Monday!

MONDAY MONDAY MONDAY!!!
Today is my second last Monday until my vacation.. and I don't really count the last Monday because my vacation starts next Tuesday!!!! I can't wait to go to Jeju!!!!

Before I tell you about my weekend I must tell you what I saw a while back and cannot remember if I actually wrote about it or not... A man was driving down the street on his motorcycle with his small child on his lap!!! I almost fell over when I saw that! Good god! Safety?! Driving here is nuts, I have said that before.. and it is apparently pretty easy for anyone to get a license... especially if you are a foreigner... but that is only word of mouth. I have no idea for sure.. I don't plan on ever driving here EVER so I never looked into it that seriously.

So, lets recap, driving is insane.. people drive then look, only follow the light signs when they feel like it.. you have to really look before crossing the street, and you see people driving with children on their laps.
Okay.. I am explaining this, because I just found it to be really weird that you cannot drive a jet ski without a license... not even for recreational purposes... anddd apparently these are hard to get with long wait lists... I just found that to be interesting...

Now for my weekend!!
Friday I was really tired after a long day... my Fridays are insane teaching 11 40 min classes! So, I decided to go out to eat with some of my friends. We settled on a pizza place (I think we were all feeling a little homesick)... it was probably the BEST idea we had yet to eat... well not really, but it was good. The pizza place, Mr. Pizza it was called, had an all you can eat salad bar!!! I was in heaven.. I can't remember the last time I had salad.. and produce here is expensive. This buffet only cost 6500 won for TWO people!! It has lots of veggies, ready made salads, fruit, jello, and even cereal... I was sooo happy. I didn't even need the veggie pizza we ordered! (So I took it home and ate it the next day! mmmm!!!)

Saturday started off well.. I woke up at 7am and couldn't fall back asleep, so talked to a friend for a bit, then became very productive. I swept, and mopped my floor, I did all my dishes and washed my bed sheets and hung them to dry on my roof's clothesline. I also read more of my book "The Girls." I would like to say a big thank you to Dianna Thoms for recommending that one.. I lovedddddd it. Seriously I think everyone should read it.
After that was all done it was 12ish, so I went to a kimbap place, bought two and ate those, then went to the subway to meet Heather. She lives about 20 min away from me, so I met her at the seomyeon stop on subway line 2 (http://lookatkorea.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/busan-subway-map.jpg) I live at the Geumnyeonsan stop. After meeting her we switched to the orange line and took it all the way to end and went to Nopo-dong... not be confused with Nampo-dong (where all the shopping is). Nopo-dong is where the bus station is. We got to the bus station which took 35 min and then got on a bus to Tongdosa which took about 45-50 min. Once we got to Tongdosa we took a short cab ride and it took us to the Tongdosa Buddhist temple!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongdosa here is the wikipedia site since I don't have any pictures yet. Heather had her camera, so I will steal them next time I see her.
It was BEAUTIFUL there and had so much fun! We walked around, read about the Temple (this is something I have wanted to do pretty much since I went to a Unitarian Church in my pre-teens and started to learn about world religions!) We went into the gift area and I even bought incense! I have Buddhist incense from a real temple!!! :)
We were taking pictures by this pond thing where you throw change into it for dreams to come true when this older man from Ulsan (South Korea) came up to Heather and I and wanted to have his picture taken with us. This happens a lot... seriously when you live here you get stared at a lot, approached just to say hello by kids who just run away giggling because they are happy they got to practice their English, or asked for photos.
This man turned out to be a non-governmental diplomat... whatever that means? He told us that if we ever wanted to go to Ulsan he would show us the sites... he said there are many beautiful things there...
Heather and I then continued our adventure at the Temple and even said hello to a few monks who lived there. One in particular stuck his finger in the air and waved it around in circles and this dragon fly just followed his finger... it was actually pretty cool! We then walked to this grassy area before we left and ate apples and just read our books in the sun. It was a great day!!!

My Sunday was although not very great. I woke up and went to Socrates. Which I love going to!!! This particular conversation was about truth and falsehoods... I wasn't completely into it because I have gotten so sick, so instead of going with everyone to eat afterwards, I went straight home.
I napped until 4, woke up and decided I still wasn't better then napped again until 6. I woke up and finished my book and then let myself sleep for the night at 9.
I woke up this morning feeling much worse, but I still have to make a living, so got ready for work and now I am going to the doctor with my boss tomorrow morning! I think it is just a chest infection, so I just want him to listen to my chest. I even got a fever today in class, and so I just want to be safe. I will update you on that tomorrow. I am told the English at the Doctor's office is pretty good, so wish me luck!

Before I leave, I also want to apologize for my terrible grammar and spelling... I know you should expect more from an English teacher.. first of all I know I can't spell... we grew up in the day of spell check.. but I am so rushed sometimes that I don't get a chance to do it... sorry! (This is for you Scott who brought this to my attention this morning! haha) This also explains why most of my stories are at face value rather being too in depth as I would like to do... I think I need a computer haha.
Now I must go home and sleep!!

byeee!!