cheese sticks?

as most of you probably know i'm not one to be real policital but i wanted to start today's blog with telling you all to get out and vote. if i was able to cast my vote from korea there's no excuse for any of you back home. the outcome could just determine where i'll spend my next 4 years. let's make a difference!

today i had my final acupuncture. it kind of makes me sad that i won't be going back until another problems arises. i was actually enjoying those 10 minutes of relaxing with pins in my body. there's definitely something to be said about it. for any of you have thought about doing it but hasn't i'd definitely recommend it. it's an experience unlike any other. the best part about the whole thing is that it actually worked.

there's one thing about being in korea especially when walking through the supermarket. things that look like similar products in america often aren't what they seem. case in point. the other other day when shopping for halloween stuff we bought some cheese sticks to use as fingers. they were never use so the other other i was having a snack attack and remembered that they were in the fridge. how excited was i to realize we had cheese sticks left. i tore into the box and grabbed on out. it took two seconds to peel the wrapping off and stick half of it in my mouth. as i chomped down on this cheese stick that was packaged in cute anime [like just about everything here) it tasted like no other cheese i tasted before. in fact it didn't taste like cheese at all. it tasted like fish. i immediately started to gag and swallowed it down. i frantically searched the room for something to kill the taste and finally settled on some ginger candy. it had to be the grossest thing i've ever tasted. worse then the fish jerky from manhatten bar. i went to look for horace to have him taste it. when i ran into him i noticed that he had one of the cheese stick things in his hand as well as facial expression said it all. he too got suckered into thinking it was a tastey cheese treat. after we both discussed how nasty that stuff was christine told us that it was indeed a fish snack. hello, they should not make fish snacks look like cheese sticks. how cruel is that. this why i'm always afraid to buy things becasue you never know what it's going to be. the worst thing about it is that the korean kids love that stuff. just thinking about them makes me sick. i'm sure this won't be the first nor the last of misleading packaging. next time i'll have to ask before i eat.

it's been chilly and rainy the last couple of days. it feels and looks like fall with the leaves changing. the colors are beautiful. i forgot what it was like to experience a real fall. if the weather permits we are going to go hiking to see the trees and all the color. and if its raining then we are going to check out the coex which is one of the largest underground shopping complexes in asia. the seoul world trade center and the aquarium are both there so that should be cool. they also have all these theme walks like the forest walk and water walk there. i can't wait to check that all out. it sounds cool.

its almost time for "sex and the city." until next time…