June 10, 2005

Today at lunch I left about 30 minutes early and went home and changed chothes, then heaqded up to the indoor pool. It was raining outside and I was the only person there, so I didn't have to worry about it being too crowded.

I am trying to get ready for a triathlon, so I wanted to see how fast I could swim 400 meters which is the distance of the swim. Well I soon learned that swimming 400 meters is a lot harder than I thought. It took me 16 minutes which is pretty slow. I hope to lower that time by about 4 minutes at least before the triathloin next month. I'll just have to make up my time in the bike ride and the run.

Later after lunch, I was asked to drive two brand new KATUSA's across post so that they could get some paperwork signed. The reason they look so upset is because new KATUSA's are not allowed to talk unless spoken to. They are also not allowed to look anyone directly in the eyes weh they are talking and must sit with their legs together and arms straight with their hands on their knees at all times. They have to do this for the first 2 weeks that they are in the ROC Army.

After work, Jung and I went to a Japanese restaurant for dinner. There we met with all of the other teachers at the church. They wanted to thank me for heling them teach Engish to the mongolians on Wednesdays.

The food was typical Asian food. I made sure to get something toeat before I left because you never know if the food is going to be good when you go to these places. They serves us raw tuna and hot sushi. I don't eat raw food and I hate spicy food, so i just sat there. Of course I don't speak Korean and since I was the only American there, I had no one to talk to. I didn't want to be rude, but I was gald to leave.

Here is a samp,e of what they had to eat.

At 11:30 P.M., Scott came over and asked me if I wanted to go to the 24 hour gym and work out with him. We walked a mile and a half to the gym and then back. All together I ran 14 miles.

Scott getting ready to run on the cross trainer with me. One nice thing is that there was no waiting to get on any of the machines that late. We left around 2 AM.

Back at the barracks some guys were out drinking and partying. I sat down to join them, but then got a phone call from a soldier who had just attempted suicide. I ran over to the duty driver and had him give me a ride to the hospital. By the time I got back it was 4:30 AM, but everyone wa still partying.

I sat down and had a beer with everyone. By then I was really tired.

As you can see I was quite sleep deprived in the above picture. Well off to bed I went. I finally climbed into bed at 5:30.