Interview Day! (Sorry Not Quite Yet)

I am exhausted. Today was long. The KBS crew got here at 6:30am to start filming. Luckily they are doing their segment on the entire K-PACE program and not just me, which is a big relief. At first YJS, and Heavy G made it sound like I was going to be the focus of the entire program. I'm truly glad that's not the case. The more I see the life of a camera following you around, the more I can't imagine how depressing that would be.

Before I forget, I really wish you guys could have been there last night. One of the funniest scenes I've seen in a long time unfolded in An Hyo Sang and Heavy G's room. In preparation for today's filming, both YJS, and Heavy G wanted to dye their hair. Here's how it went down: An Hyo Sang and YJS leave the room to go to the bathroom. Both of them come back without shirts on, and YJS has a clear plastic sheet over his head. I was so confused at what was going on until the hair dye came out.

Maybe the best part about all of this was that Heavy G put on some Korean love ballads as background music. We have YJS seated with his back facing An Hyo Sang. An is combing black hair dye into YJS's hair and we are jamming to love ballads. I was laughing so hard the entire time. Then it came time for Heavy G to get his hair dyed. So off came his shirt too. A bunch of dudes in their dorm room with their shirts off, listening to love ballads and dying their hair. What a great end to the night haha.

Anyways, today was busy. The camera followed us to breakfast, and then we all headed to the K-PACE center together. I kept going to the global lounge for class. We are in review for awhile now so I can kind of relax and reinforce what I know. It really feels good that I'm able to understand what the teacher says. I'm honestly blown away by the fact that our classes somehow morphed into almost exclusively Korean speaking and I didn't even really notice it.

After class I came back to the dorm and YJS joined me to go to lunch at 8 Ho Gwan. I finally got to try 냉우동 (Naeng Oo Dong) which is a cold noodle dish made with thicker noodles than usual. It was good, but probably not something I would choose over regular naeng myeon. Following our meal we headed back to the dorm to rest for the inevitable onslaught of crazy evening shenanigans.

K-PACE asked me to go to cooking class today which is different than my normal schedule. They asked this because of the filming going on. First I had to go to English conversational class though. We made tie-dye shirts together and it was actually really cool. I had only ever made tie-dye by dipping the shirt in a bucket, but the teacher had put the dye into bottles that you could squirt onto the shirt. This actually made things a lot easier.

I really wanted to get a shot of the producer filming the students but he leaned in at the last second.

When class ended, YJS and I walked over to the cooking class together. Today we made 차돌박이 된장찌개 (Chadolbagi Dwen Jang Jji Gae) or beef brisket stew. It was really good, and I wish I could have had more. Instead I'm still hungry as I wait for my interview to start. These guys have been working really hard, they came at 6:30am this morning and they probably won't be leaving until midnight tonight. They are also planning on doing the same thing tomorrow.

I finally got him filming the cooking class.

I think I'm going to cut it here, since I'm really tired and I want to go to bed after the interview. I will let you guys know how it went tomorrow though! I believe the show is scheduled to air in about 3 weeks. See you guys tomorrow!

Korean Word/Phrase of the Day: 치맥 먹고 싶어요 (Chi Mek Meog Go She Peo Yo) This means "I want to eat 'chimek'" Chimek is chicken and beer, and is amazing here in Korea.

TL:DR I am broken. I am blessed.