Hangul, Two Value Meals, and Aloe Healing from the Inside Out

Good day my friends! Sorry it has been a while since my last dispatch. As I sure you all know from 24/7 news coverage things it this part of the world have been absolutely chill.

This is a drink (and I mean nonalcoholic) that the locals love. I don't know what is in it as I can't read Hangul but I know one thing, it has bits of floating aloe in it. I'm not going to lie, it's pretty good!

About a week ago I went to the airport in Seoul to welcome the last group of Soldiers from the states. To satisfy our hunger we hit the airport McDonald's. I know, it sounds so cliche, Americans in a foreign land eating at McDonald's (I wont mention that we ate that the airport Bennigan's the week before but that was chosen because it was the only restaurant in the airport that served beer!) We were in a hurry and needed something quick. I held up two fingers in my vain attempt to order a "number 2". I found out later from a Korean-American Lieutenant that the two fingers sealed my fate. I had just ordered TWO meals! Of course I didn't want to look like I didn't know the culture so I decided to look like a total fat ass with two Big Mac meals. Lesson learned (and I didn't eat both meals).

I blogged earlier about having to do laundry on my own for the first time in a while and was pretty proud at my ability to launder. Well, I must have been a little too cocky. Karma is a biznitch, a biznitch who was presented me with a washer/dryer combo that has a dial completely in Hangul (Korean that is). So here I am just guessing, with clothes that seem to be getting clean, when my realtor provided my with a translation of the settings, crisis averted. Though foreign washing machines take literally 3.5 hours to get a load done. Remember those days Mel?

Have the Army Birthday Ball to attend in Seoul this weekend...wish I had a date...and by date I mean Melissa!

Peace Out!