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right now i am slowly recovering from my 20-minute trek up the insane beast of a hill from my classes/shopping to my dorm. i wish i was a korean-korean so i didn't have sweat glands or nerve endings, then i could be completely comfortable all the time and wear sweaters in the summer and tank tops in the winter. but instead, i am a gross and sticky american. occasionally, i feel so inferior to koreans in not only an amazing wearing-high-heels-on-slippery-concrete-sidewalks-uphill-in-pouring-rain way, but in pretty much every way possible, simply because they are awesome and beautiful. actually, everything is beautiful here- the mountains, the clothing, the food, the colors, the city streets, and even their highway ramps. i already can't wait to come back.

so, first day of class was today. nothing too interesting about that, except for the negative fact that my brain is not at all in school mode, but rather, fun field tripping mode! after classes, i went shopping for The Essentials, which i have already lived without for 4 or 5 days. everytime i go out in public, i feel as if i am playing games of charades with the korean salespeople, using body language and hand gestures to imitate obscure products that i don't know how to say in korean, such as: laundry detergent.

i have to remember to call my mum on her (50th) birthday today/tomorrow. i should write that down. okay, time for a psuedo-shower and dinner out. i am craving hot steamy pizza and crunchy orange cheetos. please?!