I'm in Qingdao

I made it to China. Ms. Xiaobo met me right on time and had a driver drive me directly to the Olympic facility in Qingdao. I already got my badge and am sitting inside the office where I will probably be doing a lot of work this summer. There are so many cool people whom I need to learn names for. I feel electric and excited about the hard work that I'll be doing in the next few days.

Free Internet Lounge?

Has anyone ever heard about a free Internet lounge? Well, you gotta come to Incheon Intl. Airport if you want to check it out. I'm waiting for my flight to Qingdao and as I was walking to my gate, I found this free Internet lounge. It is so cushy. They have laptops with very modern looking furniture and hardwood floors plop right in the middle of the terminal! Crazy. I am trying to post a picture, but the computer is not reading my card.

I had a wonderful time in Seoul. Although my stay was only a couple of days, I think it was just about the right amount of time. South Korea really has something going here. Alicia Keys is even coming here in about a month (for a concert, just for clarification), so if she's coming, you should come too. And I'm sure that if you come in the next four months, my cousin David would love to host (hope that's okay Dave).

David, thanks for a great time in Seoul. We should do another country or city in the future. I was thinking maybe Jakarta or Kuala Lumpur (cheep flights, you know).

Well, in less than three hours I'll be in Qingdao. Ms. Xiaobo is picking me up and from there, the rest of my day remains a mystery. Laters!

Seoul Market Day

Today, my cousin David and I took a whirlwind tour of all of Seoul`s markets. Four precisely: Insadong Market, Dongdaemun Market, Yongsan Electronics Market, and Itaewon Market. We walked through hundreds and hundreds of vendors hawking anything from clothing, to DVDs, to souvenirs. You name it! I`m pretty proud to say that I managed to get through it with only buying a 2 gig mini SD card. What a deal too; it was only $10.

Another place we were able to go to was Yeouido Full Gospel Church. Yeouido is the world`s largest church with a membership of about 800,000. They have 7 services on Sunday, not to mention all of the other services that they hold throughout the week. David and I walked in late to a 5pm service and we weren`t able to get English translation at that service so we obviously weren`t able to fully experience a normal service. Nonetheless, I was very fortunate today to see how people worship God in Seoul.

Early tomorrow I`m off to China. It was too short of a stay to really experience South Korea. I guess that leaves me more to see on my next visit.