Day 4 
Lots of stories today....

In the meeting with my bosses yesterday, we make an appointment to go together to hospital for a health screening to start process of getting an Alien Card. Matt and I walk to the school to meet them, and I think this whole time that this will be easy... . the same ole pee in a cup and take some blood tests. OMG was I wrong. First of all, I pray to God I never have to go to that hospital again..... we'll just leave it at that. The first  thing they do after weight and height is a freaking  eye exam! What!!! A sailor would be red faced if he could hear the words going through my mind at that moment. Trying to explain in the crowded hospital why I can't read the stupid eye chart and that's not a big deal was not a pretty sight. They kept emphatically saying 'it's in English.. you read'. Thankfully, I had dropped a few hints and mentioned it a time or two to the female boss with me. As you know though, a few hints and comments don't really paint the full picture that I am actually blind as a bat. This is one of those few times when my ability to really cover, hide, or compensate for my low vision does not serve my interests. Hopefully my excellent score on hearing made up for it.... Moving on, I then I have to go for a a torso X Ray. Really? Most embarrassing. I was not mentally prepared to undress for this.... that's all I am going to say about that. My final 'You have got to be kidding me?' moment in the hospital was when they instructed me to go to the bathroom way down the BUSY hallway, pee in this tiny cup (with no lid), and BRING IT BACK...... DOWN THAT BUSY HALLWAY. How do you say 'Sorry I spilled my pee on you" in Korean?    Anybody??  .........  yep.

So my butt is really ready to go home right now. However, my most generous and oblivious boss decides to take me out for a Korean lunch. People it's all I can do just to keep my Breakfast down. Surprisingly though, it was good food. The dinner topic though was difficult. Of course, they want to know about my vision. It was alittle difficult to explain to them why I don't just get glasses. Overall though, I assured them that I will be fine and that they have nothing to worry about. They seemed OK and willing to be flexible with it. I am sure their over all good mood was due to my entertaining performance with metal chop sticks though. In fact, I am quite sure the whole restaurant was looking at me. Tip: Metal chop sticks are a lot harder than bamboo ones. My nerves were gone when they finally dropped me off

Oh, but wait cause as soon as I got home  another Typhoon blows in. Really, I am not making this crap up. Thankfully it wasn't as bad as the first one and Matt did not get stuck in it on his way home from work.
So far we have only gone out once at night, which was with some new friends of ours: Elliot and Sarah. Sarah who is almost 7 months pregnant is so informative, and both are so understanding and helpful. Later this evening, Elliot asked if Matt and I would like to go out for drinks again. Matt perked right up. Elliot sends us some instructions on how to meet him. Just for the record folks, I would like to take a special  moment to point out that when I said 'Hey Matt, I think he means this left'. I WAS RIGHT! However,  Matt was quite sure that it was the other way according to his oh so handy GPS. After realizing we are completely lost, we turn back in defeat. Damn you GPS!!! We sent a message to Sarah and Elliot: "Attention, 2 lost Americans in Hwongsongdong - sorry no beer tonight". We back track to our home and run into another friend who is a teacher at my school. We talked for a long while about his experiences and what working at my school is going to be like. I can't say enough how cool everyone is.
Before bed, Matt and I have begun a ritual of checking the Gyeongju Foreigners Association' page on FB. This has been such a great resource that Matt has ended his long boycott of FB to become a member. Ha ha ha Welcome to the dark side.