A rainy Saturday afternoon here in Asia. I went to the office this morning to get a head start on next week. It was totally necessary as I need to find some time for myself to begin the great apartment hunt. I have spent 17 nights here already...all in a hotel. Needless to say I am ready for a place of my own. I bought a car and will be taking the car of the guy I am replacing. It is a '94 Hyundai Sonata and it is every bit as cool as it sounds. Since it will the the second model year 1994 car I will have owned it will be great to see how it compares to the American built Saturn that roped in many ladies in the late '90s including Melissa who proved helpless against its powers. (note: the Sonata will not be roping in any ladies no matter how awesome a ride it may be)

A few more observations:

1. I am really looking forward to trying the dry cleaners over here...hey "It is what it is!"

2. Korean Mountain Dew tastes like American Mountain Dew. That was not the case in Germany.

3. You can't beat 3 pirated DVDs for $10. Especially when the movies are not out in the states yet. You even get the added bonus of learning a little Russian when it switches languages for 10 minutes in the middle of the movie.

4. Mom, I promise I will call you at some point. Hey I'm here for a year, no reason to burn out the circuits in the first month. I have been really busy and when I think about giving you a call it is usually the middle of the night your time. Don't think I haven't though of calling anyway for payback as I do recall many wake up calls from you at 3 am when I lived in Germany. Paybacks can be a bioatch.

5. Haiku of the week: (I know it is Japanese but I like it)
Steadily rain falls
Here in the same beat as there
Oklahoma rain

6. I promise some more pictures...blogs are kinda lame without them.

7. A 7pm Rays game starts about 9am the next morning here. Nothing beats waking up to taking the first two from the Red Sox, even if the Rays can't beat any other team in baseball this year.

8. To my two top lady friends: I miss you, keep bloggin, keep rockin'!

Until you hear from me again, salutations.