What began as a lovely weekend in Seoul ended with a boring week in bed. We went to Seoul on Saturday to partake in our favorite all you can drink all you can eat buffet at the Hilton. It was delicious as usual and once again a pleasure to drink wine that didn't taste like it was made by Welch's. We next ventured to the casino next door. Only foreigners are allowed into casinos in Korea because evidently it's illegal for them to gamble. I feel like building a casino in a country where gambling is illegal isn't the best business venture but then again as long as you can just sucker a few people into chasing the almighty jackpot you're probably still making bank. The casino was fun but we called it an early night because we had a great day planned at the zoo on Sunday.
I awoke Sunday and was very excited to go to the zoo but unfortunately I was more excited to find a toilet to call some dinosaurs in. Hoping the vomitting had been induced by the champaign and wine from the night before I didn't think much of it and we went to the zoo. This zoo had everything including bathrooms that had mirrors in them so you could watch the animals while doing your business. I thought that was a great idea. As the day wore on I began becoming more and more pale which is the exact opposite of what happens to me at the zoo. Usually I need one of those little kid leashes just so you can keep up with me ... I love animals. Finally by the end of the day I felt as though I could barely stand and had to cancel our dinner plans in Seoul so that I could get to my bed and sleep. Once again my plans were to change as I didn't sleep more than an hour that night due to my coughing, chills, and pain. The doctor confirmed my worst fear the next day and sent me to quarentine in my room where I was to remain for a week.
I don't get what the big fuss with this flu is. After two days of rest I felt perfectly fine and was able to carry on with my life. Unfortunately the school wouldn't let me return to work so I went and bought a Tech Deck and that fingerboard along with many online movies took up the majority of my week. There were definitely much more productive things I could have done, but grinding on the sides of books and watching Zombieland was just too much fun.
Know what movie you should never see? The Time Traveler's Wife. Lauren claimed the book was very good and was excited to see it came to theaters here so by using a rock hammer and 19 years of patience I broke out of shawshank prison and went to the movie with her. Ten minutes into the movie she turned to me and said "This isn't that much like the book" and I figured, well it's a movie and they change a lot so didn't give her comment much thought. Forty five minutes into the movie she turns to me and says "Wait! I didn't read the Time Traveler's Wife ... I read the Time Keeper's Daughter!" Though this mistake was very comical and easy to make, I still had to watch Eric Bana emerge from the woods naked and convince a little girl that he was going to marry her some day. With that kind of pedophiliac tone I thought we had accidently went to Michael Jackson's "This Is It" (too soon?).
Good news! I recieved a generous care package from my parents which included the battery charger for my camera so now I can take plenty of great pictures to show you all my adventures. I don't have anything left to report but we will hopefully be doing a temple stay this weekend. I hope they don't find out a killed a praying mantis but what's the worst a monk can do to you ... the silent treatment maybe?
I hope you all stored enough nuts and berries for the upcoming winter. Stay warm and keep your stick on the ice.
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