A quickie!

Hm, so I don't know what happened but my last post repeated itself several times. I had nothing to do with it. Anyway this one is going to be a quickie because I am at work. I'm done with class for the day but I'm using the office computer while my boss is in class.

Have you ever used a bidet before? Koreans can't live without them. Seriously, you might find yourself in a public restroom that doesn't have t.p. (it's not even like the roll is out, there just isn't any. not even the dispenser), but you will be hardpressed to find yourself in one without a bidet. At first I was very uncomfortable with these public bidets, not the bidet itself. My family used to have them in our house before so that's fine. But in a public restroom, you're sharing a butthole sprayer with countless strangers! I know it's only the water that actually makes contact with your body, but there is so much splashing going on that there's probably the same amount of butt bacteria all over the hose thing. Anyway I guess I'm really adapting here because I finally used one today because I was feeling a little tickley back there. At least it was the one at work so I know there's not bum butt bacteria on it. (hahaha b-b-b)

I met my boy cousin this weekend for the first time since I've come here. Minshik oppa is exactly one year and 3 days older than me because his birthday is the day after Christmas. He is 184 cm (I think that's like 6'4" or something) and like over 200 pounds I bet. He's not jiggly or anything, it's mostly bulk and muscle because he's a rugby star. In fact he's on an athletic scholarship and his whole life is centered around rugby. I think it kinda sucks because it doesn't seem like he gets much interaction with the other students or experience with other activities because he lives in the rugby dorm and their practice/training/game schedule is literally almost all day everyday. It's apparently different from America where the athletes have to at least get a C average or whatever it is. He doesn't have to go to class and the school "takes care" of his grades. During testing he just sits in the classroom because his presence is mandatory. What the heck, right?

Fruit is so expensive here. It's like 10 bucks for a medium size watermelon. And everything else is at least 3-4x the price you could find fruit for in America. Oh how I miss Berkeley Bowl... T.T

My classes are getting better, and I think some of my kids like me and think I am "cool." More on that later.

On the other hand, church was 1000x worse yesterday. I came home and complained to my grandma who immediately made an escape plan for me <333 I just hope it works against my relatives. It's my first uncle's family who are the cause of all this. They are really strong Christians and his wife and daughter (Saerom unni, the girl cousin. Oh yea, Minshik oppa is her younger brother. They also have an oldest sister who got married a few years ago and moved to Seoul. She has the most adorable 2 yr. old daugher named Ju-ri and I will post pictures of her when I can. She's so funny!) have the kind of strong personality that could be cool but also intimidating when it comes to serious topics that they feel strongly about. i.e. God and church. I will tell you guys all about my hellish church experience tomorrow.