Sleepless in So Ko

Well, I'm in Asia, alive, invigorated and yet drained. It's a strange sort of exhaustion I've been experiencing. I can't sleep, at times I feel I may pass out mid stride but I don't yawn and I can't find a good reason to go to sleep. The jet-lag is almost over and I suppose soon I'll realize that I'm going to be here for a year and Korea will not disappear when I wake up, but that's a hard realization to gain. I must apologize for the lack of pictures; the software is on my cpu and I have to buy a power convertor. I have files full of breath-taking city shots and I'm reluctant to begin describing this place in words. I don't even think Mr. Tom Robbins could properly put these visions into an American mind. Everything is just so damn different. I tell you what, these Koreans are a fine dressed people. Carefully orchestrated accesories, clothes that fit to a T': this is vastly different than slovenly America. Also, despite the many Mcdonalds, Burger Kings, KFCs, etc. finding an overweight Korean is like spotting a real terrorist in America. There simply are none. I'd go shopping and try to match their style but I was disapointed to find out that the myth about clothes being rediculously cheap in Korea is exactly that, a myth. It turns out the US government got hip to knowledge that Americans were buying things so cheap and selling them back home for a profit. They took all the fun out of that. They made regulations and now, Jordans are $130, Levis $100, etc. It appears I will not be able to excercise my materialistic American gene afterall. I promise more musings on the flight, teaching and life in Korea but even I have yet to experience the latter; I've been in my school, Swaton, for over 24 hours in the last couple days. I hope everyone is well and prospering and I will have more tails from this miraculous experience shortly.