More energy

Hello again,

So just a quick update. So, I had an eventful last couple of days. I am so happy to be feeling better. I am not 100%, but I am almost there. I had to get outside of my apartment! Friday, my co-teachers and I went to Hyewa, which is a neighborhood near mine. It has more shopping, restaurants, bars, and noribongs(karaoke rooms). So we went to this restaurant/bar called "Cream beer." It was a nice atmosphere. It also had this "cream" you pour on your beer. It made the crappy Korean beer taste much better. Then we decided, since we didn't want to go out to the major foreigner bars that we would stay in Hyewa. We went to a noribong. It wasn't the nicest in the world, but it sufficed for what we wanted.

The next day I met up with a few friends at Spabee's restaurant(it means spaghetti and beer). Its an Italian restaurant, we have gone to many times. It is ran by a very nice Korean gentleman. We then were deciding if we were going to a movie. Well one of my new friends, Rachel was new to Korea, so we decided Noribong was much better way to get to know each other. It was quite the site. It was quite gorgeous for a noribong. It had glass floors when you walk in. And a nice private room with a view of the local shopping district. As you may have seen from the pictures we found a frog suit, and it was quite entertaining. For all of us, even the two who didn't put it on!


I dunno if many of you saw my facebook, but I just found out that my kitty Neko passed away. When I left for Korea I had to leave her behind. It wasn't something I wanted to do, but my friends were very amazing about me doing this experience. And although it pained me much to leave her behind, at the time we all felt (myself included) this was a great opportunity for me. Well, I am not one to talk about my emotions or talk about them well at any rate, so leaving her was harder than most people realize. And I write better than I speak, as most of you know. I had her from 3 weeks old. She was part of a litter that was without a mom. We kept 2 of the kittens. Santino was a great kitty too. Unfortunately, Santinp couldn't survive the fight. Neko, fought long and hard to get strong enough, and oh did she ever. I am not the greatest parent. But, Neko and I had our routine. And we snuggled consistently, and she always slept on my chest when we went to sleep. She was a bit crazy, but I loved that about her, even though at times it drove me nuts. And I think she knew I was leaving. Her mood started changing a little before I left, like she knew things would be different. She was a smart little thing.

My friends are really great people for taking care of Neko. I can't thank them enough for doing everything they could to make sure she was okay and happy. I mean that so much more than I can express properly. Apparently she got sick suddenly. She was living with my friend as an indoor out door cat. They took her to the doctor, and he said there was nothing they could do. I heard that she was happy and doing really well prior to that. So that is really great for me to know she was loved and happy. She will be missed. I will miss her. RIP- Neko 4/2008-8/2009

Update me please. I am halfway through my 6th month. So Update me. I miss you all very much.