spaghetti.

I'm sick of spicy ramen and don't think I will ever touch kimchee cabbage ever again. Ahh, what I wouldn't give for some fattening, creamy and cheesy American food right now. I mean, I could go buy some, but I need to be frugal until my frist paycheck, and Western food is always more expensive. As for chopsticks: I'm fed up. I never asked God to teach me patience, and learning the chopsticks has never been a desire of mine. Tonight though I will treat myself to making a giant pot of spaghetti, ahhhh with creamy tomato basil sauce and fresh chives. Bliss!

In other news, I'm learning to read Korean, and am actually starting to pick it up. It's a fun language to read, and will be fun to write, even when I don't know what I'm writing. It's probably pretty funny to watch me try... when I'm riding the subway, I sound out the characters one by one like a five-year-old learning to read for the first time. Some Koreans smile at me, and I've had some jump in and help me sound them out. Let's just say that when I'm back home and want to encode something, I know how I'm gonna do it. Bwahaha.

It's not uncommon to bump into another North American along the street. There are sure a lot here, all teaching English at any of the dozens of campuses in every town.

I'm quite enjoying my desk space at school. It's not like I have my own cubicle, but I still feel like hot stuff with a big personal computer, phone, school supplies and drawer... no one else uses this desk space. All mine!

I still don't have consistent internet at home, but if I perch midway on my stairs I can sometimes steal wi-fi from the my neighbor. Or, I can always sit in the hall of my housing complex, where internet is more reliable.

So, as I said, my converter came in the mail yesterday, and I did a typical Kate thing and had bought the wrong one. When I plugged it in, my hair dryer turned on so low I could barely hear it! Converter wasn't strong enough. Ughh. I think tonight I'm going to shop around comparing converter prices... I need my 110watt items (hair dryer, hair straightener...) to magically turn to 220, so I can either buy the right converter for $54 or buy a Korean hair dryer and straightener if combined I can find them cheaper. We will see. Something's gotta happen soon though... my frizz hair is quite unflattering.

"When two are eating, one could die and the other would never know it." -Korean proverb