Over and Done with

So I found my missing Korean language books. Apparently, my friend accidently took my book while we were sharing it. The funny thing is, I asked him already but he said that he didn't have it. After I freaked out and bought a new set, he said that he had it. Now I have to return the new books...if the college even has a return policy...I have no clue.

Midterms in S. Korea is a little different then in the states. Guess what?! We don't have normal class during midterm week. Instead, we get scheduled exam time and need only to be there during that time. I definately like this system better. This way, we don't have to learn any thing new yet (especially right after an exam). I was a lot more relax for my midterms here than back in the states. Maybe it's because my classes aren't science courses (besides my health and nutrition course)! (jking). I slept a lot during this week. It was a never ending sleep.

We went to Everland on Oct 25. The weather was supposed to be "fine" but it rained all day (on and off). Everland is one of the theme parks in Korea. With group discount, the tickets were about 24won per person, otherwise it was about valleyfair ticket price. Since, it was near Halloween, the theme of that weekend was Halloween. It was amazing! The sights, the decorations, the customs, the food, etc was beyond anything I've yet to experience at a theme park in the USA, including Disney World. Although it was smaller than Disney World, the rides were pretty wild. Unfortunately due to the rain, we couldn't ride "one of the world's largest wooden roller coaster rides". We ended up with only four rides (if you include the spooky house). The Koreans were super into Halloween. The were really dressed up. They had all the works going on- the dyed/fake but real hair, the clothes, shoes, makeup...the whole KABANG. I really wanted pictures of them but I wasn't sure how they would respond to me asking to take pictures so I 'secretly' took random pictures of the customs.

It is getting colder here in S. Korea. The leaves are turning into beautiful colors. My favorite past time in S. Korea is to watch the leaves fall. Yonsei has this natural park in the middle of the campus. It's full of oak trees. Most of the time, I'll see old ladies and men scouraging the ground for nuts. The next thing I'll hear is the security guard yelling...this is quite a site. The old people are really courageous people. By the way, he main street of Yonsei is lined up with Gingko trees- if you have taken Dr. Capman's class- you'll know the horrors of this consequence. Yep- the whole place smells like rotten flesh....the smell is often times suffocating because it also combines with the sewer. The funny picture of this is that the old people would clamber all on the streets to pick up the seeds of the trees. This is a funny sight for me.

A distubing sight for me occured yesterday while my roomates and I were on a hunting expidition to find Forever 21 in Myungdong shopping district. While looking at the clothes, I happened to look behind me and saw a girl wearing a white face mask (you know the one's that dentist wear because you have bad breath or something like that). I thought nothing of this...I just thought that she was probably a sick girl. Unfortunatly when I got closer, I saw that her eye lids were swollen. It was a disturbing sight because I could instantly tell that she had plastic surgery and that he face was in the process of healing. The mask was probably covering her nose job (and possibly cheek/mouth job as well). I wonder what goes on in these girls mind at that instant that they decide to change their face. I wonder what they are thinking when they lay on that table, reading and willing to have their face cut up. Why the extreme? Can they not bear with how they look like? Are they that ugly? Who are they comparing themselves to? Why? WHy? WHY? Beauty is only a concept, a perspective, a brief passing thought of one mind. It is so hard for me to accept these actions to beautification. God created us for a reason.

Fustrations!

I am so fustrated tonight...or lets say...this early 2am morning. So apparently my norton virus protection expired. I renewed my subscription but the company didn't send me my confirmation email with my access code. I tried to call customer service. The lady couldn't understand me so we haggled over how to spell my name and what the letters were on my email address. After, she tried to sell me this product, and said no but she kept going at it...until she finally let me go. I then realized that this was the first step. She then transferred me to the "real" center and made me with for another 30 minutes or so. After 30 minutes- I gave up and just hung up. I think I got charged for international call...I'm not sure so I have to check with the hotel tomorrow. D* companies....I think they know I was calling internationally so they were making me wait intentionallly... or they were angy that I didn't buy their product.

I am so fustrated with technology. If I get a computer virus...I am blaming them.

Now, I have just sent an email and hopefully I get a reply from them soo. I am super, super, super fustrated with them. I only worry how much that long wait costed me.

Anyways...that is the start of my week.

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