Cranky Saturday - Saturday Oct. 13, 2007

Whoa...I had a cranky day. I woke up around 11:00 AM, because I have been exhausted lately. After lunch, my host mother, host sister, and I went to the science festival together. It is a festival in Wonju this weekend that my host brother is volunteering at. I think partially because I have been so tired and partially because I am not a big fan of crowds, I could tell I was getting really cranky at the festival today. It was still quite interesting.

My host mother and I made wooden whistles; literally, we carved wooden whistles. The man in charge helped quite a bit though. Mine worked really well before the final part was glued in, but now it doesn't work nearly as well as it did originally. It was still fun!

This is a picture of the little pieces of wood that we used to make our whistles.

This is a picture of my whistle after it was finished.^^

We watched a "magic" show put on by a middle school teacher.

I paid more attention to the cute little baby in front of me than to the magic show! He kept looking right at me, so I took his picture!^^

This is hard to explain, but there was a guy with a container that was below freezing at one of the booths. So, he would dip food rice cakes into it and give them to people. This is a picture of my host mom with one of those rice cakes.

My host sis and I made bouncy balls too. She made four, and I only made three. It was the booth that my host bro was working. At one of the booths, they were filling balloons with helium to give to people, so people could make their voices high and squeaky. Last time I checked, it is not a good thing to inhale helium. Hmm...could be wrong, but I'm pretty darn sure. My host sis and I did it anyway of course! ;) She thought it was hilarious. I spent about an hour alone with her, because my host mom had to go to the 한야국 (hanyakuk - oriental pharmacy) for a bit. After about 4 1/2 hours at the festival, we finally headed home. I was pretty ready to get home.

I attempted to watch an episode of Prison Break, but for some reason the episodes are uploading REALLY slowly. We ate dinner, jeojungmyeong (I have no idea how to spell it in either language). It's like udon noodles with a black sauce on them. It's yummy, but I had to pick out the bits of pork. After that, I slept for about 3 hours. When I woke up, my host mom made 죽 (jook - rice porridge) for us. I love it, especially with 김 (keem - dried seaweed) in it!!

I'm hoping to get enough rest this weekend so my crankiness goes away!^^ Oh, and I hope to catch up to the current episodes of Prison Break!!