Dear soju,

We are going to be very good friends.

Any drink that comes in a .5L bottle for just over a dollar US is bad news.

The internet is finally on at my apartment, i just had to find the password. Luckily Brad, teacher lives in the apartment above mine and can read/speak Korean so he helped me. I'm going to miss the PC-bang tho. It was a nice place and the kid working there was very friendly. As soon as I was seated at my computer he'd offer me a drink. Koreans are very hospitable.

Adam, the teacher at the high school connected to my middle school was gonna show me around and get some lunch...but I got lost. We were supposed to meet at baskin robbins and go from there, but my taxi driver took me to the one in Yeochon instead of Yeosu. They're about 5 minutes apart. This was a good opportunity, however, to get comfortable with the taxi scene here. After my second ride I feel a lot more comfortable calling a cab.

Later on came the beach with all the other foreigners. It was pretty fun. Your basic beers and sand. Although here you can get liters of beer.

For dinner a bunch of us got smoked duck and ate it on the rooftop of someone's apartment. Probably one of the best meals I've ever had. You take a big lettuce leaf, put some scallions on it, dip some duck in mustard and chili sauce, put that on the lettuce, roll it up and cram it in your mouth. Delicious. Plus sitting on mats on a rooftop chilling and drinking with people, listening to their Korea stories made it better. Everyone travels so much here. Brad was saying how he never really wanted to be a teacher and that he still doesn't like it all that much, but coming here is a great way to see the rest of the world. Thats what I'm most excited about too.

After dinner we went to Elle Lui which is a foreigner bar in Yeochon. Thats where my night gets hazy. Tequila shots and soju. Bad life choices. After the bar, we went to noraebang aka karaoke. Noraebang here is some serious business. Great times had by all. Norae means karaoke and bang is room. Its basically a small room with a big tv, some mics and some tamberines. It was intense.

Today was rough. I woke up next to a bottle of pocari sweat and a map of Yeosu. Don't really know. My power converters broke so I had to venture to E-Mart to get new ones so I can plug in my computer. E-Mart is a great place. Its a 4 story super Walmart basically. I got some quality glass mugs with animals on them. They say "Hello I'm Cattle" and "Hello I'm Horse" with pictures of the respective animals. All of the food is nuts there too. Lots of bight flashy packages. I was able to find some M&Ms as well as other western food, but they're pretty expensive. Its still weird to me that I can walk around the store and get stared at for being white. I also like the fact that I can walk around saying whatever I want because nobody can understand me.

I don't know whats up for later but I definitely need a nap now.