Observations & Ramblings

Koreans have an obsession with the English language.
The kids wear T-shirts with English words on them, but the sequence of the words mean absolutely nothing. They just like to have English words on their clothing and other possessions. "Joy Dress Cookie My House". Seriously, it's that random. It completely cracks me up.
I will avoid buying any clothing with Korean writing on it while I'm here. I wouldn't want to be walking around with anything saying "Unicorn Water Ugly Living" and have all the Koreans laugh at me more than they already do.

I'm a proud member of the Dangjin Culture Center and it's only a 20-minute walk from my apartment. There is a gym, an olympic-sized swimming pool (yay!), a library with a few shelves of English books, a media room and supposedly cooking classes.
I immediately signed up for the gym, which was only 20,000 WON a month, about $16. To get access to the pool it's another 30,000 WON a month, about $25. So I've been going to the gym pretty much every day. The gym overlooks the pool so I can watch people swimming.