Went to church today. It was really great. A girl from my apartment (another English teacher from Canada) took me there. It's an English service that is held at a really big Korean church. Our service is on the 10th floor! The place looks like an office building. I'll try to bring my camera next week. It's all in English, but the pastor is Korean, as is a good majority of the congregation. There were probably about 20 westerners there, all English teachers I think. I like the pastor a lot. I talked to him afterwards for a bit, and he seems very real and down to earth. After the service everybody breaks into small groups, which I think is awesome. Gives everybody a chance to participate and offer something, sharing their thoughts and stories. Why don't more churches do this?

Yesterday was quite a day. I went up into Seoul to buy a keyboard and go to Costco. I had read about this music market in this old building with over 200 music stores. The subway ride there was about an hour(costs a whopping $1.50). I found the place with out too much trouble and was blown away by the volume and quality of the music equipment. There were at least a hundred good size stores, each specializing in one or two things. Some would have hundreds of guitars hanging on the walls. Others would be filled with drum sets and cymbals. There were sound equipment stores, brass stores, piano stores with pianos lining the halls. It was insane. I found the exact keyboard I wanted (M-audio 88es) rather quickly, but looked around some more to see if I could find a better deal. Sure enough, I was able to get it a little cheaper at another store (370,000 Won). Though I also need to get some speakers and maybe a keyboard stand, with the subway as my way home, I could not carry anything more besides the 30 lb keyboard. So, I hopped on the subway and found my way to Costco. The store was about 3/4 of a mile from the station, so I had to lug my keyboard there and back in the 90 degree, humid crazy weather.
Costco was everything I had dreamed it would be.... Got a chicken bake and sprite in the food court before shopping. Then, I set out to find only a few essentials, as I couldn't carry much more home. I found some yogurt-covered raisins, some Tillamook cheese, some bagels, and...oh! there it was, on the end of the aisle, just waiting for me, what I had only imagined in my dreams...bags upon bags of Kettle Chips, lightly salted and heavily loaded with goodness! My quest was over. I couldn't have been happier! My time in Korea was going to be bearable.

And then, the ride home on the subway was long and hurt my feet, cause I was dumb and wore flip flops. But it's all over, I've got my keyboard, and am all set up to begin messing with Logic (my music sequencer computer program) and writing some music. Yea! I'll post some pics. (this post isn't very deep, maybe I'll do a deep one later tonight or tomorrow. Cause I got a lot of thoughts buzzing around my head).