Highlights of my Day... Saturday, March 24

1. By the time I had woken up I was well into the afternoon. I had missed breakfast, missed lunch, and was creeping up upon dinner time. Mi Nam convinced me to finally get out of bed at 3:30pm!
2. Kind of got stuck in my building’s elevator with some Korean girl who was obviously about to freak out. They’ve been working on this elevator for some time but obviously haven’t really fixed it cause as we reached the 1st floor the door only opened a crack. The doors were a bit stuck and so I pushed them apart. I laughed out “Na-noon him-say yo-ja” (I’m a strong woman) and so the girl patted me on the back and giggled.
3. Lots of drama downtown! Outside of Club Zizi there were three large fire trucks. I didn’t smell smoke, I didn’t see any fire, but wow… those Korean firemen are just as cute, if not cuter, than Canadian firemen! Ha, ha, ha. Then as I past by the crowd of firemen, I ran into a crowd of police men. Apparently some dudes were fighting in the street. The cops had it under control but the one guy was splattered with blood, his shirt all ripped up and he had this massive gash across his chest. On the cop car was a knife. Wild… I’ve never seen anything remotely like this in Korea. Crazy stuff!
4. I’m being to get the idea that I’m not actually the one walking Mi Nam, it’s more like he’s walking me. That little guy is getting pretty strong and so I’m getting quite the arm work-out walking him.
5. I was suppose to visit Jae Min at Mbar last night but didn’t show up and so tonight I went. Like always, I walked in and was greeted with lots of smiles and “long time no see” from Jae Min, Jung Hyuk, Chun Hong, Jae Min’s sister, my Korean “mother” and the two DJ’s.
6. Pulled out the camera and instantly Jae Min and Jung Hyuk were all about posing… so funny. They’re definitely not camera shy!
7. One of the new waitresses heard that I was a professor at Dankook and so she was so excited to talk to me. Her English name is Hanna and, as it turns out, she’s a student at my school, cool. She was quite amusing to talk to. She loves English men and so Jae Min entertained us with his impersonation of an English gentlemen… ha, ha, ha.
8. I love it how whenever I visit Mbar all the staff seem to stop and crowd me. They’re awesome and I feel kind of bad cause I really have no excuse why I don’t visit them more often. They’re always so awesome to me and within the two years that we’ve all known each other, they’re been nothing but super sweet to me.
9. Yes… I am Ms. Anti-Social in Cheonan when it comes to foreigners, I admit it… so sue me. Ha, ha, ha. Mbar staff are all quite comfortable with me and so I definitely have privileges there, one being that I’m allowed behind the counter. So there I stood, behind the counter playing on their computer when a posie of foreigners approached to pay their bill. I think I came across as a bit of a snob and so I apologize but I really don’t want to meet new people, or make new friends for that matter. It’s not that I don’t like meeting people but I rather put my effort and attention on the friends I already have as oppose to stacking up my friends list. Being popular was only cool in high school. I was the social butterfly back then but that was then, this is now. It’s not about quantity, it’s all about quality and so I rather a few solid friends, an elite group, as oppose to a lot of surface level friends. So, I’ve made the conscious decision to be a better friend to those I already have in my life.
10. After a full evening of giggles, Konglish, good times, and good friends, I finally left Mbar. Mind ya, Jae Min, Jung Hyuk and Hanna came with me. We got some food at a local street vendor truck and then Hanna walked me part way home. She’s pretty sweet… see, I DO have female friends.. ha, ha, ha. By the time I got home it was 5am but I was still wide awake. Jumped on msn with Kobe, played a few rounds of "Mine sweeper" and then called it a night at 7am. Kobe was all proud of his ONE victory... I think he won only cause I was too tired... ha, ha, ha.

QUESTION OF THE DAY...
If you weren't "you" would you want to be your friend?

QUOTE OF THE DAY...
To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.
-- Cummings