Gifts We Possess

I enjoy Tuesdays and Thursdays a lot. I have one class in particular where one student (Nick) and I pretty much just talk about anything from politics (very rarely) to fruit, which could be political too depending which province of Korea you're from. But naturally some people like to argue about anything and the price of fruit going up and down constantly could be a choice topic of debate. As for myself, I just like to eat the stuff, especially tangerines. This time of year they are the cheapest around here and you can buy a dozen for about 1700 won. For conversions check out XE.com-Full Currency Converter for a current conversion into your own currency.

So today, Nick and I discussed the Election yesterday which is officially finished now. Lee Myoung Park was elected as the President of Korea. Only 60% of all voters participated and he got about 47% of the majority. It might not mean a lot to most of you who the new President of Korea is.....I care though...I lost 5000!! To a 12 year old!

First of all, Mr.Lee, (he's not officially President yet) has been involved in numerous scandals and a recovered videotape released the day before the election proved that he lied to the Korean people....already! Enough of that....we never dwell on those topics for too long.

After that we talked about how there are so many things that he wants to do and that there are also so many things that I want to do as well. Eating better, exercising more (or just exercising), studying more Korean, drinking less, quitting smoking, Oh...DONE THAT!! 7 months tomorrow, By the way!

Point being, we enjoy discussing all these things and try to motivate each other.