speak korean!

my friends have decided that if i speak english to them, they're going to hit me. i am allowed to use english words, but i have to say them with a korean accent.

for example...i can say "you're face is handsome" but i have to say "ni ulgoolee han-sum"

i also have to say:
ah-ees-ka-reem: ice cream
te-re-bi-jon: television
cho-ko-rit: chocolate

ha. great. it think this is good for me though. the rest of the day i spoke in korean. WOOHOO!

i think economy is my favorite class. today the mood was really good. he singles me out sometimes, but he singles other people out too. he jokes with me like just another student.

before, in economy, we played an english game. it was like scrabble...kind of. i was the moderator. i came up with the words "ashen" and "abet". they didn't believe those were real words. they looked them up on their cells though. ha!

today he wanted to continue class after the bell. jiyoon just said "saranghabnida [we love you]" and he immediately answered "gurae[ok.]" and let us pack up. haha.

i was really tired most of the day. i barely talked, even to enni. at lunch it got better. sohee pointed out that after jeju i became quiet and tired.

my friends INSIST that i am korean. they always joke around about how good my ENGLISH is. haha. we made fun of enni's accent today. i have no accent. MUWAHA!

i bought canvas and paints today. for two small canvases, one big canvas, paints [set of 12] and 2 brushes, it cost me 35,000 won. about $25. that's the price of one canvas. SCORE. i don't know what the quality of the canvas or paints are yet...but they look decent at least.

i crocheted in class today. they were amazed at how fast i am.

brought my rubiks cube. didn't take it out until enni came. she mixed it up for me. she thinks its fun to mix it. she insists on me looking away while she's doing it. like it makes a difference. koreans were amazed.

we actually learned some russian today. YES.

met another dude from the states. he lived there for 6 years. he seems like a cool guy. he's a third year. he told us that third years have to go to yaja until 10pm. ughhhh...lame.

tomorrow i have basketball! we are going to play a game again, but i think with the whole class... on the real baskets!!! YESSSSSSS.

Ha.

I have begun to realize that it's my birthday soon.
ha. i'll be 16. that's hilarious.

school was DEATH. i really didn't feel like going. I was super tired and quite depressed. enni was not into it either. not really depressed though.

JEJU: BIKING COMPETITION

so it was the first international jeju biking challenge. notice the word international. the yfu students and these college exchange students were the only international people. everyone else was korean. from jeju even.

it was fun. the goal for us was 50km. i rode 20km with elly but they stopped us. we could have gone further.

the second day, there were two bikes that were broken so i was asked to sit out, since i was still kind of sick. i sat in the bus with enni and katariina [who fell. she's missing a chunk of her knee]

after the first day, there were no more lunch boxes left for us. we ate in this super dirty place. we had ddukbokki and soondae and stuff. i didn't feel like eating. i was really sick again.

it was really fun. jeju reminds me of san diego. the sky was blue and you can actually see the moon and stars at night.

i also liked being with the other exchange students. we got to talk about how we were doing. of course, everyone is having problems. it seems that i have the best situation. i think i miss home the most though. i'm the one who's always saying that i want to go back to america.

i realized how useless i am. they were looking for an english word and they could say it in a bunch of languages, but i failed to come up with the word. everyone speaks at least 2 languages. i speak english. woohoo.

there is a filipina coming in june i think. i want to talk to her but i can only understand her. maybe i can piece together some stuff. i just would like to have a secret language like the others have.

there is a tea ceremony class/competition. i want to participate. it's on saturdays, so i may have to miss some school or high rise. get to wear a hanbok and learn the traditional tea ceremonies. exciting.

i'm very tired and very drained.

today i had basketball! we played an actual game. i think we won by 2 points. we played junsu's team. he's good at basketball, but he was the only good one on his team. there's one guy who is good on my team. they keep saying i'm MBA and MVP. i'm really not good at basketball though. ha. they go crazy every time i make a three.

i kept missing the shots because the basket was so low and there was no backboard. i make bank shots... it's my excuse. everyone else was missing too because of it though, so i can use it.

the other sport we're going to play is volleyball. i can't wait. i would enjoy any sport. volleyball is fun.

tomorrow i have russian. i have been listening to a podcast. i know a few more words. i know how to say "i speak a little russian" teehee.

goodnight.

I don't feel like blogging.

not right now. i got back from jeju today. bicycling is hard and tiring. i'll write tomorrow. i need SLEEEEEEEP.

Basketball!

We played basketball again, but since there was yellow sand outside from China, we played in the gym!!! SOOOO much better. I was so happy! I just wish i wasn't too sick. It was hard to play.

my teacher kept pointing me out. how i have proper shoes...[everyone needs to buy shoes like mine] how i am better at dribbling than most of the guys...and how i can't do a layup for my life. seriously. i've never been able to do one properly. people used to tell me that i look like i'm pedaling a bike when i jump into one.

junsu tried to talk to me today. he was trying to tell me something about his basketball teacher. it was always in between drills so he'd be dribbling away while telling me. i didn't hear the last part of every sentence.

i felt really good about my korean today. hyejo was telling me to stop speaking korean because it's like i'm a korean. heh. heh. when i got home, i talked to umma in korean too.

my spelling still sucks, but my friends are helping me a lot. i ate with the girls from my class today. jiyoon taught me the difference between "kiss-su" and "bbobbo". she showed me bbo bbo by kissing sohee...then she was going to explain kiss-su...we stopped her of course. hahahahaha.

i feel really gross right now. the cold has finally attacked my head. grrrrrrrrrrrrreat.

i think i walked in on the guys when they were changing. no one was changing though. it was just changing time and they usually change in the room and when i came in they were like "oh!!! oh oh!!! tintin!! no! out!! out!! oh! oh! tintin! why? go! go!!" my bad.

i was going in to get money for my teacher. apparently a letter from the school that shows proof that i go there costs 300 won.

i'm going to jeju on friday! i get to skip friday and monday! it's an international bicycle competition. we just need to ride a bike. through jeju? fun!

i haven't gone to dance practice in a while. going tomorrow. should i join basketball club instead? it would be easier on me...i don't know.

boeun wants to straighten my hair. i didn't think i wass allowed to. i was actually going to ask my teacher if i could.

tomorrows schedule is.....korean, ethics, russian, math, geography, english and economy. ehhh...

sleep in korean, shin yoon in ethics [he's a funny dude. knows a lot of english vocab. we get put into groups and he's in my group], hopefully some real russian lessons, geography teacher that says "uh?" a lot, english with ms. canadian rachel, and economy teacher that always asks me really long questions in korean...to which i reply with a head nod or a head shake. i understand him...just can't answer.