Well whaddya know-I'm having one of those days 

Well whaddya know-I'm having one of those days

Welll...interesting...something new. I was watching the CNN news, and there were the Seoul stock exchange...Taiwan and Hong Kong and Australian currency stuff. Cool. I wish I coulrd remember what all those were called. Anyway, how can you tell that's not something I'm really into...the currency and stock exchange. Makes me clue in again where I am on this globe!!

Okay, sorry for the guys reading this....but PMS has hit. Grrrrrrrrrrrr! I HATE hormones that you cant control. Well, I guess you could a bit..but MAN. THis SUCKS! I couldnt figure out what was wrong with me today ...but apparently it's got me. UGH. What can u do. GO TAKE TAEKWONDO!!! Ohhhh yes! I will be finding out tomorrow hopefully how and where to take it. Yayyy! Another issue is how much to spend on what now...as in that nasty word, or good word, whichever you look at it. I look at it both ways. I just got paid and I dont know what to do with it. That's a frustrating feeling, but a good feeling because I have a very good idea where most of it's going. To pay bills off!!! That's why I came here to make some money to pay off those bills!! So there!

It's kindof interesting how women and men are portrayed here. The men are definitely in charge. And the women are strong, but very much 'in their place'. They dress very feminine which is really quite nice. They all have this way of talking (on TV mostly that I've seen) that is 'cheecky' and the sound of Korean accents this.

What I've obseved of Korean now sounds kindof whiny to me! That's the most negative part of it...or the best part of it...whichever you care to think of it as. The voice goes up and down in long tones at the end of a word that sounds kindof whiny to an English person. I'm not quite sure if it's for emphasis or just the proper way of saying things.

Also, 'ne' is 'yes' in Korean, but I always hear 'yeeeeeeeh' as if they're saying 'yeayyyyyyyy' and the voice intonation goes down then uuuuupppppp! It's kindof the equivalent to 'hei' in Japanese that is sharp, whereas the Korean 'yeeeaaaaaaayyy' is long. When you come in a store they might say 'yeeeaaaayyyy' or when you leave, or when you say goodbye on the phone or anything that takes place of other words that you just might not feel like saying. Its somethign you have to hear I suppose. I kindof like it, and then sometimes it bugs me. So guess what, I'm going to be saying it like craziness when I get back home! ha hahaha!

Sometimes I have to remind myself that I'm living in another country. Even if it's all around me. Strage. Not sure how exactly to explain that.

Oh another thing, all the words end with either 'yo' or 'hamnidaaaaaaaaaaaaa'. Something like that. I hope I pick this stuff up. Just for the fun of it anyway!