BOOOOOOOM!
When I decided to come to Seoul to teach, I never for one moment felt like I might be putting my life in danger. Suddenly, when I turned on my TV this morning after my shower, everything changed.
Today was a cloudy and gloomy day in the city of Seoul. Everyone seemed a little bit down. The street market by my school which is generally full of mirth and activity, seemed empty and quiet. Now I might be imagining things, and maybe the behavior was due to a city-wide hangover due to Chuseok, but there was a nuclear explosion a few hundres miles north of here this morning - and now the world is pissed.
Now I don't want to get ahead of myself. No one knows how all parties involved will react and this could mellow out in the weeks to come. At the same time, the proverbial shit might hit the fan and blow it all over the city I began to call home about a month ago. Either way, I can say this for sure: I feel much more in danger of being thrown into the middle of a military skirmish here in Seoul then I ever did in Kansas. Even that one time in the late 80's when Nebraska got pissed and threatend some major "cornhusking" across the border.
For now, I'm just gonna keep watching the news and hoping for the best. I should have taken that job in Baghdad...
Love (and hopefully peace) from Seoul
Kyle
Today was a cloudy and gloomy day in the city of Seoul. Everyone seemed a little bit down. The street market by my school which is generally full of mirth and activity, seemed empty and quiet. Now I might be imagining things, and maybe the behavior was due to a city-wide hangover due to Chuseok, but there was a nuclear explosion a few hundres miles north of here this morning - and now the world is pissed.
Now I don't want to get ahead of myself. No one knows how all parties involved will react and this could mellow out in the weeks to come. At the same time, the proverbial shit might hit the fan and blow it all over the city I began to call home about a month ago. Either way, I can say this for sure: I feel much more in danger of being thrown into the middle of a military skirmish here in Seoul then I ever did in Kansas. Even that one time in the late 80's when Nebraska got pissed and threatend some major "cornhusking" across the border.
For now, I'm just gonna keep watching the news and hoping for the best. I should have taken that job in Baghdad...
Love (and hopefully peace) from Seoul
Kyle
posted by Kyle at 10:43 PM
1 Comments:
I am glad that you are doing a blog...I may be the only subscriber as of yet but it is sure to catch on. Love the stories,
Kel
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