On my side of the world remembering Dad, In the US Presidential Election Day

For me, November 7th came half a day early. It was hard in the sense no one knew what today meant to me and it was difficult for me to explain in Korean (therefore I did not really share). I thought about my Dad a lot.

Class went well. I am nervous for the speaking portion of the test tomorrow. There are 2 parts to it: the first is a one-on-one session with the teacher and the second is creating a dialog with another student and speaking it to the teacher. I guess I shouldn't be too worried, but it is a little bit nerve-wrecking.

After class, I got kimbap to bring back to my room. I think the kimbap shop ladies are finally beginning to recognize me (maybe only for the strange request to leave out the sesame leaf). Then, the rest of my afternoon and early evening was devoted to studying. Though it is hard to prepare for a speaking exam by yourself... However, I did some speaking practice with my Rosetta Stone program and listened to an online podcast. I also studied from my textbook and listened to the speaking dialogs from the book.

For dinner, Brian and I met up. We were going to go to get samgypsal (bbq pork) but his favorite restaurant was busy and there was a long line. We walked back to try a bbq place closer to our dorms, but passed a pizza restaurant and he suggested going there. We ordered a bulgogi pizza. I think this particular restaurant is more for carry-out or delivery because there were only 2 small tables in the small restaurant. The pizza was decent-crust not too bad, could have been more cheese and toppings, but the meat was flavorful. On the way back, we stopped and got hodduk.

The rest of the evening: studying.