Saturday, September 5, 2009
Location: jeonju. GPA sams school. 5.18pm.
listening to: colbie caillat "falling for you" and Taylor swift "you belong to me"im very happy that i was able to talk and see my family. i was able to greet my dad a happy birthday :) thats the highlight of my day that im able to hear their voices and see them make a cover of the kpop and taylor swift.. and i meant the badd cover. not a good one. not even close ahhahhaa
and yes mae, iam actually liking the taylor swift song. and yes, iam late. i dont care. i need to hear a bunch of time until i have to fully decide that im able to like it or not.
ive only been in korea for a couple of weeks, there are a few things that i thought wouldve not done or hear if i was back in texas:
1. met a guy (salim) whom i barely even know, invited me to meet one of his korean guy friends (30 yr old, owns his restaurant in nonsan)-- so i agreed, only to find out that his ride is a bike... what?? so i hopped in. salim drove the bike at around 70-80 mph. which is insane.. of course i have to keep it cool since i dont want him to think im this wuss. so i kept it cool. for the most part i was just screaming :/
so i met his korean friend, he owns this swanky college hang out near a university (which is a couple minutes from my apartment).
before i left going to jeonju, the manager of the apartment has to change my locks of my door. he keeps asking me a question and yes, i dont know what the heck he was saying at all.. something something..anyo internetUH... im like OH! hes talking about internet.. mayn so need a korean phrase book. so i found out that the internet dude whos going to fix my line is going to be there while im away this weekend. soo theyre going to go inside my apt and do their thanngg. so i took my valuables papers, money and documents (which is really important and clothes/ things are really replaceable) to jeonju with me. i really hope nothing is missing in my apartment after i get back. pls pls Lord watch my things when i get back pls.
and yes im still paranoid.
and i met 2 korean guys who lives next door. theyre college peeps. both of the guys are wearing tight, straight jeans. really? i mean really? and why does all these guys here need to make me feel like im a slummpp.. sheezz.. oh and their major is interior design. wow.
and i also realized thats boys hold each others hand and boys do sit in each others lap.. when i saw that one of my students are like doing that.. im like what the eff is going on? is that normal then? whhyy! and yet, they are not gay or anything. they just truly care with one another. dude, i care about my friends but im not aboout to do some touchy feely thing like that.some things i just need to kinda be okay with it.
2.i dont know anything about korean. i dont know about the language. i dont know much about the culture. ive seen the dramas, listened to the music. so when i have to travel outside my city, let alone outside my school or apartment, im a little freak out. soo samantha has to give me instructions how to say train station and ill meet her at her place.
- so i got a taxi near homeplus (SM wanabe store) which is walking distance from my apartment. got to the train station (which you say YOKE) i was semirelief. so i bought my ticket, then i realized that i dont know which flatform im suppose to get into. so i asked ppl around me, which of course they dont know how to speak or understand english. so crap. im thinking that im probabaly going to be stranded in some remote town. so i saw this black guy in the station and luckily i was standing next to him, i heard him talking on the phone speaking english:
i asked him" do you speak english?"
dude: (gave me this weird, you dumb look) "umm, yeahh?"
me: "oh okaygreat (smiles, total oblivious) where track does this train stops?"
so he told me.. i feel like a dork. coz he knows, i know that i know he knows how to speak english. hahhaha...
so i got to track 3, where my train is. every ticket has a box number and a seat assigned. soo when the train got here.. i just sat whereever coz it was empty. isnt that reasonable? noone was sitting there. but no i have to find my box number, which is alll the way in front. i got to my assigned seat i realized that there was a lady there sitting in my sit. i told her that was my seat, she bust out with a ticket, only to find out that i was in the wrong box. FUCDGE!
so all these ppl are looking at me coz i keppt on wandering back and forth where the danng box that im suppose to be. after all that humiliation, i finally found it. sighs.
i got to jeonju. sam was not there outside. you gotta be kidding me! ok if shes not here in like a few mins im gone im gonna hopped into another train and take me home. crud.. soo i waited for awhile, then Sam eventually got there. whew.
EDIT
SO MY WEEKEND in Jeonju:
i met sam's friends. it was quite an introduction, there was alot drama. crying. booze. drunk ppl. theres so much going on. and its mainly because someone sent a nasty email thru facebook. ahh facebook is the devil! it was like im reliving high school all over again. eepp i dont know if i wanna relive that moment in my life. but sam's friends are cool. i dont really say much, they pretty much talk most of the time. i dunno, i think thats my personality. but i think once i get to know ppl i will talk more or joke more. its just hard to be friends with ppl when you know that its only temporary.. and also,because you dont really have nothing in common. so its really hard to just talk about anything else, beside your struggles and how to survive in korea. its really hard to actually build a friendship and maintain it.
but suffice to say, i got drunk twice in a row. i was just a mess. me and alcohol are not friends. it only took 2 shots of soju and i was out. i was puking alot. i wasnt happy. my head was about to explode. man i couldnt even sleep it off without puking.. geez i dont want to drink anymore!!
OY! sam! you need to get ketchup! who doesnt have ketchup stocked at home..really? really.
at least last weekend, i have some normalcy coz i was with sam. i was able to catch up with somethings. ***i really hope THEIR friendship is going to be better, than now ( AND SAM YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN) i just feel like you guys need to talk to each other. dont give me that "oh its watever, im over it. i just need time." cut the crap really. just talk about it, yall sort it out.because this is all nonsense. i dont want to be in the middle of this whole situation. and its really sad. im sad because of this.
sam and i went to a catholic mass, but then we found out its still a korean mass. its soo hard to find someone who can understand english or speak english. geez! we just wanted to ask what time is the english mass. the pastor finally emailed us about the time, its 2.30 pm on sundays. so at least i have a church that i can go every sundays now. PTL!!! prayers are answered. i have been to 2 churches. every single time i go inside a new church, iam reminded what my mom told me that to make a wish everysingle time i enter a new church.. GOD is always with me, despite with everything ive been thru, especially coming here in korea. HE'll never leave me or anyone, who just have faith in him. i know those wishes will somehow come true, if God wills it, it will.
over and out 1:17 AM