Moment of the day.

Today's lunch was spicy pork and it was a treat by comparison. It was warm and spicier than one would expect a food served to 5 year-olds to be. Halfway through my second helping I sucked in some air to cool my tongue and told and signed to Jane, a student, that the food was spicy and wished I had some milk to cool my mouth. Jane gave me a pausing stare then silently trotted out the door. A few minutes later she came through the door with a paper cup full of water, and brought it to my mouth to make me drink it.

Moment of the day

I was walking through 전주 along a creek this morning and crossed paths with a school of children on their way to Lotte Cinema. They were traveling in packs in a long line that stretched for a quarter mile. The first students said "ooh 외국인" followed by a "Hello" Then the next pack waved and said "Hello, where are you from?" Then I realized that the entire school was going to greet me on their way to Lotte Cinema--and that they did. Three, four, and then five packs in each one as enthusiastic as the last. Five minutes later the last students said hello. I wish I would have been smart enough to have pulled out my camera and taken video.

Fish are in the sea.

Fish are in the sea.

One of the chronic problems of being a man or a single person in general is that on the rare occasion you find someone you're interested in he or she is often taken. Fortunately Korea is stacked with beautiful women. Walk in a city's busy area and you cant count to ten without seeing someone (sometimes a handful) you would like to date. What compounds things that the ROK requires men to serve two years in the military and if they arent in the military chances are they're hanging out in a PC bang or arcade. There couldnt be a more prime opportunity to meet people in the world.

돔나이트

I was ready. After 5 months of dancing in Gunsan to in the name of being a "better man." I froze up. I froze up because I was afraid I stood out, because I wanted the comfort of knowing where the nearest 찜질방 was so I could sleep, and because I was afraid of paying $60 for three beers I wasnt going to drink. I had a chance to do something, to improve and I backed down. I have no excuses. There should be no level perceived humiliation that I cant overcome now. I've lost an oppurtunity to go to a nightclub meet new friends and dance until dawn.

The day is coming when I will be too old for this wishing for a second chance only to make the same decision. I have do to this again, no matter the cost. I have to come back to Jeju for Dome Night and I have to do it whenever the situation rises. There should be no layers of reasoning or justification.