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View outside of my computer room window. I woke up very early because I'm still not quite fully adjusted to the time zone difference. I tried to figure out some of my Korean appliances to no avail. I can't figure out how to make the damn dishwasher work and there are a couple of appliances/items that I have no idea what they do. I can't wait for Starrlite (my interpreter) to come over and explain my place to me! I went for a walk. I plan to walk in a different direction each day and learn my neighborhood. Today I went left. Really close to my apartment I found a little grocery store. I bought a few items that I could figure out what they were. Korean Pepsi, milk, cereal, apples, bananas, etc. I think I bought hot sausages and hot dogs too. It was really funny to see everyone stare at me everywhere I went. I felt like a black man at a KKK meeting. There aren't any Americans in my area. I haven't seen one since I got to Daegu. Some of the shop owners even got up and walked to the door to stare at me as I passed by. Imagine being a Korean and seeing a strange huge white American man walking through your neighborhood...Trentzira...Trentzira! There's a bunch of little grocery stores. Almost one per block. There's also tons of car repair places. I have no idea who the heck is shopping at all of these places because there's nothing but stores everywhere. I went inside a lot of different little restaurants hoping to find one with a picture menu, but didn't get so lucky. I walked into a few and asked for a menu, and they pointed to the wall with Korean writing. I don't think a lot of tourists frequent my area. I came back and wanted to take a shower but the water was cold. One of the weird wall appliance thingies (in Korean of course) seemed to be something connected to the water heater. I just pressed a lot of buttons until the water was hot and showered quickly in case it had a timer or something. I watched TV some - a little of Korean MTV, Charlie's Angels (with Korean subtitles) and some of Korean baseball. There seems to always be a Korean baseball game on. I think they really like baseball here. I had what I think was hot sausages and eggs for dinner and called it a night. What I learned today about Korea: 1) There are tons of shops and grocery stores, so you really don't need a car. 2) They stare at a big fat American white guy walking around.
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