Today I did not eat the octopus

I write from Eulji University in Seongnam City.  In order to write I had to first discover that my the adapter that Jo of "Jo's Discount Electronics" (Home of 220 Volts) is a square to Korea's circle.  Literally.  The adapter he sold me is a square and Korea requires a circle.  Faced with only a battery, I selfishly hoarded my power until another adapter could be located.  By good fortune I came across one today.  All they asked for it was for me to teach them the ways of Football-American.  The pigskin not being my forté, I taught them hopscotch instead.  They were none the wiser. 

Today as we wandered, our group came across a fine men's wear store.  In need of fine men's wear to impress, I entered.  Quick! Using only sign language, attempt to explain that the pants you are trying on have too much fabric from the waist to the start of your thighs and are bunching up when you lift your leg.  Does all that grabbing at your crotch seem a bit obcene?  Pretend you're doing it in front of a very somber Korean man in his late 60's whose bound by good decorum to try and help you.  Does he need that kind of vulgar trouble?  Mime leaving defeated and allow him to regain his dignity.

They had a big dinner for us tonight.  The dozen or so orientation/training staff lined up on either side of the door and cheered as each one of the 350 or so GET's (guest english teachers - our moniker) walked through the door in pairs and fives and singles for about twenty minutes.  It felt like I was on the first string of the basketball team, which was pretty nice.  In highschool I always had to be the manager. 

The buffet was massive, and I tried to eat a bit of everything.  Except that is for the octopus.  Recently I had a close encounter with one at the Vancouver Aquarium.  The way it looked at me reconfirmed that it was evil and my enemy.  I know you might think that I should eat it because it's my enemy, but Peter Pan never ate Captain Hook and that's a pretty good analogy for the entire situation in my books. 

Soon we're going out singing and drinking.  In the Karaoke bar, you press the button marked "Happy" to order drinks.  They have got a few things here dead right.