Amanda Takes Off...

Thursday is Buddha's Birthday.

Tomorrow there is a slew of activities near Insadong and one of the temples. I will miss the parade, festival, and concert because my parents are coming in, but tonight YJ and I went to Insadong to catch the eve celebration of the festival parade, which is a much smaller version of tomorrow.

I could kick myself because I forgot my camera, but here are some (bad) shots from my handphone.

On another note, all of my conversations/practice sessions with YJ are becoming predictable: Korean men, taekwondo, President Bush.

"Why are you learning Korean?" I am learning Korean to talk to my taekwondo studiomates.

"How will you learn Korean quickly?" I will get a Korean boyfriend.

"What will you do after visiting Namsan?" I will go to taekwondo.

"What did you do before coming to Korea?" Well, I didn't vote for President Bush.

"How long will you stay in Korea?" Until President Bush isn't President. Or I get another dan in taekwondo. Or I marry a Korean.

It became a joke, how long we could go on giving one of those three answers to any number of questions.

"How will you make money?" I will sell my dobok.

"How will you get up early in the morning?" Well, my Korean boyfriend...

Also, I learned two new Korean words with my Chinese roots book.

별똥, meteorite, lit. "star feces."
약육강식, survival of the fittest, law of the jungle, lit. "weak meat strong eat."

Love it.