Saturday morning Ronda, Samuel, and Winter came by the dorm and we all went to Hyundai Market. Hyundai Market is a huge shopping mall with a movie theater. After we picked up movie tickets to Mamma Mia, we grabbed some food from KFC and sat down and talked for a while. After we ate, we went by some bookstores and looked through the English books they had. Before long, it was time for the movie to start. It was a really good movie. Which is funny because I actually hate musicals. Well I probably enjoyed it more because I don't get to see many movies in English, but either way I enjoyed myself.
Afterwards, we went outside the Hyundai Market to see many other stores and shops. We looked through another bookstore and then sat down at Coldstone and ate ice cream. Ronda and I shared life stories and it really helped me understand her and her family more. I think it's funny how sometimes knowing where someone has come from helps you understand who they are today. That was definitely the case with her. We talked for about two hours.
Before heading back to the dorm, we stopped at E-Mart to pick up a couple of groceries. I love the Korean grocery stores because they have a sample of almost every kind food they stock. They sample more food than Sam's Club! Anyway, after we left the grocerty store I watched the first Pirates of the Caribbean at Ronda's house and then headed back to my dorm. It was a good day!
Afterwards, we went outside the Hyundai Market to see many other stores and shops. We looked through another bookstore and then sat down at Coldstone and ate ice cream. Ronda and I shared life stories and it really helped me understand her and her family more. I think it's funny how sometimes knowing where someone has come from helps you understand who they are today. That was definitely the case with her. We talked for about two hours.
Before heading back to the dorm, we stopped at E-Mart to pick up a couple of groceries. I love the Korean grocery stores because they have a sample of almost every kind food they stock. They sample more food than Sam's Club! Anyway, after we left the grocerty store I watched the first Pirates of the Caribbean at Ronda's house and then headed back to my dorm. It was a good day!
I can't believe I'm embarking on my third week here in Korea. Time is really flying like I thought it would. I realize that I'm really not going to understand the magnitude of what I'm doing here till I'm long back at home and bored with nothing to do. It will be then when I realize that I have been blessed to do what many have not had the chance to do and I don't just mean being able to travel. On Friday I finally got a chance to go to Itaewon and got to talking to some U.S. soldiers. After talking with them a bit, I realized these guys didn't I have a clue about what Korea or what Koreans were about. I used to think that only if Americans could travel the world then they would see what it had to offer, but I realized that people could very well travel the world and not notice what was right in front of their eyes. I thank God for not only giving me the opportunity to be where I am, but also for giving me an open mind to experience the amazing things this place and these people have to offer. And that's something you can't get by living day in and day out on a military base.
