Bullet Points Are a Good Way To Communicate

I learned something today, and that is to go running while the sun is out. Don't take a nap instead, assuming the sun will still be out when you wake up. Because by then it will be thunderstorming and you will have lost your chance.

Some interesting tidbits from my week:

• Korean children think its funny to insist you have a baby in your belly when you're having a fat day. Cindy thinks its funny to do this on non-fat days. She also likes to pick up glue sticks and push them into my hand proclaiming "here, it's your baby."

• A woman on the subway today had such awful eye-makeup I was surprised she wasn't being shunned by people. She looked like she had the freaking swine flu. There was all this iridescent white powder up to her brow line and her eyes were ringed with Pepto-Bismol pink. Good to know even in Korea women suck at making themselves presentable.

• A kid finally peed their pants in my class. I knew it was only a matter of time. A couple of them keep interrupting class to go to the bathroom and I had to draw some lines. I told her there were only 5 minutes left until break time and she could go then...turns out the girl doesn't understand half of what I say (I was informed of this later). My room smelled like pee for the rest of the day.

• Korean Outback Steakhouse? Really? In between the babyback ribs and the fettucine alfredo was the bulgogi and the galbi all decked out American style with steamed broccoli and steak sauce. Because a Korean meal is incomplete without bizarre sidedishes in little bowls scattered all over the table but an American meal turns up its nose at such clutter, OS compromised and served a single little bowl full of sweet and zesty, not-quite-kimchi, pickles.

• Koreans love to clap along to songs they know. They also love to clap along to strong beats and fun, fast paced music. They also love to clap along with a traditional Korean drumming ensemble performing a complicated piece of intertwined rhythm. Watching all those little old Korean ladies try to pick out one beat to clap along with was hilarious. But I'll give them credit, some of them refused to stop, determined to show exactly how much they enjoyed the performance.

Wow, most of those points started with "Korean." Where am I again?