Day 8- Wipeout of the Century!

I woke up today feeling like doo-doo from the beer and chicken I had consumed last night.  Now add that to the late night skype sessions and dreary weather.  This glorious day was the day I would have  to head to the hospital for tests that all foreign teachers have to do (lack of motivation to the max this morning).  I woke up and texted my co-worker (who was coming with me to the hospital) to ask her if we could leave later than the 9am time we had discussed the night before and she graciously accepted my offer and we met up at 11.  Now when the sun is out (which is has been for the 7 days I have been here) waking up is not a challenge, the sun shines through my SMALL SMALL windows to greet me in the morning.  However, today was a completely different story...it was STILL raining from last night and had yet to stop or slow down...Yes rainy season is upon me.  So when I went out today everything was full of puddles and unfortunately for me, the wind was blowing the rain sideways so although I had my umbrella...I was getting SOAKED!

There is only ONE thing worse than walking around in wet cold clothes, having to take them off and then put them back on (which is what happened when I got to the Hospital).  Having the medical staff tell me to do certain tasks while speaking very limited English made for a very interesting visit, however everyone was so nice (makes me want to learn Korean more and more every day).  One thing is for sure though, it amazes me how efficient the Korean medical staff is.  I got my blood taken, did some x-rays, had my blood pressure taken, an eye test, a hearing test, peed in a cup, got my teeth looked at and filled out forms in less than an hour...talk about SPEEDY. 

The rain damped the mood of the morning but it all got worse once my co-teacher and her friend left and I headed home to get ready for my next little trip.  As I was heading home to change my wet clothes, I got onto the bus and walked toward the back looking for an empty seat...I found a seat alright, ON THE FLOOR.  Now let me just tell you, my wipe out was not graceful and beautiful like it happens in movies where the attractive man comes and helps the girl up as she laughs it off.  Since the floor was wet, I fell and then SLID down the isle of the bus in the muddy water that was on the floor all the way to the back of the bus and DID anyone help me? NOPE, not that I needed help...however a little concern would have been appreciated.  Instead, I got a multitude of stares with completely blank facial expressions, at that moment I got up and did the walk of shame back to the front of the bus.  As soon as I sat down I started laughing really hard at the entire situation and thought that this was one of many embarrassing moments that I am sure will happen.  Now when I got up to get off at my stop, I looked at my legs to see them covered in brown dried up water...I probably wouldn't have noticed if all the Korean older women were staring at my legs.  Thank you Agimas for letting me know :) What an attractive girl I am!! :P hahaa

So after the wet bus wipe out that concerned everyone on the bus, I went home and talked with a friend of mine from University WHO just got to Korea! I AM SOOOO EXCITED TO HAVE ANOTHER CANADIAN!!! WOOHOOOO!! We skyped and discussed some of our plans for tomorrow (our first Korean reunion).  After the super exciting skype session, I headed to Seoul to meet up with some people from church to go bowling! Little did we know that the bowling alley had be closed down a while ago so instead we went for dinner and a movie!  I had a large smoothie (apparently it was the largest thing people in Korea had ever seen but in North America I am pretty sure it could have been a medium).  People stared at me  as I drank the smoothie while the others ate a meal, cheap and fulfilling...mmm.  We watched Spiderman which was UHMAZING!!! I LOVED LOVED LOVED IT! I recommend it for sure! I am not sure if I enjoyed it so much because it was my first Korean movie experience or if it is because it was actually that good.  Either way, I enjoyed the movie experience and had an amazing time with this really great group of people.  Today was both productive and fun, FINALLY! :P