Hello everyone, sorry its been a little while since I've updated I've been busy with work and then ended up getting sick, which I'm actually still getting over! Let me also say real quick that getting sick over here really makes me miss my American drugs!! haha No I'm not talking street drugs or anything crazy, I'm talking that good but kind of gross tasting liquid stuff that is in all the stores back home; Theraflu, NyQuil/Dayquil, Robitussin, etc. I'm not sure if they have that kind of stuff over here but I haven't seen it yet and between Logan being sick a couple of weeks ago and now me we've used up all the liquid night time medicine that we brought over. Luckily my mom is not one to let a good sale pass her up, esp when it's, as she says, "cheap as dirt!" haha so we should have more meds on the way when she sends us a nice little package soon!
Ok enough of that, I'm here to continue where I left off of last time. So when I last wrote I ended with mentioning that I got to experience a nice little thing called a war drill. Now when you hear war drill what comes to mind? Honestly with me I think it's going to be like an earthquake drill back home, you know you hide under desk and hope nothing heavy falls on it! That's actually not the case at all. See the other week I was lining my class up to leave, around 2pm, to go down to the buses like normal but when we started to walk by the other classes one of the other teachers stopped and told me that it was a war drill right now so we had to wait to leave. Ummmm a what?? ok?? So I took the class back and sat them down and then went to ask if I had heard her right. Yup turns out I did. I also found out that South Korea has war drills every month on the 15th but that it was on a different date this month because of a holiday being on the 15th of the month. Any time there's a war drill every single car or bus or bike on the road has to stop and either pull over to the side of the road or if you're in the middle lane stop and turn off your car. No one is allowed to move and there are police at about all the intersections to make sure of that. Like I said earlier when I heard the words war drill just having all forms of transportation stop was the last thing I think I expected to see. It was definitely weird too, looking out the window and not seeing anyone moving at all, kind of erie.
One thing I've been told a couple of times since moving here is that if the Koreans aren't worried/panicked there's no reason for you to be. I figure that makes since and I have yet to see or hear any Koreans look or act worried about any kind of threat from the North and I feel completely safe where we're at. It kind of makes you stop and think though about the safety of America, I think we take it for granted sometimes. I mean I know that America is not the safest place on earth by any means. We have tons of violence that we commit against each other everyday and we have terrorists that don't like us very much. When was the last time though that we had a war drill back in the states because there was someone right next door to us that hated us so much they thought everything would be better without us there. I know you might not agree with me and that you might think that America is hated so much we should be constantly worried, and that's fine and also the beauty of being an American, you can think what you want. There are places in the world though that war drills and war are such a constant they don't know anything else. There are children growing up knowing what to look for on the ground so they don't get blown up and that are able to sleep with gun fire because they know if it's just a little crack it's not close enough to be worried about.
Ok before my mom starts freaking out reading this thinking we're in a horrible place I'll get back on track to South Korea. Let me be clear also, we are no where close to being in a place like the above. Yes we are some what close to North Korea but as I said the Koreans have assured me that there is no reason to not feel safe. I really do like it over here and really do feel safe I just wanted to maybe get you to stop and think about everything for a second. Also maybe stop and appreciate those Americans that help keep us safe and that sadly do know what war sounds like.
Ok now for a little side note about absolutely nothing to do with war drills. Walking around in Korea I've found that there are some smells you come across that make you want to run away screaming and buy a ticket to any place besides that area you were just in!! Now I'm not talking like living in Missouri and you happen to drive by the sulfur plants in K.C. and maybe drive just a little bit faster to get by the rotten egg smell. No I'm talking a smell that makes you want to gag and toss whatever food you had in your stomach right then and there! Imagine baby poop, vomit, and rotting food all mixed together!! Oh my gosh just typing it brings back bad memories...blahhh! I've encountered this smell a couple times since being here and it is definitely one thing I could go without. Logan says that's just Asia but I'm thinking it has something to do with the fact that they just put all their trash out on the street in little bags and also all uneaten food out in seperate bags so its just sitting out in the sunn rotting away. Yumm I know right! haha They actually then have people that come around with carts and pick it all up, when I don't know because I never see them but it's always gone within a day or two and that's all that matters to me! Ok now that I vented about that as well I think I'm out of things to share for this round. Hope you all are having a good weekend and of course like always lots of love to you all!! :)
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