Caesar's Palace

I guess I'll just start with the view from my window. I live in West Jinju Si (city), in a building called Caesar's Palace. It's a nice, new building, and you're looking at the edge of the good part of town. Just out of town is the resevoir, Water Museum, modest zoo, and bungee jump. I haven't been to the mountains you see in the distance quite yet. But I've been to the one behind my building (next post; it's pretty great).

Jinju is a nice town. It's easy to get around in, and most of the people seem to've figured out how to work hard while taking it easy at the same time. In fact, the only people who seem to be truly stressed out are the Korean English teachers who, at my school, work from about 2 or 3 pm to 1 am six nights a week. [Don't worry Mom, that ain't my schedule.]

At times it seems as if the place is being invaded by English language academies (or hogwans). It sometimes seems, as well, as if there are more kids (shouting "Hi" or "how are you, I am fine") than adults. We foreign teachers are minor local celebrities, curiosities, pests and buffoons all rolled into one.