Dae Han Min Gook!

Korea won it's first match in the 2006 World Cup. Tell me, where else in the world will thousands of people fill a stadium to capacity to watch a game on huge screens? In Korea they don't need cheerleaders because thousands, no millions of people, show up wearing red, all knowing the same chants and it never gets quiet during a live game. ( I went to the qualifying game between Korea and Senegal..amazing) so tonight at the bar was alright! A good crowd, not too much drinking, plenty of food going around and happy folks. Yeah, another good experience to file away in my memory.

2006 World Cup Game Korea

World Cup fever is officially here! Of course it has been building up for a month or so now but it is officially here. Red is everywhere..BE THE REDS!!, I LOVE KOREA, COREA...shall we dance?, Football Team KOREA ...people are walking, riding bikes, taking the bus, driving cars, rollin' in on the subway. Destination...Olympic Park, City Hall, World Cup Stadium and countless other locations...to see their beloved Korea play Togo, in their first game of the 2006 World Cup game. Me, I am meeting folks at a bar called PIA. Hopefully I won't be completely surrounded by a room full of drunk folks...

Going There Again

I am beginning to go through another healing cycle. A few years ago I experienced a pretty brutal break up. It cut very deep and I am finding that despite all of the hard work I have done, I still have things unresolved within myself. The hurt went to places I cannot even speak of and I am beginning to realize that I hold a lot of fear still. This keeps me from opening up to people in general but obviously, men. I remember myself before that time and I look like a different person. I don't know how to recapture that light, that fearlessness...it was infused into my voice so that I could do open mics with power. Not anymore. I am timid. My voice quiet. The fearlessness gone. I think I healed in some fundamental ways and now I am rebuilding and I really don't know how. I am now trying to give a voice to concerns instead of swallowing them but I am immature in my expression. Someday I will be done with this.

Sun Is Shining

I woke up this morning feeling much better. I sat down last night and started looking at cars, got info for a woman who rents apartments, and started writing to professors from my alma-mater. Just these simple efforts made me feel proactive and lessened the worries in my mind. I also wrote down all the things I need to have to prepare for going home. That felt good too. I am also trying to figure out my budget and see how much I need to be sending home. The exchange rate is awesome at the moment because the Korean won is stronger than the US dollar so that works to my advantage.

I have also been in touch with the person that I hurt and they are responding kindly. We haven't talked about the situation but the fact that communication has been positive says alot about him.

Today is going to be a long day with classroom decorating, shoe buying, Ruhi book 2 buying, play watching and meeting my lyrical dance teacher for salsa dancing! Yeah, long day but this is most days for me.