So what has happened the past couple days...

Monday got up, ended up getting my bank account setup, started hanging out withe some guys on my floor: Keith, Greg, Aaron, L...., and this guy living off campus named Jin. Still on the look out for Heung Ki's friends though. Then at night got to hang out with KJ and her friend JuYoung ÁÖ¿µat Guanghwamun ±¤È­¹® and had some new food. Mandu ¸¸µÎ , this sliced up roasted pork wrapped in kimchi (SO GOOD! Don't know the name), and some noodle soup. Then Yesterday, Tuesday, we finally had DIEE (Division of International Education and Exchange) orientationn. There are like 500 people in DIEE altogether... a lot. I signed up for a mentor buddy and I'm excited to meet a new friend! We should have a welcome party for the buddy program on Friday. I didn't sign up for any activities since I only really want to study language here and make local friends. Some of the guys and I went to the gym yesterday. We found out that you gotta pay a membership fee so we went hunting for the regular student one. In order to find it I started asking random students "¿îµ¿Á¤ ¿Àµð¾Ö¿ä?" That was really fun. In the end we killed a lot of time roaming around campus only to find out that there is NO student workout room. At least we found the pool. 2nd floor of the physical education building. Who would have ever guessed? Then at night we ate at this outdoor stand place. Ate ttokpokki, the noodle sausage thing, liver, ears, and kimbab. Mmm... it was only okay. The noodle sausage thing called ¼ø´ë wasn't really as good as others made it out to be. I was expecting something... crazy tasting. It's kinda bland, or at least at the place we at it. Then we drank... maybe a little too much. Went dancing. Korean girls don't like to dance.... with me. HAhahaha... I'm going to have to change that... one of these days. Maybe my "buddy" will go with me.

Another crazy day:

1. Woke up to go to church around 8:30. Same sunday sleeping schedule as the Beijing days when we would leave to catch the BICF bus at 9:15. So there's this Methodist church nearby Yonsei's campus that I pass by whenever I go drop by Sinchon. I go into the place at 10, but early service had already started. I stand there looking at these closed doors as if contemplating whether to go in or not, then a lady starts talking to me in Korean. I say in koren that I'm a foreign student. Then somebody told me in English that I have to come back at 11, so I left to get something to eat.

2. Walking around outside made me realize that hardly anything is open on Sunday morning in the neighborhood I'm in. I drop by this bakery looking place cuz a bunch of young people just walked in. I hear church music playing, so I ask in English, "Is this a church?" The lady replies, "This is a restaurant." I feel dumb so I say I'd like to buy some snacks. I got some muffins. The cashier girl was cute and nobody was around. I regret not starting a conversation.

3. Go back to the church and go sit alone. They have this crazy choir and small orchestra in there. They all sounded really good! But besides the music, I don't understand anything! The lyrics, the sunday message, announcements, prayers.. just to keep up with what's going on I need to read the bulletin very carefully. But this old man comes up to me and gestures to me to come with him. So thinking that I'm not suposed to be in this chuch with so many old people, I follow him for more info. He tells me to sit him and I listen. Then he says that he used to be the Yonsei English department director 10 years back and proceeds to get me an English Bible and a Korean Bible...then helps me flip through the pages, and helps me read the bulletin. Later on we have lunch at the church together and then we go to Yonsei and talk some more. He wants to introduce me to a student of his and I'm looking forward to it. I GOTTA meet some locals.

4. I get back, take a nap, then EAP Min calls me! Oh, it was so good to hear from her. We meet up at Sinchon, eat some crazy upgraded kim chi jji ge with noodles and meats and mmmm it was so good. Then we watched Mr. and Mrs. Smith together. Since the movie was awesome, it made a good cap to the night. It was also neat to enjoy a movie in a foreign country. All the Koreans laughed when I laughed. It's the way it ought to be. I can't believe that the only movie I watched in Beijing theaters was Star Wars. OMG, thanks, Jon. By the way, it started pouring this afternoon. Why does EAP always have to begin with rain... oh well, it was a nice break from the muggy weather. I ordered us a large Coke in Korean today. Wow, I am awesome. Thanks for hanging out with me today, Min. You're so much fun! Here's looking forward to meeting those locals. Side note, new EAP faces met today. All youngsters, under 20...first thing to do out of America is buy some beer...woopdeedoo.

I'm in Korea now! Does this mean that the website name "ZhongGuoSkunkie" doesn't really makes sense anymore? WHO CARES! Anyways, I flew in yesterday afternoon and I already have stories to tell.

1. Elle and her friend Arum (¾Æ¸§) went to the Beijing airport the same time as I did. It was nice having friends there to make leaving a little less lonely. Leaving Beijing was surprisingly easy. Before I knew it I was in the plane which was absolutely jam packed full of Koreans. It was like the transition started before I even took off. Arum was really nice and friendly. We talked during the flight and then in a quick hour and and a half, we landed in awesomeland.

2. KJ picked me up at the airport. I was so happy to see her there even though I was mentally prepared to get to my school totally on my own. Getting to the school was a little complicated just because I was totally clueless and because the streets are crowded/curvey. First impression of Yonsei: Pretty trees, surprisingly hilly.

3. Explored Sinchon ½ÅÃÌ with KJ and then met up with Jessica Ãß¿¬somewhere else. Then we went to Yaksu to eat dinner and check out KJ's appartment. First meal in Korea: Talk to ri tang ´ßµµ¸®ÅÁ. It was good. Different from Wudaokou's style. Oh! There's this bomb dessert drink. Not sure what it's called yet, but it's brownish water and tastes like sugar and cinnamon. OMG, so good :) Oh! And the hai xian bing, seafood pancakes, here in Korea are soooo much better than China's. No comparison. At least at the place I went.

4. Morning, went to eat lunch alone. Went to this little restaurant by campus. Only old people there. Ordered a neng myon ³Ã¸é since it was stanking muggy today. I complemented the owner on the deliciousness of his food. As if all reservations had slipped away he patted me on the back and said in a very fobby voicie "thank you!" Haha. I love making friends!

5. In the restaurant this little girl was smiling at me so started making faces at her. She yelled out Pabo! Her grandparents looked back at me. Then they corrected her and told her to say Opa. Hahahah. I got such a kick out of that. Call me Opa ¿À¹Ù :)

6. Walked around sinchon and ewha women's university ÀÌÈ­¿©ÀÚ´ëÇб³ , my nuna's alma mater, in the afternoon. Nice to see, but not that many students since it's the weekend and the summer. It's super close to my school. Our East gate borders their West gate. Crazy. No wonder those ewha girls love the Yonsei woods...supposed to be some crazy romantic date place :) Oh la la. 3 minute walk from my dorm.

7. Finally hung out with some EAPers tonight. Greg, Keith, Steve, North Carolina guy, Stella, Will...we went to dongdemun µ¿´ë¹ÈÀºÇàÀå since some girls wanted to go shopping at this night market type of place. But once you see one you've seen em all. China buds, how many have we seen? Like a hundred? C'mon. So us guys sat down, had some drinks and got to know each other a little better. Good bonding time.

I'll try to keep updating. Too many adventures to mention!