I'm glad I didn't wait to post until after my interview the other night. They ended up leaving without even telling me. Life has been pretty crazy around here lately. As I'm writing this on Friday, the camera crew has been here for 3 days straight shooting from 6:30am to almost midnight. I guess that's a little insight into how much film goes into creating these shows that we all watch. We are supposed to have a 15 minute segment, and it takes 3 days to do it.
Anyways on to the day. Another early morning due to filming. I've never exactly been a morning person, so trying to act awake and interested was a bit tough. I got my morning victuals done, and we headed off to breakfast together. I wasn't hungry this particular morning so I didn't eat. That's actually pretty typical for me, I like intermittent fasting especially in the morning. However, this always brings about a billion questions from everyone. "Are you nervous?" "Why aren't you eating?" "Are you sick?" etc. I guess no one can fathom a giant 6'6 viking not being hungry, but I'm here to tell you I don't necessarily eat a ton.
So like I said before, our Korean class although level 1B is being taught exclusively in Korean. I am really in awe of the fact that I'm able to understand most of what's going on too. I guess that just goes to show that if you keep working at something, you can eventually get to the point you want to be at provided it's not something with limiting factors. For example athletics related and you become too old etc.
After class I came back to the dorm and then had to head out for some work. I came back from work directly to the badminton class. This meant that I skipped both breakfast and dinner, and this left me famished. I had to gather the crew at night to head out to the convenience store to get some kimbap and sausage. I went with YJS and An Hyo Sang and apparently they were hungry too.
Following badminton we headed back to the dorm and it was time to get involved with filming. We had a bunch of scenarios that the director wanted to film. These were mostly in student's rooms helping them with various activities. Honestly, these types of things kinda bother me because what is represented on TV isn't usually what happens in real life. They have to glamorize and sensationalize the story to get people interested in their show. I understand it's a business and I respect the hard work they put in (man this director worked his butt off for 3 days to get this show ready) but it's just not for me.
YJS also broke the news to me that another station 'OBS' wants to do a story exclusively on me next week. I agreed to do it, but sometimes I think better of these decisions. I certainly don't need any notoriety for myself, but I know that these are getting the K-PACE program exposure and that is more than worth it. Especially with the culture here being the way it is concerning people with special needs. In fact that was the last question in the interview I had last night.
After filming the various activities, the director sat down with me for a 1 on 1 interview. The interview didn't go as well as I would have liked it to. Not that he wasn't professional or anything, but the questions didn't coincide with the points I wanted to get across. Mostly I wanted to give attention to the program itself, and downplay myself in the process. Most importantly however I wanted to really praise God and give him credit for all that was happening. I really didn't get much of a chance to do that and I wasn't happy about it.
The last question, or statement as I mentioned before was just a closing statement from me. I basically just thanked them for coming out and giving exposure to this great program and great people. Maybe next week will give me a better opportunity to praise God, or maybe I'm learning that I will just have to make my own opportunities during these interviews. Either way I am grateful that people are taking notice.
After the interview was the convenience store run, and a quick hang out session in An Hyo Sang and Heavy G's room. I was pretty exhausted so I went to bed earlier than everyone else, even skipping the blog post for the day. Well here it is, and I'm going right on to finish the next one as well. I am going to Busan this weekend for a break, so I will most likely group those two days into one post when I get back. I look forward to updating everyone on my adventures! Thanks for reading!
Korean Word/Phrase of the Day: 칼 (Kahl) Knife. My name here means knife.
TL:DR I am broken. I am blessed.
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