This is the blog I will use from now on, and this time I promise, honest to blog.
Believe me, I've tried to write many times before. I could just never finish my posts, because something would happen that would cause me to stop, and I just couldn't find myself to finish it. We never really settled in somewhere, until a couple days ago, and we're leaving tomorrow.
I'm on a small island near Jeju right now, visiting my grandparents from my mom's side. They're really cool. I met a couple of my cousins too, most of them aren't very talkative -- I tried to get a conversation going (in my horrible Korean), but only got a couple of yes's and no's. It's a really rural island, there's a lot of older people here, and lots of farms and cows and fields... and cemeteries. Lots and lots of cemeteries.
So far, we just visited some people, went shopping a couple times, went around going sight seeing and seeing things that we can learn from... my parents have been trying to teach me and my brother about Korea's history a lot. I almost get it.
Some things I've learned about Korea:
- Almost every man here smokes! There's smoking in restaurants, houses, and when you're walking down the street, all you can smell is cigarettes in the already really polluted air.
- People are very... fashionable? You will see guys wearing suits up on a mountain in the middle of nowhere, and wearing purses! I've never seen guys wearing purses. Everybody follows at least one fashion "rule". Everyone wears skinnie jeans or leggings, and sweaters that come up to their knees. Well, that's what I've noticed, and I'm not even that observative.
- The service here is awesome! You don't have to go through all that crap you have to do at the airports in Canada. They let you carry liquid on the plane and the scanning and stuff is so... quick. You ask for something, and you get it in like, three minutes. It's amazing!
- The service is great but the people aren't too friendly.
I'm taking lots of pictures, and so is my dad. I don't know if I will get to upload all of them because I don't know how to upload pictures from my dad's camera... I don't know if he'll even let me because he never lets me touch his camera. My camera ran out of batteries a couple of times and didn't get a chance to charge it because the Korean electric plug ins are different than the Canadian ones. They're circular! I love Korean foods and snackers! They're amazingly delish. That's all the news here for now, pretty much. I'm having an amazing time! Tonnes of fun. I miss everybody though, everyone from Clark and all my online buddies that I can't talk to as often because I'm 16 hours ahead of them. I hope you're all well but I'm missing you guys like crazy. Hopefully there's a computer in the hotel we've reserved for the rest of our trip. I'll surely be able to post more often. Lots of love with hugs and kisses,
Penny PS - I've been watching movies on my flights back and forth from lots of different places in Korea and the dreadfully long one from Vancouver to Seoul. I absolutely love Little Miss Sunshine, Juno, and Slumdog Millionaire. I also watched The Grudge and Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist. My cousin bought be The Grudge and The Grudge 2. Catch Me If You Can was amazing. Leonardo DiCaprio is delicious! PPS - Did I already mention all the heated floors in Korea? It's quite horrible, really. They don't really have beds often. They lay mat/blankety things down when it's time to sleep, and they remove it all during the daytime and use the room as just a room. The floors are heated to a really high temperature -- I woke up one night and I was laying on the floor and I thought I was going to die. PPPS - I know this post is really long, but it's for all the catching up I needed to do. I'll post as much as possible from now on. Be well. |
