Day trip to Pohang

So I went to Pohang today.  I visited my friend Min, who was a Korean assistant at the camp where I taught in Pohang in January.  I had left some clothes at his house, because my original plan was to work at the college where our camp was during the Spring time.  That kind of fell through, so I scheduled today as the day to get my clothes and visit Min and his mom.  The fellow even took me out for lunch, which consisted of something called konggooksoo, which is a big bowl of noodles that are actually pretty tasty.  We have had some dumplings to go with it, which were wonderful.  Min helped me with some of my Korean study book that I was struggling with, and in exchange, I helped him with some of his advanced English grammar.

We spent a good bit of time sitting in the kitchen watching footage of everything going on in Japan.  For those of you back in the USA, Korea has not been affected whatsoever by what has happened over there.  Thanks for worrying (those of you who have posted on FB).  Seriously though, you should at least try to communicate with me more often.  It seriously took a natural disaster for some to actually communicate with me? Anyway, the day was a good one.  I did spend almost eight hours on buses and got home a little late to eat dinner on the corner tonight.  Since I wasn't too hungry I bought some dried squid and my favorite Korean liquor.  I do have some oranges and granola here around the apartment though if I get real hungry.  I finished the book" Keep Going : The Art of Perseverance", by Joseph Marshall, within the first 90 minutes of my bus rides.

I will probably produce my own audio versions of each chapter and post them on here daily.  I've read this book maybe four times now, maybe even more.   This book is what really lifts my spirits.  This author has some great books that he has written, that discuss the Lakota culture and their values, which have helped me a little over the last few years.  Another good book to read by this man is :" The Lakota Way: Stories and Lessons for living."

I think I'm gonna sign off for now.  I'll drink a little bit more (don't worry Ma, the bottle is only 16 ounces, if that. )  It's better to do it once a week than once a day.  Hopefully I wake up and decide to go to Seoul tomorrow.  I want to buy some books to read at night, and I may go visit my favorite palace if my buddy Greg gets over his hangover from last night by then.

Some dried squid and Makoeli