(part 2) - water update, hangovers and irons...

..........Getting home was no problem - Mokpo cab drivers seem to have few qualms about taking drunk people in their cabs - either that or they don't know enough English to tell us that if we throw up we pay for it. Cab home then and I sat up and watched 'Married with Children' before laying down and getting some shut-eye. But I woke up a little while later and was distressed to see that I had left the bathroom light on and it was shining through the glass door and not letting me go back to sleep. I tried to sleep for a few minutes and then got up, wrapped myself in my blanket and staggered across the floor to turn the light off. But when I hit the switch the light came on. The light that had woken me up was the sun! Resigned to the light I went back to bed, pulled the blanket over my head and went back to sleep. When I eventually did wake up I turned on the TV to the SAME episode of 'Married with Children', which set the day up with a surreal start.

Surprisingly I didn't feel too bad yesterday - I went shopping with a friend and we bought all kinds of cute stuff again and a couple of CDs each. I just watched videos last night. Today I went to E-mart (part of my usual Sunday routine) and I bought an iron for the first time ever in my life. I borrowed Tim's when I first got here but three months with crumpled shirts is enough for any man so I said that I would give it back and buy my own. Which I did. I have never bought an iron before though I have owned an old one of my mum's, which I lost at some point in the last ten years. So you can imagine just how excited I was about this purchase - should I get steam? Easy glide? Cordless? Or just the cheapest one in the store? Guess. But I am sure that it will do the job OK - it is not as if it will lead a taxing life with me - I am not the World's least crumpled person after all. And I went a bit girlie for a minute and bought cleanser and toner and foaming face wash - can't wait to shower now!!

Oh yes, I should probably tell you what happened with the water in the end too. It went off on the Wednesday, was back on Thursday morning long enough for me to wash up and flush the toilet. It had gone by the time I got to school. And remained off this time until Saturday morning. On the Friday night we were flushing the toilet in the bar using water out of huge barrels put in there for that purpose. My own facility was not that well equipped and I have never been as pleased with flush technology as I was when the water came back on on Saturday morning, let me tell you! So we have water now, I am not sure for how long this time but hopefully it will be a while and at least next time I will know what to do - PANIC!

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