Amanda Takes Off...

Friday night's class was painful. We acted like animals—rabbits and ducks—crouched low on the floor, hands behind our head, and hopped or walked across the room. I was not good at this. I was slow and I kept falling on my knees. I scraped and bruised my left knee. Pull out the mentholatum...

Heidi came to the second half of class (soccer, Master told me soccer will now be on Fridays instead of Thursdays) and kicked a soccer ball into my face. Thank you, Heidi. We had gimbap afterwards together, always a nice treat.

Saturday night we went to see The Prestige together with a boy Heidi was (but doesn't seem to be any longer) interested in. We had dinner together afterwards and I found out he is an English major, "but I hate it."

"So why are you studying a subject you hate?"

"My father thought it would be good for me."

OK. Well. Nothing to say to that.

I really enjoyed the movie. I chose it because when we were making plans it was the only English-language movie I could think of off the top of my head, but I was impressed. I also learned two new Korean words from reading the subtitles, 마법의 (magic) and 비밀 (secrecy).

Heidi crashed at my place and we stayed up late eating junk food, watching Korean music awards, playing with Cyworld and talking.

We didn't wake up until noon, and I made a yummy Sunday breakfast. I made French toast, but had no maple syrup, so we had fresh strawberries and kiwi with it instead. (Very expensive being December and Korea, but delicious and worth the price!) I made scrambled eggs with cheese and some sausage-like meat patty things that are popular here. And we had juice, too. Heidi was so excited by so much (new to her) food that she took photos and I was excited by a big Sunday brunch. I wouldn't've cooked so much for myself, but since she was here, it was worth it to make such a mess.

Throw in a bit of knitting and some practice on my new stances, and it was one great weekend.

It wasn't my family in America that helped me get over my funky mood this week. It was my friends here in Korea. I love that.