Well, the race is on. Yesterday afternoon I played volleyball with the other foreign teachers. I stank. Today, I had my first Korean lesson with my tutor JooYong. I stank. So…the race is on to see which skill will actually improve this semester ~ My athletic or linguistic ability. ? I’ll keep you posted.

I bought a pair of jeans from a sidewalk vendor yesterday. They were cheap, and they fit quite well. As I was taking the tags off, I noticed that instead of listing the fabric used, this is what the tag says….

mainly mum (25%) Korean, height, kind, stupidly believe, people, full of love.

Dad (5%) korean, height 170cm, sharp, sensitivity

#1 brother (15%) nine year older, married. sensitivity and sharp.

#2 brother (15%) six years older. Kinda lazy works with me.

#3 brother (15%) eleven years younger. student, loves with me. oldest

sister unlaw (10%) works with me. oldest brother’s wife.

my wife (25%) height 173 cm, American, model

we are happy

Yup, so instead of your usual denim or cotton blends, my pants have 110% of a Korean family in them. I love this country.

I don’t usually write about politics. I think that’s because I’m not usually interested in politics, nor do I have anything relevant to say. However, when you’re eating in the cafeteria and all eyes are glued to the TV, so you look to see what’s going on, and you see a swarm of men in suits and ties brawling ~ you take some notice.

Yesterday, South Korea’s president was impeached. From what I can tell, the Western Media and the Korean Public tend to disagree on exactly what went down. All I know is that Korean TV stations yesterday were full of footage that showed men in suits behaving like NHL players at a WWF Wrestling workshop. It was bizarre.

Some of my Korean friends attended impromptu candlelight rallies to protest the impeachment. About 70% of Koreans are opposed to the impeachment (according to German news sources), and everyone I’ve talked to sees it as an attempt for the opposition party to seize power…so they can go ahead and mis-use the money that President Roh was accused of mis-using. And that, my friends, is why I don’t like politics.