Fast forward
I have been planning on writing -- but life is what happens when you are busy making other plans, I suppose.
Harry Bernstein: The Invisible Wall: A Love Story That Broke Barriers
Based in Northwest England, where I grew up.... so it gets to me!
Paul Theroux: The Kingdom by the Sea: A Journey Around the Coast of Great Britain
A blogger friend likened me to Theroux which I am very humbled, and obliged by. My, this is a good book, I hope I do read like him!
Vicki Myron: Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
Cute, very Cute
David Sheff: Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Meth Addiction
The harrowing tale of how a son's addiction can affect the whole family. I didn't care for the son to much. He wrote his own book called, 'Tweak'.
J. Maarten Troost: The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific
I have been planning on writing -- but life is what happens when you are busy making other plans, I suppose.
Well I feel like I have been put in a mixer, shaken up, and poured out again. Shaken -- but not stirred.
I spent a very busy last few days in Korea discovering more palaces, and markets. I went in back alley, and up hills in search of the real Korea, and I liked it. It is full of strict rules, but they make sense and are obeyed. I got told off for going into a restaurant with my shoes on (huge insult to any Korean to go into their homes, and certain restaurants with shoes on),
and I got told off for taking an umbrella into a store. One step wrong, and some one is there to guide you in the right direction, and scold you like a child -- but it is OK. They certainly know what they are doing that is for sure-- and never miss a trick. I like that. Despite the crazy drivers --and the overpopulation, it is mostly non violent safe city. I expect it is because there is no suppressed anger -- no they let rip there and then before any anger builds up. Despite the pollution, and the high sake and beer intake, it is a very healthy place. Te health care system works, and is cheap. The food is super healthy (apart from the ever invading western food - McDonalds, and dunkin donuts everywhere). There is health soup for just about anything, and natural remedies. Every one has to have an aids test every year -- if any one has aids, they are deported. That is why Korea has the least aids anywhere in the world. That's control! Same with drugs. So I felt very safe. Apparently, the only problems occur in a certain area -- were all the military, and westerners reside -- go figure! All the nice people stay well away from that area. So apart from being stared, and ogled at by the Asian men, I never felt threatened - even when one said he loved me, and wanted to marry me -- not flattered!
All boys have to do two years service between the time they leave school, to when they are 22. I like that Idea, we should do that again. Make our boys into disciplined men.
So I had a quick lesson on how to navigate the crazy Seoul subway yesterday. Yuna wrote down relevant information, and helped me buy a transporter pass. She showed me what to do, a little (actually alot) of the city, and today I was ready for my solo adventure.
The wedding was a dream, then the day after was a nightmare.
I have finally made it to my blog, being trying to get the time, and the inspiration for a while.
Hello.
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