kiwis! and i don't mean people from new zealand.

hi hi..

i'm back in business and almost adjusted to the time difference again. actually i'm finding it easier to adjust in korea than i did in canada. i'm on day 5 and i slept semi-regular hours last night. my social life has been somewhat lacking though because i find i pass out at around 10 pm.. no matter where i am. i have fallen asleep at many of my friends houses in awkward positions. i'm trying my best to follow mels advice and just 'push through it!'

when i first got back here i was feeling pretty darn homesick. this is a new feeling for me. i wasn't homesick through university or at all last year. not once. maybe at christmas time but that was it. i woke up on thursday morning with this feeling of dread. i felt trapped and wanted to come home so badly. actually strongly considered it. i decided to give it some time and chalk it up to jet lag, exhaustion and very very delayed culture shock. i'm feeling better now though, and i attribute some of it to being settled into my apartment. i like it a lot, i have a one bedroom instead of the bachelor and live in the same building as lots of cool people. i don't like the area of town so much as i did jisan (from last year) but it's ok. i knew last year that i would be giving up the best area of town for my holiday, which was well worth it. though now i feel like i never left korea. i'm still not fully recovered from the homesickness but know that it will get better. especially once i get into my routine and fully engage in my social life.

because of the jet lag i've been sleeping a lot, so i don't have much to relate back but the school i am temporarily at is great. it's the most advanced school and the kids are fantabulous. i am able to carry on full conversations with them and don't have to explain a lot of vocab. it's also a much more relaxed atmosphere i find (especially for a temp like me).. no forced repetition or model sentences. i'm sure i'll be sad to leave in october.

today or tomorrow i should be going to pay for the beijing trip. i don't really have the money right now but know i'd be bummed to stay home in daegu while everyone else is on a trip for chuseok. plus, it's china. i'll buy tons of mao memorabilia.. i don't care if this is counter-productive to his whole philosophy..

not much to tell other than that.. i was invited to a wedding by one of my best friends kyung-soon.. there are tons of pics of her in my blog from last year.. she's getting married on september 24th in seoul.. this will be my first korean wedding so i'm excited for that.. her fiance thinks that i'm coming on the honey moon because we made a joke about it and he agreed to it.. haha.. i hope he remains this agreeable through their marriage..

anyways, i still have no net, but will write again soon.. check your mail for my phone number..

love you

j