yup, that's my number! i dont care, incoming calls are free.

Subject:RE: Good Times
Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 04:51:32 +0000
dear mom and dad,

k i now have a cell phone! the phone number is 010-5804-4742. well, that's the number if you dial it from here. i dont know what the international dialing code is if you're dialing from the states. i'll ask leah. mom, you know you can call anytime you want to! anytime, mom, ok? oh, well, try not to call between 4:30pm-10:30pm korea time, b/c that's when im in the classroom teaching. to calculate the time, subtract 7 hours from san diego time and usually flip the am/pm. its sunday march 11th 2pm here now, so it's saturday march 10th 9pm in san diego. i'll be able to call regularly after my 1st payday, which is april 10. see, dad, im budgeting!

ive not really used the phone, other than leah calling to see how im doing. the phone's got all kinds of features that i dont know how to use, but i did find a map of the subway system on it, pretty fresh! leah explained to me that most foreigners use calling cards, i think you cannot get a proper account unless you have a korean citizen to co-sign for you or something. im not too sure how to dial outside of korea just yet, i'll ask leah.

actually dad, none of the kids have asked me about going to the bathroom during class! there's a 5 min break each hour, i guess they go then, although mostly it seems the kids use the time to run around in the hallway, socialize, and grab some skewer or something from the street vendors.

so i went to itewon last night with leah and some of her friends. cant say i'll be spending too many of my nights there; im so over the "go out and stay out til morning" thing. especially b/c when i go out, i like to dance! here, it's only drinking. boo. well maybe i'll go out some other night to try and find a dance club.

being in itewon this time was so different from the afternoon. at night, the streets were packed with people, and i could count the koreans i saw on one hand! all foreigners everywhere. mostly white, and a lot of africans too.

ah, i DO have a mailing address, but i dont know what it is. i had it written down, along with a map of how to get there, but i gave it to the taxi driver when i moved out of the hotel and neglected to get the paper back from him. i actually asked my head instructor what the adrs is b/c he lives in the same building, and he smiled and said he didnt know, he had it written on a piece of paper at home :) and he's been here for 3 years! i'll find out the adrs and email it to you.

when you send me mail, maybe ask for "Global Priority Flat Rate." i read that you can fill like a manilla envelope sized thingy and send it for 8$? but when i tried to send a package to my friend in japan a few months ago, they charged me by weight and it was like 40$ or something. i must've asked the guy at the counter 8 different times in 8 different ways about how to send it cheaper, and he told me none other than surface mail. but i swear i read about flat rate global somewhere! oh, i should ask ninong cooper. ~sha