Today is Foundation Day here in Korea and although I have no idea what that means I know I get the day off. I am bored out of my mind. Sort of. You see I didn't have enough money to go to the Festival seeing as I have US bills to pay and I have other scheduled trips, but that also left me alone for the day. So let's see what I have done:
- Went to see the Nanny Diaries
- Bought my ticket for the train to Busan there and back
- Walked around downtown Gumi twice
- Bought a ticket for Rush Hour 3
- Purchased a coffee mug from Angel-in-us Coffee to add to my mug collection
- Am paying to use the Internet to write about my current revelations
After watching the Nanny Diaries I have found that she and I have a lot in common. While she was taking this time off watching one kid and searching for her true self I find myself doing the same but watching over 600 children. She moved away from home to NY from Jersey, I pick a whole new country.
One should believe that in being an only child you are given enough time alone to figure out just who you are and who you want to become but honestly you are just given enough time to over analyze everything and second guess yourself. But I'm still glad I did it. And I still want to do it.
Traveling the world should never be viewed as a luxury but a prerequisite to entering what we consider to be "the real world". When experiencing other cultures we become aware of our little bubble and just how to burst it without hurting others. We become sensitive to other cultures and how to adapt to new situations other than a change in hair color, or any other thing that can be viewed as superficial when you look at the whole grand scheme of things.
With each passing day here in Gumi I am learning that maybe I am ready to be a grown up and actually go after the things that I let sit in the back of my head for so long, like fashion school (www.fidm.com) but as I continue on I will not second guess. Thanks for listening.
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