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Week 15 (June 5th to June 11th) |
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Sunday June 5th, We had an awesome afternoon at the beach today�we grabbed some beers, a couple of towels, and a couple of guitars and just chilled all afternoon! The weather couldn't have been more perfect for us. It's been so long since I've been able to just sit on a
beach and hang out. We had quite the big crew of Daegu people, so I even managed to meet some people who work in my city that I've never seen here. And believe it or not, I actually have a tan, which almost never happens! We had a quick dinner, but we went back to the beach for a huge bonfire that one of the Busan people had set up. It was a great mix of foreigners working in Busan and Daegu. And it was just so great to hang out on the beach at night with a bonfire and jam out with the guys playing their guitars. So far it's been a pretty idyllic weekend!
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Monday June 6th, We had a nice easy drive back from Busan this afternoon. I didn't think that we'd actually leave when we said we would, cause everyone was still sleeping at 12:30, but we actually did make it out of Sean's place by 1pm (Of course I would have liked to spend another day at the beach, but hey, I wasn't the one driving). As soon as I got back, I went to Home Plus and finally got all of my film developed. There's some awesome pictures that will hopefully soon make it onto this website |
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Wednesday June 8th, We played at the open mic night at Commune again tonight, and once again we were well received. We talked to the owner of Commune for awhile, and if we put together a couple hours worth of music, it looks like we could get a Saturday night gig there pretty easily. Among other band progress: it seems that we now have a name. Our kids (and any ESL teacher will understand this right away!) have trouble getting words in the right order, because Korean sentence structures are the absolute opposite of English sentence structures. So instead of saying something like "Paul, I don't love you", they'll say things like "Paul, no I love you". Since our band is essentially 2 guitars, a keyboard and 3 voices, Jason thought it would be cute to call our band "Drums is No". I'm not particularly fond of the name. In fact, we even had a bet riding on it-- I bet Jason that I could convince Evan that "Drums is No" is a bad name within 12 hours. The prize: a 1 litre bottle of Jack Daniels! Unfortunately, I lost the bet, and had to shell out the money for the bottle of JD, plus the name is sticking. I guess every English teacher can appreciate the concept behind our name, but I just hate the way it sounds. And yet, I can't seem to come up with anything better . . . |
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Friday June 10th, I had a real "Hey, I'm in Korea" moment today when I was walking home from work today. Sometimes it's easy to forget that I'm in a completely different country, cause I do all the same things that I would at home, and I've got similar friends in both places. Plus, after awhile, you don't notice that people are staring at you all the time. Anyway, when I'm walking home each day, this
middle-aged Korean guy always comes out of his restaurant and says Hello. Every day he asks if I want to come in for coffee (or rather, he just says "Coppee?" and gestures, because he really doesn't speak any English), and every day I say no, not because I don't want to, but because I'm always in a hurry. Of course I don't know how to say that in Korean, so I always feel really bad saying no. So today, I said yes (even though, once again I was in a hurry) and came in for coffee. It was so funny! There were very few people in the restaurant, and it was clear that I was providing the entertainment. They think everything I say is hilarious (which is probably is, since my Korean is pretty minimal). It's amazing how far a couple of body gestures can go to get the point across, because nobody in there spoke English, just a couple words here and there. They tried to convince me to stay for dinner (I guess they were enjoying the free entertainment!), but I really had to go, and (here's the crowning moment), the guy gestured to me to hang on for a second because he wanted to give me a gift. So I waited for a couple minutes longer, and he came back with a pair of new socks for me! I thought that this pretty funny, but hey, there's no way I could give them back, and they are pretty nice socks! As it turns out, socks are a pretty common gift in Korea, so I guess it's not that weird after all. I promised that I would come back when I had more time, so who knows? Maybe there will be a new installment of the circus next week!
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Saturday June 11th, Today was Mike's birthday! First Jason and I met up with some other Chilgok people to go to a party on the
other side of Daegu. We had to take the subway from downtown, and the whole trip took forever, but it was kind of cool, cause we didn't know most of the people there. In fact I didn't even know the people from our own suburb until we went to Busan last weekend. There's so many more foreigners in Daegu than I initially thought. We left that party early to meet up with Mike and his crew for his birthday celebration at Commune. Lots of familiar faces, lots of drinks, and a good time for everyone.
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