Lesson of the Day

It's amazing. As the old saying goes, 'You learn something new everyday.' I'm coming out of this weekend feeling like a genius.

Saturday alone my I.Q. raised about 10 points. I learned several new Korean words and phrases such as 'It's horribly hot,' 'do your best,' and 'snot', just to name a few. I learned what that a clam's body looks just like a snail's when it is still alive and that they can spit water up to 1 foot away (unfortunatly for Jin). I learned that a one day subway pass costs the same as a round trip from my apartment to Kyushu University. I learned some new tasty recipes while teaching.

And, though I may not have learned anything, I finally got to see the inside of the Aerospace Engineering building at Kyushu University. I really wish I could have posted a picture here but the University doesn't have one on it's web site and I don't have a digital camera or scanner. It is truely one of the ugliest buildings I've ever seen. It dates back to before WWII and legend has it that during the war it was painted with black tar to make it less visible from the sky during air raids because it was such an important building. It is still a mixture a dirty grey and dark black. The inside of the building was even more decrpit. I could write my name in the plaster of the walls with my little finger....but of course I didn't 'cause that would be wrong. Add to that the fact that there were small helicopters and various pieces of satilite equiptment laying around everywhere, it was a pretty cool experience.

Anyways, Jin and I used our subway day passes to go to a great, cheap, tasty little grilled meat restaurant. It's a restaurant that we found by accident a couple months ago. From the outside it really looks like there will be bugs scurrying around but inside it is pretty nice looking. Best of all it has some really good beef...so good that I'm willing to take the chance that it's not beef at all but really a stray dog.

I didn't really learn much on Sunday I guess. Just improved my tennis and ping-pong skills a little bit.

I'm pretty sure there was more but I'm tired and my elbow hurts. Just today I discovered that I'm developing a bump on my left elbow and the only thing I can think of is that it comes from using the computer too much (as I rest it on the table while I type.)

Posted by keldog at June 02, 2003 10:58 PM