Host Fam!! - Tuesday May 27, 2008

My day at school was better than yesterday. We had a disaster drill...which I didn't know about until it happened. Ha...go figure. ^_~ I talked to a friend online and she mentioned that she was having one at her school. As I went downstairs, I started to notice that every kid in every classroom was underneath their desks. I figured it our pretty quick...nation-wide disaster drill. After they were made to crouch under their desks for 20 minutes. The school set off red smoke bombs to signal a fire drill. It was utter chaos! The smoke smelled HORRIBLE, children were playing with the cans where the smoke bombs had gone off and were still emitting smoke, there were children running and going back into their classrooms after their classmates had left. I sat out there for a while and then went back inside (the "burning" building) because I couldn't stand the smoke outside.

I had Korean tutoring today...I skipped it last week because I was preparing for the Burma talk for the GIC. My tutor is so nice! She bought me a birthday present! Lotions and body wash. I will definitely take her out to dinner before I go back to the states for the summer. She has been so incredible!

When I got home, I got to spend time with my host family (eat as a family) and I played with my host sister. We played Go Fish, and I taught her two forms of Solitaire. We then did some yoga, and I spun her around on the floor by her legs with her back and head on a pillow! Haha!

I called my mom to apologize for being a jerk on monday. I talked to her when I wasn't in the best of moods, and I was then upset about her and my family going to see the American Idol concert tour two days after I get home without even offering for me to go. Honestly, I realized I don't care about the concert...it would be nice to go, yes. But I'm more bothered by the fact that 1) I wasn't asked and 2) My family is leaving two days after I get home. Sadness!

I went to guitar lessons and am slowly and painfully learning where notes are in different octaves. It'll get easier... I'm working on a song that I requested, so all the more better. I couldn't handle anymore music that I should know because it is really famous. Famous American songs in Korea are very different from famous American songs in America.

When I got home, my host family was still awake which is quite unusual as of late. My host father came home at around 11:30PM (from Seoul...that's where he lives and works now) so perhaps that is why my host fam wasn't asleep yet.

Peace out.