I'm not unemployed anymore - I actually have a very fabulous job as a preschool teacher with the University of Michigan child care centers. But I'm still posting, albeit a little more irregularly, and I don't want to ignore the personal progress I've made since starting this blog by renaming it.

Blog inspiration: I read 48 States in 48 Days by Paul Jury in the summer of 2011. It was fabulous...although he planned way less for his roadtrip than I would have. And at the same time, my lovely Anna was constantly reminding me that our lives were awesome, despite the fact that we didn't have job prospects, new cars, boyfriends/husbands, houses, etc., like so many people we knew. So, in an effort to appreciate my life and the crazy uncertainty that it is, I started writing this blog about the little adventures I have. (And by "writing a blog," I mean "making a list" because I make lists, not narratives.) Even if there isn't a BIG adventure that happens every day, I try to find at least one thing to list :)

Sunday, July 8, 2012

Expo 2000 (July 5)

  • The last few buses I've taken (including today's to Gwangju) have told me "We hope you had a pleasant trip and wish you luck on all your future endeavors" at the end. Well, thanks nice bus lady voice!
  • We got to go to the Expo as part of the National TaLK Farewell Party! I’m very glad because it means I didn't have to plan my own trip :)
  • My favorite pavilion was Sweden. They focused on giving facts about Sweden and it pretty much sounds like the best place to live and I want to move there! 





 
  • I also loved Switzerland’s exhibit. It definitely held the truest to the theme of the Expo (water/ocean preservation), simply but uniquely. And they had ice there that is older than Korea itself!






  • The pavilions were manned by people from that country (awesome job, right?). It was cool talking to them - I learned that Romania is really beautiful and that Angola has 16 official languages! Plus, even though all the non-Korean workers appeared to speak Korean, English and their native language, they seemed really excited to speak to us. It was really cute. And a few greeted me using my name, because I was wearing my TALK nametag - I actually really like when people do this :) (it happens a lot at home, when I wear my guard or TBS jackets).
  • When we were in the Angola pavilion, there was an adorable baby (maybe 12-15 months old) hanging out in his stroller. I made eye contact with him and was trying to make him smile/laugh and he reached for and grabbed my hand! It was so cute :)
  • After dinner, we wandered back to the main concourse and saw a huge crowd of people. After listening to the Koreans around me, I realized it was 2PM, the Kpop group! Cool! We went downstairs to try and get close but there were too many crazy screaming girls (one even knocked my camera out of my hand as she was running towards them!). Though Matt, Sarah, Tin and I tried to push through, we could not care that much so we settled for the fact that we made it about 20 yards away from them and moved on.
  • I very much enjoyed spending time with Monique/Richard (can't wait to visit them in Busan and then Toronto). And I think it’s cool that I’m still meeting new people and getting to know the new friends I made on the POE trip.
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