My life in Seogwipo is starting to feel more like I belong here and less like I'm a guest here. The past three weeks I've spent a lot of time just doing whatever the host family did. Sometimes that is realllyyyyy boring. Often on weekends the kids will just sit at home all day. I think this is a symptom of having parents who own a business- they are so glad not to be working at the shop that they just want to lounge around all day. This has also resulted in me going with them on a 10k "marathon" race, to a culture festival, bowling (I sucked), and to sports day at school. My host dad is on...the school board? I don't think that's the correct term but I'm not sure how else to put it. I did learn that everyone at my school is basically in love with my host dad because he comes to school events as part of his tenure and then brings tons of meat. Anyways, the title of this post is in honor of the most *daring* thing I have done thus far: eat raw meat and raw egg. Together. I felt like it was worse than stepping on a crack. I expected my mother to telepathically know I have broken this cardinal rule...but alas I did not die. Sorry my pictures are such poor quality, I haven't really been "in" to photography lately but I realize y'all want to see pictures so here you go. Blah. enjoy.
So I'd like to begin this post with a note about the future of this blog. I will be taking a hiatus from blogging for the next few weeks as I begin what I have dubbed "the fall travel season". While I have so much love for Seogwipo and the island in general, there are some sites on the mainland that I would really like to see while the weather is still nice, thus I will be traveling during the weekends. Be sure to tune in again in later for updates and pictures as I am sure the backlog will be immense. My life in Seogwipo is starting to feel more like I belong here and less like I'm a guest here. The past three weeks I've spent a lot of time just doing whatever the host family did. Sometimes that is realllyyyyy boring. Often on weekends the kids will just sit at home all day. I think this is a symptom of having parents who own a business- they are so glad not to be working at the shop that they just want to lounge around all day. This has also resulted in me going with them on a 10k "marathon" race, to a culture festival, bowling (I sucked), and to sports day at school. My host dad is on...the school board? I don't think that's the correct term but I'm not sure how else to put it. I did learn that everyone at my school is basically in love with my host dad because he comes to school events as part of his tenure and then brings tons of meat. Anyways, the title of this post is in honor of the most *daring* thing I have done thus far: eat raw meat and raw egg. Together. I felt like it was worse than stepping on a crack. I expected my mother to telepathically know I have broken this cardinal rule...but alas I did not die. Sorry my pictures are such poor quality, I haven't really been "in" to photography lately but I realize y'all want to see pictures so here you go. Blah. enjoy.
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Monte Mildenberg
10/24/2014 06:11:37 pm
Did you run the full 10K? I remember your cross country days at ZCHS.
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