I am not in Seoul again. This is the third such false start.
My contact there, the intern from CJSF, did not return my e-mail (sent last Wednesday) until Saturday morning. I think she is giving me the Korean-style break-up.
What is the Korean style-break-up?
Well, it's pretty simple. Koreans love to save face, so instead of having messy face-to-face break ups, or slightly less messy, but contemptible telephone break-ups, or even e-mail break-ups, they just stop calling you. They pretend you have dropped off the edge of the planet. Classy, right?
I guess on the bright side, I have saved a couple hundred thousand won.
Q: What will you spend your couple-hundred thousand won on, Brady?
A: Great, question, Brady, I think I will save up for a super cool scooter.
Yes, for a mere 700,000 won, an ordinary chap like myself can but a quite-nice scooter, and as long as it is under 100 ccs, then chaps are not even required to have insurance, or driving license.
Sometimes I feel like the pool of English-speaking people, who I have not unintentionally, yet significantly offended is getting smaller daily. Long story short, I will not be playing basketball or bowling any longer.
Of course, being the industrious and not being prone to sulking fellow that I am, I very quickly decided on an alternative way to spend my week, so I have joined a studio that teaches mixed martial arts.
In related news, I am down to 83 kilos (for those not used to kilos, 1 kilo=2.2 lbs.).
I am going to shoot for 80 kilos by July 1st, so that I will be in tight shape for the Mud Festival.
Yes the Mud Festival. Our school is organizing a trip, actually. I think we are going to Daegu or some such place.
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