Wednesday

Still rainy...

Sophia's mom woke me up early yesterday morning so we could go jogging on a nearby nature trail. She ended up walking, but I did some jogging. Hardly anyone jogs here, it's really different than Boston. There are quite a few power-walking ajummas, but that's about it. For those who don't know, ajumma is a kind of stereotypical name for middle-aged Korean women with permed hair that think they own the world basically. They do a lot of things that would be very rude in America, like elbow you out of their way, but people tend to ignore it here. Anyways, after about 20 minutes on the trail it started raining and a big thunderstorm started. Luckily we made it into the car before getting too wet.

When the storm died down a little, I went to a Jaeju Minsok Folk Museum with Sophia's mom and her aunt (Sophia was in Seoul for a flute lesson.) It was pretty interesting, but Sophia's mom is very impatient and kept trying to hurry me through it. Then we went to pick up Sophia at the airport, went grocery shopping, ate dinner back at home, and watched TV like usual. I've become quite familiar with most of the Korean programs, especially the dating shows and reality shows since they use Korean subtitles and it's easier to follow along.

I'm still working my way through Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in Korean. Just finished the second chapter. :-) I feel like I'm learning a lot more useful vocabulary than what's in my textbook.

P.S. That's a picture of me by volcanic rock.