Rock and Roll

I came down with a terrible sinus infection about a week and a half ago, which quickly turned into this terrible hacking up phlegm from the chest. Sleeping on my back and being contained in small stuffy areas seemed to make it worse. I was on the subway this past weekend, super excited that I actually got a seat since I had quite a ride ahead of me. Of course, at each stop we acquired more passengers and soon I was scrunched between two old Korean men with a wall of people in front of me; the disruptive spectacle quickly ensued. I was just a barkin' away and to be considerate and not shower others with my germs or DNA, I quickly moved away into the most open space available. As I was trying to smother my cough with one of Mom and Dad's American cough drops, I was naturally thinking, "Crap, I have another 25 minutes or so to go and just lost my seat," not to mention the fact that every Korean was intensivily staring at the sick foreigner. About ten minutes passed with me at the opposite end of the subway car nursing my illness and my pride, until I looked back in the direction of where I was sitting, and the old man next to me had saved my seat! Once he noticed I was alive and well and we made eye contact, he politely waved me back over to sit down. Then he handed me a piece of gum AND took my wrapper when I tried to put it my pocket.

I am quickly developing a scarf fettish. I think I had one scarf at home(lost it), for completely practical reasons. I bought two scarves in one week over here. One is forest green and the softest thing I have ever owned; the other is different shades of maroon and burgundy. I wanted to buy two others as well but refrained. I have 10 months left though. Better save some room in my suitcase.

My lightbulb in my bathroom burned out. I was taking the fixture down to check what bulb I needed, and it shattered all over my bathroom floor. I still haven't replaced it and have been showering in the dark for a week. I got rather bold the other day and decided to shave. Bad idea.

I really like adjectives and adverbs.

A coworker commented on the number of stairs at my subway stop, claiming there had to be about 30 steps I climbed twice a day. I thought her math seemed a bit off, and decided to count them myself. I average 250-300 stairs every day. That coupled with a diet of fish and rice has given me more room in my pants almost every week.

Korea has been following the presidential race in the US, covering the front page of their newspapers with the faces of both candidates. Today I asked my most advanced class(about 9 years old) who they would vote for if they could, and Monica wrote, "McCain is grandfather. Grandfathers is nice and I would vote for grandfathers and McCain." Ji wrote "I vote for Obama because he has chocolate face so I could eat chocolate every day." That's about how I feel.......

I am wondering why the plural of goose is geese, but the plural of moose isn't meese. These are the things you think about when you're on the subway for 2 hours with no one to talk to.