Saturday August 29th

Hey people! Sorry i haven't been on since last Friday, but I'll inform you on what happened. Last Saturday, my mother and I went shoppping!! The mall had a lot of designer shops, but they had pretty cheap stuff. They had burger king!! That night I met my other brother who is in Medical School. I found out we have a lot in common. :) The next day was my church. My family is Christian. My church is pretty similar to the one in White Bear, Minnesota. The people are all really nice and I made a lot of friends. We planned on going to my first Korean movie with a couple girls from there on Friday. After church my brother Jae and I went to my first Korean baseball game!! Its so much more fun than American baseball. They have chants for every player. I'll put pics on later when I get back to my house. Monday was my first day of school!! I was really nervous about getting lost, but Jae gave good directions. The kids are really open to new foreigners!! Maria and I had to give a short speech in front of the entire school, so everyone knew we were there. The lunch was quite good, but nothing close to my mom's korean cooking. Maria just eats an apple each day :( They also brush their teeth after lunch too. I thought that was a bit strange. I was kinda glad to get different classes than Maria. We both got really close friends without out shining the other person. It was a very good day. Then after school we had to go to my counselor's house to meet the rest of the exchange students who came that Sunday. We met Kathy first before we left. At first, I thought she was just shy, but then she opened up. The whole night all she wanted to do was be all over Jae. She didn't want to talk to Maria and me. We thought was a bad first impression. We went to McDonalds before we went to the meeting. The food is so much different! They have 3 kinds of Big Macs and their chicken looks like KFC's batter. It was very good though. At the meeting, Jae did his Japanense speech. The counselor had them memorize the whole thing!! Everyone did good though. Tuesday was my bad day. It started off good with school. I was getting closer to my school friends, but then came ballet :( I didn't feel comfortable and they had me sit in the corner for the first half. Then the second half, they had me doing stuff with the other kids, but I didn't know the rountine. I just felt ashamed and embarrased. I probably would have cried if it wasn't for Maria. I didn't feel like myself that day. I stood in the corner not talking to anybody :( That night Maria and I hung out. Wednesday was a lot better day. I had English class so my classmates got to know me a lot better. Then that night Maria, Jae, and I hung out and played board games. Thursday was pretty boring at school. Almost all of them were lecutures in Korean, but thats what I signed up for. After school, though, was another story. Jae planned for me and maria to go to the Busan Tower. It's like the space neetle in Seattle. It was gorgeous!! I took pics, but they were either too dark or too shaky. Afterwards we went to a really great pizza restaurant. FABULOUS!!!! Then we went window shopping down Main Street. My favorite store: SEXY COOKIE! lol. Then I slept like a rock that night. Friday was probably my favorite school day. I just felt more like a student then some alien people kept staring at. After school, I took a major nap!! I really needed. Ever since I've been here, I've been tired 24/7. Then i went out to eat with my whole family to a great Japanese restaurant. I didn't know half of the stuff i was eating! I decided I'd rather have my last meal with my brother than go out to the movies with my church friends that night. Saturday morning we took Jae to the airport. It just reminded me of saying goodbye to my mom and sister when i left Minneapolis. I was sad. Then I had the longest orientation at my counselor's house!! They just reviewed everything we learned at the other orientations in the US. Afterwards, Maria and I went to a cyber place. On the way, we got stopped by a group of girls to judge their drawings. The girl was so talented!! Now we're at the cyber place and I decided to finally get this blog going. Any suggestions??

Friday August 21st

hey people!! it's my second day here in the big city of Busan!! life here is great so far. the only thing i'm worried about is the buses. i don't know when to get off for my school. :( i guess i'll figure it out. my family is great! the mother is really sweet, she reminds me of my mother. the father i was intimidated at first, but he has a great sense of humor. the brother is helping me out with korean a lot. too bad he's leaving in a couple of weeks. just the first day i've learned about six new words/phrases and i've lost 3 pounds!! the food is really healthy and there's huge hills in here! the first night i got to the airport they ran over to me to introduce them. the brother bought me roses and a map of busan! i felt surprised! then i saw their car!! korean cars are so pretty and they have a tv/phone/radio player!! then we went to the house and i read a sign on their door that said Dear Brittany, Welcome to our home! We love Brittany! it was really cute! Then they bought me the cutest cake! it was really small and pink. i was overwhelmed in a good way. The next day i went with my brother to go meet up with other rotary students. there was hannah, from mn. stephanie from canda (huge accent!) and i cant spell the other girls name from japan! we all picked out our own 한 볼 (korean dresses) o and i also meet maria from mexico. she will be the only one going to my school. then we went to get fitted for our uniforms which is a polo shirt and dark blue skirts. i think there cute! then we vistied my school. its on top of a huge hill which i have to walk up every day before classes!! the school is huge and modern. i will take pics! then me, maria, and my brother left for the beach. i took pics! and then my family went to an amazing steak restaruant!! yay, my favorite! they have a grill right in the middle of the table! i felt sorry for maria. she doesn't like korean food!! then we went home! i couldn't believe that was just the first full day in korea! :o i will right soon about my first days of school. :)