Amanda Takes Off...

Yesterday I was taking the subway and leaning against the wall, knitting. Across from me there were four seats. Three of the seats were occupied by older people and I didn't feel the need to sit down. The woman across from me kept looking at me and I was glancing at her (and everyone else, really, on the subway).

All of a sudden I felt someone grab my arm and the woman started scolding me (I think) about how I could sit down. She yanked me to the seat so fast it was like a cartoon—my bag sort of flew out behind me as I said, "OK, OK, kamsamnida, kamsamnida!" She threw me in the seat so quickly I nearly bashed the gentleman in the other seat on the head.

Once I sat down, she pointed at my knitting and stared at me, so I showed her what I was working on and pantomimed rocking a baby. She looked very happy and watched me for the rest of the ride.

I was taking the subway to see the Picasso exhibit at the Seoul Museum of Art with Leslie. It was interesting and I enjoyed it. I liked the fact that they had works from throughout his life, so you got to see the different styles he used. Also, they had some ceramics and some textile arts that he'd done. I didn't know that he'd done either!

Then we met Michael for dinner and had good, cheap Japanese for dinner.

I'm going to Thailand at the end of the month! I'm not sure what I'm going to do or see, but I'll be there for five days. I am VERY excited. I always wanted to be the type of person to buy a plane ticket and just go somewhere on pretty short notice. I have done that in the past and I'm doing it now. I always wanted to live abroad. And now I'm doing it.

Now. To work on that pilot's license...