The Package 2: To Korea and Beyond!

The Package 2
You may want to re-read The Package, an earlier blog, to re-fresh the history of this package. Basically, this package was shipped from Las Vegas to Korea during the first week I left which was the very beginning of June. The package took like 10 days to arrive and then went through a whole lot of red tape and I didn't see it for a few more weeks, right up to the week I was going to fly back.

So, unfortunately, my one year journey of living and working abroad in Korea was only going to be a month long. I decided to use that same package to ship back to Las Vegas. This was a few days before my flight back, on July 9th I believe. I wanted to do what I could to avoid any overweight fees on luggage like I had flying to Korea. I filled the package with ESL and screenwriting books and resources. Saving myself some dough, I opted to ship via boat, but that meant it would take anytime from 2 weeks to two or three months. Finally, a few days ago, about August 25th the package came home.

In the video above which had been filmed July 4th weekend there are references to 'the package.' Skype made it effortlessly to connect with my family during some rough times abroad. To infinity and beyond!

What Are They Wearing?

Play ball! Baseball is very popular in South Korea. Oddly enough, their team names are in English such as Lions and Tigers, etc. Walking around Seoul, especially Itaewon, you feel like you're in a big city populated by American baseball fans. It seemed like every other Korean wearing a baseball cap was sporting a NY Yankees logo. Yankee fans in South Korea? Sweet! Go Yankees! Oh, wait! They're sporting Red Sox caps too. BOO! Apparently, there's some story connected to the Cleveland Indians' logo as many Koreans wear Indian caps too.

The other thing you'll notice about the photo is that the NY symbol is in PINK! Pink? Yes, pink. Pink is a popular color in South Korea. Parents don't distinguish colors for boys and girls when planning playrooms or bedrooms for babies. That's probably why so many men wear pink, not mention wear PURSES!

If you were say riding a train in America and at the next stop a person enters wearing hospital pajamas you might think the were an escapee from a mental institution. Koreans commonly ride the trains or walk the streets immediately after being at a hospital. They don't have a change of clothes. I don't know if they entered the hospital without clothes or were found naked. It's all very typical there in South Korea to see patients just released wearing hospital gowns and medical bracelets.