his heart! wow, how do i even deal with that? lol
The kids like to give me lots of gifts and love games! Most of my classes are really well behaved...except for one! Of course it is my biggest class (about 15 kids). They are mostly 11 years old. They are SOOO loud, and naughty. Korean kids are also VERY physical. They hit, pull eachother hair, and fight constantly! This class fought for 40 mins straight and actually ended up knocking over my stand! I thought I was going to get kicked out from screaming at them so much lol...this is saying a lot since I did have Brian growing up as a brother. I dislike teaching this class. I also have a class teaching four 15 year old boys. Only one showed up yesturday and he refuses to talk (apparently they are all like that) and doesn't really understand what I am saying....great he is completely at the wrong level but the school will not change his class becuase of his age. He kept sighing and slamming his head on the desk becuase he hating talking to me that much lol.
Our school also has a really embarrssing bathroom situation. Although we have a nice large bathroom down the hall, with four stalls and 3 sinks ....the bathroom doesn't have any toilet paper, soap or hand towels! A roll of T.P. is kept at the front desk... so everytime we have to go you have to take however much TP you think you will need! yeah...............
OH before I forget- I forgot to mention that the plane had FREE beer and wine! That did help a little :-)
So I would have been teaching my second day of class today BUT I was really sick all morning. Korea definitely has a smell. I can't really explain it....it is like a fishy/farty smell. It makes me sick. I guess over time I will get used to it. Getting food has been a challenge. I obviously can't read or speak korean and most dishes has meat, fish, or egg in it. I have gotten a few fish suprises in my dishes! I have been living off of Bibimbop with no egg in it. It is a rice dish with lots of veggies. Last night we went out with some ENG teachers from our area- one of them is a vegetarian! So she will probably become my new BFF and guide me along my way! lol. I guess my body is acclimating to a new culture... so yesturday moring I threw up once and was fine...today I could not stop throwing up!! It sucks because finding Korean food I can eat is so hard, but finding anything that resembles food from back home is almost impossible. I think there are more places in the city, but I don't really know too many dinners yet so I haven't been eating too much (but don't worry mom I can still always manage to find food! :-) ). Andrew is my blessing and hero! He is taking care of me just like he promised Dad! :-) He held my hair when I vomited, went out and found me fruit and bagels, handeled the school today for me and is constatly worring about feeding me. Actually so is Jason lol its really cute. I am SO happy that I am here with Andrew and Jason!! They are my family, best friends and life line in Korea!!!!
Oh! I also peed in my first hole last night! We went out to a traditional Korean BBQ (I ate salad and rice) and the public bathroom was basically a hold in the floor. It had a flusher and everything. Shockingly enough it wasn't bad! I actually pee better in the hole than trying to squat on a toilet! HA! Just thought I would share that with everyone!
Drinking in public is awesome. Everything here is cheap. Korea's are seriously nuts. I will have many more stories and pictures SOON! I LOVE EVERYONE....and I miss everyone more more more than you all know. I cry everyday on the inside for you, but even in three days this has been a life chanaging experience that I am happy/lucky to have!!
LOVE YOU! xxoxoxoxoxooxx
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Saying Goodbye/Arriving to Korea
Wow ok so first post! This one is a little late...but I due to an accident involving beer and my laptop I didn't really have any way to get internet! So leaving Michigan was really really hard. I knew that it would be, but it still didn't feel real until I actually did it. To be honest it still doesn't even feel real. I already am homesick but I think it will get worse throughout the year! lol
I am so happy I got a chance to be home for Thanksgiving and spend it with my family. I am also really happy I got a chance to say goodbye to all of my wonderful friends. This year is going to be really hard and scary without any of them, but pieces of them will always be with me!!! :-) My mother and father have given me soo much- without them I would never had this opportunity to explore Korea! I just wanted to thank you guys for that! And for everything that you did when I was leaving (and for the special little journal that you wrote mom- i will keep it FOREVER!). It was really hard saying goodbye to everyone and I miss my sister's SOOOOOOO much it hurts sometimes. Actually I am getting watery eyed thinking about it right here in this PC bong! (A building where there are a bunch of high-tech computers that are open for public use for $1 per hour). So with all of my family and friends supporting me and loving me, I have found the strengh to live in Korea for a year...........
Saying goodbye to my parents, brother and grandma at the airport was werid and very sad. So much changes in a year....I can still picture them turning around and walking out the door- kind of heartbreaking. :*(. After goodbyes came the flight to Korea!!!! The plane ride to Chicago was not bad at all. It only took about an hour. We then had about a 4 hour layover at the Chicago airport. This stunk because all of the stores, resturants and bars were closed becuase it was so late!!! So that was long, but around 1:00am we borded Asiana airlines and started the 14 hour flight to Korea. Andrew being swave as he is persuaded them to give us exit row steating. I HIGHLY recommed these steats for anyone who is traveling long distance. Although the plane was massive, our seats didn't have any seats in front of us! So we could fully stretch out. The food was pretty good and defenitly vegetarian! Our seats were in rows of three so we ended up being seated with a young fellow on his way to Thai Land.......slightly questionable but he was nice, clean and skinny so it wasn't bad lol. Andrew and I took some pills to knock us out around 3 and they definatly made the plane ride a lot eaiser..... the biggest problem is that we couldn't recline our seats back and I became VERY uncomfortable about 5 hours in from just sitting. I was so drowsy from the pills I couldn't think straight was was extremely fidgety. I couldn't sleep but Andrew and our new frinend Carl were completely passed out beyond consesious. Watching Andrew sleep and being poked in the rib by Carl's elbow for about 3 hours I thought- wow there is a hell on earth and it is located on the flight to Korea. It was about then that I thought that I wouldn't blame ANYONE for not visiting me because the flight over here is madness. I also thought- WTF did I just get myself into!?!!? Some people encourage you to walk during the flight (and I still do) but be warned that the other passengers will just stare at you like you are a freak. So I will finally able to get a few hours of terrible sleep and woke up when we only had about 2 hours left to go! We ate breakfast, said goodbye to Carl and then arrived at the Seoul airport!
This was another emotional time for me....we picked up our luggage and I saw that a smaller but still check luggage piece of mine was red taped by American Airlines.....it was also completely ripped open and had a broken front zipper. FML were my thoughts at this point. I was exhausted and super upset about my new borken luggage. It was also obvious that it was ripped due to an idiot baggage dude who was careless with my stuff. Andrew was very patient and optimistic with me as I was crying by the luggage pickup saying I wanted to sue American Airlines and coming to Korea was obviously a dumb idea. lol I think I was still drunk from the sleeping pills....but still that seriously pisses me off! We took a short flight from Seoul to Pusan (about 40 mins)....and here I am now in Busan (or Pusan) South Korea......
(Also I apologize about my terrible spelling!!! It is nearly impossible to spell check on a Korean computer....as everything is in Korean! I can't wait until I get my laptop back!! *AHHHHH sigh*)
I am so happy I got a chance to be home for Thanksgiving and spend it with my family. I am also really happy I got a chance to say goodbye to all of my wonderful friends. This year is going to be really hard and scary without any of them, but pieces of them will always be with me!!! :-) My mother and father have given me soo much- without them I would never had this opportunity to explore Korea! I just wanted to thank you guys for that! And for everything that you did when I was leaving (and for the special little journal that you wrote mom- i will keep it FOREVER!). It was really hard saying goodbye to everyone and I miss my sister's SOOOOOOO much it hurts sometimes. Actually I am getting watery eyed thinking about it right here in this PC bong! (A building where there are a bunch of high-tech computers that are open for public use for $1 per hour). So with all of my family and friends supporting me and loving me, I have found the strengh to live in Korea for a year...........
Saying goodbye to my parents, brother and grandma at the airport was werid and very sad. So much changes in a year....I can still picture them turning around and walking out the door- kind of heartbreaking. :*(. After goodbyes came the flight to Korea!!!! The plane ride to Chicago was not bad at all. It only took about an hour. We then had about a 4 hour layover at the Chicago airport. This stunk because all of the stores, resturants and bars were closed becuase it was so late!!! So that was long, but around 1:00am we borded Asiana airlines and started the 14 hour flight to Korea. Andrew being swave as he is persuaded them to give us exit row steating. I HIGHLY recommed these steats for anyone who is traveling long distance. Although the plane was massive, our seats didn't have any seats in front of us! So we could fully stretch out. The food was pretty good and defenitly vegetarian! Our seats were in rows of three so we ended up being seated with a young fellow on his way to Thai Land.......slightly questionable but he was nice, clean and skinny so it wasn't bad lol. Andrew and I took some pills to knock us out around 3 and they definatly made the plane ride a lot eaiser..... the biggest problem is that we couldn't recline our seats back and I became VERY uncomfortable about 5 hours in from just sitting. I was so drowsy from the pills I couldn't think straight was was extremely fidgety. I couldn't sleep but Andrew and our new frinend Carl were completely passed out beyond consesious. Watching Andrew sleep and being poked in the rib by Carl's elbow for about 3 hours I thought- wow there is a hell on earth and it is located on the flight to Korea. It was about then that I thought that I wouldn't blame ANYONE for not visiting me because the flight over here is madness. I also thought- WTF did I just get myself into!?!!? Some people encourage you to walk during the flight (and I still do) but be warned that the other passengers will just stare at you like you are a freak. So I will finally able to get a few hours of terrible sleep and woke up when we only had about 2 hours left to go! We ate breakfast, said goodbye to Carl and then arrived at the Seoul airport!
This was another emotional time for me....we picked up our luggage and I saw that a smaller but still check luggage piece of mine was red taped by American Airlines.....it was also completely ripped open and had a broken front zipper. FML were my thoughts at this point. I was exhausted and super upset about my new borken luggage. It was also obvious that it was ripped due to an idiot baggage dude who was careless with my stuff. Andrew was very patient and optimistic with me as I was crying by the luggage pickup saying I wanted to sue American Airlines and coming to Korea was obviously a dumb idea. lol I think I was still drunk from the sleeping pills....but still that seriously pisses me off! We took a short flight from Seoul to Pusan (about 40 mins)....and here I am now in Busan (or Pusan) South Korea......
(Also I apologize about my terrible spelling!!! It is nearly impossible to spell check on a Korean computer....as everything is in Korean! I can't wait until I get my laptop back!! *AHHHHH sigh*)
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