We may have won but.....

ESPN had this to say about CSU's win over San Diego State. "San Diego State (1-7, 0-4 MWC) was unusually productive on offense, gaining 392 total yards."

Who could possibly have predicted that?....

"low crime" Korea

I think someone stole my bike.... pretty inconvenient since I ride it every day.

No school tomorrow

My ride just called to make sure I know not to wait for her tomorrow. No class for me!

Stupid people

So, the teacher who gives me a ride out to the junior high school told me several times last week, "Next week there are tests, so you don't have to come out." This morning he called me and asked me why I wasn't where he usually picks me up. I said in Korean to him, you said there were tests today and I shouldn't come. He then told me he has no authority to say something like that. If you don't have authority to say it, then don't say it retard. That's the last time I listen to anything he says.

So apparently there ARE tests, but I have to sit here and screw around on the internet or study all day. At least I do not have to teach.

Trip to Masan, Jinhae, and Busan

The trip was great. I took a train at 5:49 Friday morning to Suncheon then one to Masan immediately afterward. After walking around in Masan for about  hours I headed to Jinhae and walked around some there too. I went to the church building and saw the old bishop there...he didn't remember me! lol.  Then I took a bus to Busan, arriving about 4PM. This gave me time to walk around and eat dinner while it was still light. Then, instead of getting a room for the night, I decided to just keep walking around until I had seen everything I wanted to. Then I headed back to Jinhae by train. I think walked at least 30 miles overall. My feet hurt. Here are the pics and videos I took.

Post office in Masan. This is where you get off the bus.

I walked up the hill and found the exact apartment I lived in.

Then I walked what I remember to be about a half mile, which turned out to be about 3 miles, down the road to this bench that I took a picture on 4 years ago, and took a taxi back.

The walk down from the apartment is very beautiful and interesting, with curving alleys and paths between houses.

The church building in Masan.

Yes, the fine culinary arts of the east. Cheese of the sea.

I only spent a couple hours in Jinhae, finding less to do than I had anticipated. This store in Jinhae is part of a funny coincidence. I was joking with my companion about how unoriginal the store names typically are. For example, occasionally they will just put the korean word for "land" after the main product they sell, such as hardware land, or kimbap land, etc. to create the store name. I had just purchased some hoddeok, which is a kind of fried sugary treat, and said, jokingly, "someone should make a hoddeok land." About two days later we found it. It is particularly odd because I've never seen another store that specializes in hoddeok. Usually it is just something people sell in addition to whatever it is they normally make.

This is in front of Busan University. The video quality is bad, but in the back right near the end you can see a  large blue building under construction. Actually, I noticed several new huge apartment complexes in Busan. Several looked as tall as I've ever seen.

This is in the Geumjeong area in north Busan walking up the hill from the Beomeosa station. Beomeosa is a Buddhist temple, so most people come to this area to go hiking.

Now I am back... finally!