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The past couple of weeks have been a time of transition. One part of traveling to the complete opposite side of the world is the time difference. I am approximately 13 hours ahead of the time zone I have lived in for the last 22 years. When explaining a time difference to eight year olds, I simply tell them that we are in the future.
Occasionally I will leave the computer on while I sleep and get woken up by the screaming sounds of Skype (indicating an incoming call). Otherwise most contact with friends and family has been done through e-mail. When I wake up in the morning I occasionally get e-mails from my family and friends. This discovery of cell phones and their ability to send e-mail has taken over the minds of my middle aged relatives and allows me to "share" in the moments I am missing at home. Or they are simply rubbing it in that I have again forgone a family event where people take the time to flex for the camera. WHO KNOWS?! Example as follows
This photo simply screams "we are having such a great time celebrating at the swim club" "wish you were here."

Regardless I am working on updating this blog and I plan to post some of the interesting things I find through my web surfing, market browsing and over all exploration of Korea. It is now Friday morning and I am getting ready to go to work. I found my inhalers buried at the bottom of a cosmetics bag and have gone running twice this week. Jogging around the streets of Anyangsi, especially at night allows for an exploration of the city and proves that Korea operates well into the night. Last night as I was jogging past the Hogwans (Korean school) there were still gobs of kids pouring out of these buildings. This was around 11pm at night. I will explain this emphasis in another posting however at 11p at night you are likely to see two things 1)kids loading on buses to either go home or go to another school and 2) drunken Korean men, all dressed in similar short sleeve buttoned down shirts, stumbling home after pounding back a few at the bar on the corner. Despite the reliance of these people on alcohol, caffeine and cigarettes I was surprised to learn that the average life span of Koreans is about 79 years. It is either the Kim Chi or all of the walking they do.

Cheers for now.
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