Day before a big holiday

So as of the moment it is 12:17 am here in South Korea.  The day would be Wednesday already.  Time is flying by already -- before I know it, I'll be sitting in the Seattle Airport waiting to come back to Memphis.  Brother and Sister Koo are laying on the floor watching a TV show on the phone at the moment.  We've all doing some work or study of some sort over the last few hours in the room.  Woo Yeup has been working on some dictation stuff he's doing for someone who is in Medical School, Eun Bi has been working on one of those difficult Hackers TOEIC English books, and I've been studying my new Korean book.

I figured I might as well take advantage of this free time and learn some more of this darned 'ole language.  I really didn't spend much time learning on my own last time, but I learned some good and useful stuff really quickly.  If I'd studied more consistently over the last few years, I could be pretty fluent.

So since it is Wednesday, I can say it is the eve of the Lunar New Year.  Thursday is the big day, but around this neighborhood and household things will be quite busy.  The family's bathhouse will be flooded with folks throughout the day, while Momma Koo will be preparing ginormous amounts of food to be served for the family activities on Thursday.  I'll be visiting friends throughout the day tomorrow, and helping out if I am needed as well.

Brother Woo Yeup and I had a pretty productive afternoon.  We visited the Young Cadets Director, and Education Director for a little bit.  He helped me get a new bank book at Shinhan Bank (Bank books are big deals here in this country).  I'll give you a run down of how the banking goes sometime next week, when I visit the bank to wire money back for the credit card payment.  We visited the local Military office, so Woo Yeup could make sure everything was straightened out in order for him to join in a few weeks.  Every Korean man has to join the military and they usually serve for at least 21 months.  Some branches may actually be more, but the army is 21 months.  We also ate samgyetang (which is really good stuff for a cold day), went to the book store (I love Kyobo Bookstore), and also went to a place so he could get some Valentine's stuff for his girl who is in Seattle.

Don't worry ladies, I'm not a big fan of Valentine's Day, so I don't plan on showering anyone with loads and loads of stuff -- unless you are my momma or my sister!! Of course, getting a kiss from a pretty woman would be a nice V-Day gift, but I'll probably be sleeping off my jet-lag on that day anyway.

So, now the clock says 12:30 am, and the three of us are all kind of wide awake at the moment.  I think it's time to call it a night, and get to sleep for now.  Somehow, my body will feel that heating pad under the blankets on the hardwood floor, and make an easy decision to fall into a dreamless (hopefully) sleep.

Have a good day, or goodnight everyone.  I'm leaving you with a few pictures from Sunday in Pohang, when we were supposed to go fishing, but instead did a little sightseeing, and ate some super yummy raw fish.

captions later!