June 28th and 29th

Thursday, June 28th
I worked a full day since I covered one shift for Eric, who was stuck in Japan with a flight that had been delayed for 17 hours. After that I got dinner with a couple people from shift C at the 분식 place in Expo Town and then I went over to Peter's apartment to make a powerpoint.

Friday, June 29th
The powerpoint was for a presentation Peter, Bjorn, and I were giving at 조선대 (Chosun University) to students studying abroad in the US and the Philippines to study English. We headed out at 7:40 am, which turned out to be unnecessarily early. We arrived in 광주 (Gwangju) at about 9:30 am for an 11 am presentation. But since we had all skipped breakfast in order to be on time for departure, we got breakfast there in order to kill time and silence our stomachs. I got a cinnamon muffin and it was incredibly delicious. I think our presentation went well although I felt bad for all the students going to the Philippines since our presentation was obviously about college life specifically in the United States. After the presentation, the Study Abroad Coordinator took us out to lunch at a local restaurant. I got 비빔밥 (bibimbap) once again.

They also served sweet potato noodles, but I don't like sweet potatoes, so I didn't try them. Koreans use sweet potatoes for a lot more things than Americans do. Sweet potato cake and bread are common, for example.

We were planning on staying in 광주 (Gwangju) for the day and taking a bus back, but Pete felt sick and it started raining, so we all just decided to leave right after lunch. At first I was regretting the decision because I didn't know if I would make it back to 광주 again during the summer, but once it started pouring I was glad  was in the car and not wandering aimlessly around the city. We eventually all just ended up passing out in the car from exhaustion anyway.

After going back to the apartments for a bit, I got pizza and 팥빙수 (red bean shaved ice) with Bjorn for dinner. I then went and got my train ticket rescheduled for Seoul. I had been planning on taking the 5:20 am train, meaning I would have to be up at 4 something, but that sounded really unappealing. It then became unnecessary once 민성 언니 (Minsung) told me she'd be unable to meet me in Seoul to fix my cell phone stuff. That meant all I had to do was check out housing with Rachel, so I decided I would rather have a couple extra hours of sleep.