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Subject: EGGS
Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 07:22:43 +0000
dear mom and dad,

mom, i got your card the other day! thank you! and dad, no worries that you havent replied to emails, i know that those basketball games arent going to watch themselves :) and for the record, when did i have a WHITE boyfriend? marc was filipino!

anyway, things here are good. im happy to see my students again after them being gone for 2-3 weeks. one boy, charles, came back with a haircut, he hates it. i wasnt aware, but many schools here: not only are the students to wear a uniform, but they are also keep a certain haircut. it used to be that the boys AND girls had to have short hair in a certain style, X number of centimeters above the ear; something about making sure the students would keep all focus on their studies. it's not quite as strict now, but i guess the occasional teacher will insist on a hair cut and the kids have no choice but to submit. at least charles didnt have his hair cut DURING class, BY THE TEACHER, which i've heard is the way it used to be. put a bowl on the head and everything.

<--- sha in 1999
i ws watching something on tv the other day about teens and their hair. students rallied for less strict hair rules. "my hair will not interfere with my studies!" they call out. it occurred to me that , yeah, the kids have so sooo many restrictions on them already, and so much WORK already (public school, academies after school, private tutors, music lessons, etc) they want to have just ONE thing to express themselves. everyone, and i mean every one in korea has straight black hair, not like back home where everyone's hair is a different color/texture. {pink locks being the most beautiful of all styles :) }

Anyway, many students here try to style their hair to make them stand out. a lot of girls have very voluminous hair, boys often have long-ish hair with gel or some sort of sculpting product on it.

mom and dad, about the eggs, just consider this: one whole egg is 97 calories. One egg white: 17. im just sayin.' if you make that omelet with one less egg yolk, you wont even miss it.

and hey the tv WAS broken! after i knocked it over, i put it upright and tried it, it didnt work. it made a popping noise, and i saw the little red light indicating that it was on, but there was no picture. when i came home a few hours later, it turned on like nothing happened. i told you, i have magic powers. i made the tv work again. well now my homegirl and her husband have it, so it's cool, my new tv matches the couch, i love it. ~daughter