Highlights of my Day... Tuesday, January 23

1. Weird phone calls… Young Chan, Colin, and Mrs. Jeong. Young Chan called me cause well, that’s what stalkers do… leave the country but still hunt you down. Colin called cause he apparently thinks he sees all his dreams when he looks in my eyes (I’m hoping he’s just trying to be poetic with his English practice and honestly doesn’t understand his words). And Mrs. Jeong called me to say she missed me… ahhh. Oh, that and to tell me the flight ticket was $40 more than originally quoted.
2. Sweet… the gym was quite empty today and so it meant I could focus more. I jumped on the treadmill and hustled my butt but then, out of all the free treadmills, this random dude has to come and run beside me.
3. Had a doctor’s appointment for my legs… again. Man, this doctor has me coming in every three days. However today, he wasn’t too impressed with my progress, or lack there of it I suppose I should say, so, he cranked up my medication and sent me to get a shot from the nurse.
4. It’s funny how my problem is with my legs and yet they give me a needle in the bum. Apparently that’s how things are done here in Korea. My friend went to the hospital for a cold once and got a shot in the bum and so I knew what was next. I suppose I’m just use to the arm shot, like in Canada.
5. Anyways, enough about the cultural differences… I totally embarrassed myself in front of the nurse today when she gestured for me to drop my pants. I lowered my pants but was definitely taken off guard when she repeatedly smacked my butt. I went into a gigglefest and went red in the face.
6. Just as I was leaving her house, I broke the news to Wild Child that I’ll be out of the country for three weeks and her mom got sad. Her mom insisted that I stay a little longer and eat some of the supper she had been preparing. I really wanted to go home and I should have left but instead I stayed.
7. Staying was my first mistake, agreeing to eat her “mystery” meat was my second mistake! I’ve eaten lots of unusual things here and so I’m use to not knowing what I’m eating. I’m cool with it too but my conscious tonight told me something was different with this meal. I think it was supposed to be a mixer of various meats in a pastry looking thing-a-mabob… ㅋㅋㅋ.
8. Ya… it wasn’t so cool after all. By midnight my stomach was groaning and doing summersaults. By 1am I thought it was over with but by 2am it all came out in the bathroom… nasty!
9. Cause of my tummy ache, sleeping was out of the question. So I tried to preoccupy myself by chatting online, washing my floor, curling my hair, drinking a whole pot of green tea, trying to reload my webcam, playing ball with Mi Nam, painting my finger nails hot pink, removing the nail polish (ㅋㅋㅋ), and taking random shots of Mi Nam.



10. By 3:50 am I still hadn’t fallen asleep and so I text messaged Kim Tae. A little while later he called me and told me he’d come over to look after me. I insisted he stayed home but nonetheless, it was really flattering that he’s such a dedicated friend to me. I’ve never even dated a guy who’d do that for me and yet here in Korea my friend is willing to be so sweet.

QUESTION OF THE DAY…
Should I tell her that her food made me sick?

QUOTE OF THE DAY…
The bagel, an unsweetened donut with rigor mortis.
-- Ira Freeman