Well, I can't really remember what happened in class. I'm sure it was just the usual. Earlier in the week, my classmates wanted to arrange a lunch for the birthday and one of the students who was returning to her home country early. So, to be social I went with them. It was a little unfortunate because everyone either spoke Korean, Japanese or Chinese (just like in class) so I did not converse much. We had a chicken stew with a spicy broth. After you eat most of the chicken and broth, the servers take your pan (it's bubbling right in front of you) and put rice and noodles in it and bring it back. I liked that part--the noodles were good and the rice gets kind of crispy from cooking more in the pan.
After lunch I came back to my room and packed. Jihye called me and asked how long it would take me to get to Seoul Station because she was finished early. She wanted us to see if we could catch an earlier train to Gimhae/Pusan. So, as luck would I have it, I was able to leave right away and meet up with her in about 30 minutes. Unfortunately there weren't any tickets, but we went to a Dunkin Donuts so she could eat and have coffee. I learned of the reason she was in Seoul. She entered a writing competition and had an interview with the judges. She was one of 8 or 10 other participants! Her writing was about her work at Inje University as the Program Coordinator of the IIIHR (Inje Institute for International Human Resources) and much of it was stories from my spring semester. Once we boarded the train, we also talked about how we missed Professor Jongman Cho (he was our movie and culture professor and is currently on sabbatical in Malaysia). Then, we came up with the great idea--what if we go and visit him?!? As it turns out, my program is having a field trip to a mountain on the other side of the country in a few weeks on a Thursday and Friday--read: no class! So, we have just begun to start scheming and wondering if that is something possible we can do!
We finally arrived at Gupo Station near Gimhae. It was almost 11:30pm. Our train was extra late. Jihye's wonderful husband came and picked us up and drove us back to Inje. We were both hungry for a late, late dinner, so we went to a kimbap shop and had dinner around midnight. We returned to Jihye's house and had some fruit and then everyone headed to bed!
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