7/18/07

Computer nightmres

Okay, so technology is a great thing, right? Afterall, when my parents first visited Korea back in the 1960's nobody knew what a PC was, let alone email, voicemail, cell phones or blogs... I brought my laptop and had several experts look at it only to find that it does not understand Korean! It refuses to acknowledge their IP so it looks as though I am at the mercy and kindness of strangers to write in my blog, contact my husband ($.01 per minute via yahoo messenger voice), check and write email and upload all of my pictures. Oh well, perhaps I will be weaned from the computer while I am away... FAT CHANCE DANNY! *> ) It is crazy using their computers because most of their programs are in Korean. My Yahoo comes up in English, but any of the commands I try to find are in Korean (cut and paste). I was unable to use this computer for the first two days (in Memorial Hall where we are staying) because when I would log onto Internet explorer, it would come up in Korean. When I then logged onto Yahoo, the computer was set to Korean and therefore my user id and password were not correct. I sat for a couple of hours trying to fix the language to no avail. Finally I asked the director to help me and she told me of a key on the keyboard that converts Korean to English. Ha ha... really easy fix! There is a huge mosquito circling its prey (me) and dive bombs every so often - I have slapped my face, arms and head in an attempt to kill it and avoid his needle nose. It is so exciting, but I also feel so burdened here. There are many benefits to living here as I am losing some weight; the food... I am a little sick of Korean food right now. It is all that is served at every meal. Chandler is eating very light as most of what is served is hot and spicy and there is a lot of meat, which I am reluctant to eat as several cats and dogs have disappeared since we first arrived (kidding). There are many people in my life that I wish were here to experience this with me. It would change their lives (and gastrointestinal tract forever)!

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