i haven't read the news for almost 2 months.
shame...
i used to read the news all the time and knew at least the major headlines.
what happened?
SO, i've been told about google reader; google is amazing hehe.
I read in the globe and mail about the G8 summit, and how British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said in an interview,
"I am determined that a recession is not an excuse to give up on the poor. A recession is when your duty to the poor is even more clear."
Amen brotha.
It doesn't feel like we're going through a recession right now,
maybe we're all in denial;
maybe we're spending less;
but the poor remain the same, or maybe worse off?
In Seoul, i volunteer at an afterschool program (돌산 공부방시역아동센터) and the kids don't appear poor - but you can tell they've been raised differently than other Korean kids i've interacted with. It's going to be interesting volunteering there, the first day was quite overwhelming, but the kids i'm working with are cute - 2 girls in 2nd grade - and some of the older kids ask me "are you korean? how come you can't speak korean? so are your parents korean then?" and they also make fun of my name (윤클라라) "kuhl-la-la" ... sounds ugly.
july 8th already, crazy.
less than 2 months left then i'm back home.
i do like korea though... but i don't think i'd want to stay longer.
but i've been blessed a lot so far, and am excited for the remaining 2 months.
(EEK. harry potter comes out soon!)
