Day -62

Anyong haseyo!!! ^____^

Ew. That's a such a fobby introduction for my first post, but so fitting seeing as I'll soon be living in Korea for a year. As far as my old blog goes, I've kind of abandoned it. I was incredibly lazy to update it and it was kind of lacking a common theme anyway. But yeah now that I'm going to Korea in two months, I thought I might as well make a new one. Everything related to Chris going to Korea will go in here. That includes, but not limited to the following:

1. eating tons of beef. Those oh-so-special all-you-can-eat KBBQ dinners won't be so special anymore, will they? I can taste it now...

2. walking around in the treacherous snow. The last time I was in such weather, snow got stuck in my boots and my feet were numb. I think my mom put my feet on the car's heater. At least I'll experience REAL cold weather. Unlike California where cold weather is defined as 5 degrees below the average.

3. watching the seasons change. I've never seen it happen before! It's gonna be so epic. ^__^

4. stalking Korean popstars. I already stalk people on a daily basis. Tae Yang to make people jealous. Seung Ri plz for my own personal reasons. <3

5. shopping. Anything cute will suffice.

6. possible drunken escapades in Seoul. Oh, those Koreans. Making it legal for me to drink.

7. anxiety over not knowing any Korean. Except for "Anyong haseyo," "Saranghae," and my favorite obscure phrase "Michigesso." I just realized that if I said all three phrases together, I'd make a huge fool out of myself. wtg, Chris.

8. anxiety after getting off the plane and realizing that I want to go back to America and that I've made the worst decision of my life. I'll get over it though.

9. anxiety over packing during the countdown to Day 1. I've stuffed things into suitcases that seemed nearly impossible before. But at this point, every sock matters.

10. anxiety over North/South tensions. Hey, if anything happens, I may witness it firsthand. But I don't think anything will. Just a thought.

11. anxiety over everything else under the South Korean stratosphere. :(

So I leave for Korea in 61 days. I will get there on August 22. Who knows when I'll be back? Maybe during my long winter break. Maybe in June of 2011. Maybe the next day. Maybe never. But until then, I'll be back at Irvine for summer session 1. After that, I have 3 1/2 weeks to take care of everything, Korea and non-Korea related. New adventure starts now.

So... yeah.

Btw, I calculated that if I stayed from August 22 to the middle of June, I'd stay for about 300 Days in Korea. Sounds like a Korean movie, doesn't it? Yeah? Well, it probably is. Now shut your face and go see Toy Story 3.