Hello to all!!!
I sent out the mass e-mail and I got some e-mails back. Most of those were Hotmail accounts, MSN must not like my Korean server. So, if you know of someone who did not get the e-mail, pass it on, the rules stated in the first e-mail apply. We don't want someone receiving tons of SPAM in their inbox.
I am exploring more and more each time I step out my front door. Taking my adventures a few more blocks each time. It is a stacked city, meaning, everything is on top of everything else. Apartments above apartments, stores on top of stores, etcetera etcetera.
The sidewalks are covered with vendors selling everything from shoes to fruit to veggies to fish. Lots of fish, so if you don't like fish (Debby), you may have problems with the scents permeating the air. Within all of this is the traffic. No one yielding to anyone. Honking galore, and scooters blasting right by you, on the sidewalk. So much for walking around with my iPod, huh? Being alert has paid off, so far.
The smells coming out of the storefronts are amazing. I use storefronts, because they don't resemble the restaurants we know. There are some similar to The Plaza and Brookside, but more often, they look like Foo's (Sticky Hickey, anyone?), only smaller.
My first night, I was picked up by a young couple
and they brought me to the school, where I will be teaching. From there, I went with the owner of the school to the bar around the corner to meet two other teachers.
One is from southern Missouri. Go figure, huh? I go half-way around the world and have a few beers with a fellow Missourian.
That made the walk home, a little tough, as I found out, there a ton of steps getting to my apartment.
I will start teaching on the 7th of November, Don Pruessner (the owner and another fellow Missourian--WHAT IS IT ABOUT PEOPLE FROM MISSOURI IN KOREA???), has been gracious enough to let me get acclimated and explore before I step into a classroom.
More exploring to come today and I will probably go for a couple more beers tonight.
Feel free to post a comment or if that doesn't work, e-mail me and I will answer all questions (within reason, GAVIN!!!!)on the site.
I am starting to feel like Arianna Huffington with all this blogging!!! And there is more to come.
I sent out the mass e-mail and I got some e-mails back. Most of those were Hotmail accounts, MSN must not like my Korean server. So, if you know of someone who did not get the e-mail, pass it on, the rules stated in the first e-mail apply. We don't want someone receiving tons of SPAM in their inbox.
I am exploring more and more each time I step out my front door. Taking my adventures a few more blocks each time. It is a stacked city, meaning, everything is on top of everything else. Apartments above apartments, stores on top of stores, etcetera etcetera.
The sidewalks are covered with vendors selling everything from shoes to fruit to veggies to fish. Lots of fish, so if you don't like fish (Debby), you may have problems with the scents permeating the air. Within all of this is the traffic. No one yielding to anyone. Honking galore, and scooters blasting right by you, on the sidewalk. So much for walking around with my iPod, huh? Being alert has paid off, so far.
The smells coming out of the storefronts are amazing. I use storefronts, because they don't resemble the restaurants we know. There are some similar to The Plaza and Brookside, but more often, they look like Foo's (Sticky Hickey, anyone?), only smaller.
My first night, I was picked up by a young couple
and they brought me to the school, where I will be teaching. From there, I went with the owner of the school to the bar around the corner to meet two other teachers.
One is from southern Missouri. Go figure, huh? I go half-way around the world and have a few beers with a fellow Missourian.That made the walk home, a little tough, as I found out, there a ton of steps getting to my apartment.
I will start teaching on the 7th of November, Don Pruessner (the owner and another fellow Missourian--WHAT IS IT ABOUT PEOPLE FROM MISSOURI IN KOREA???), has been gracious enough to let me get acclimated and explore before I step into a classroom.
More exploring to come today and I will probably go for a couple more beers tonight.
Feel free to post a comment or if that doesn't work, e-mail me and I will answer all questions (within reason, GAVIN!!!!)on the site.
I am starting to feel like Arianna Huffington with all this blogging!!! And there is more to come.
Labels: A Few Thoughts
posted by Axton & friends | 11/02/2006 04:04:00 PM
3 Comments:
Missoulah, kind of like the Montana town.
a vertical city huh? and all those short people, weird!
On another note, Valley is playing Sioux City East in the playoffs Monday here in Sioux City, I shall go and root for both of us!
What did you drink at the bar? do they have "our" beers there?
I was drinking "Hite" the other night. It tastes like our Bud Light or Miller Lite.
I drank a lot of it. It made the walk home long, especially since I didn't know where I was going. Then, I saw the steps.
I think I counted 40. They're STEEP.
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