Day 3 and 4

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moved to a different room with 2 koreans and a chinese girl, not that i can tell the difference.
apparently they cannot tell the difference either. yesterday i stayed up chatting with a few dudes from the US and a dude from saudi arabia.
my group has alot of koreans and a few chinese people and me a french guy a girl from new zealand and a girl from ireland and a funny indian guy! he laughed so hard when i told him the only word i know in indian (gandu) haha
today we went to this demilitarized zone between north and south korea, it was really interesting but we got to know the stories from one perspective only. this was a very controversial visit as the UNESCO was not backing us up. we went as individuals and not as official participants of the festival becuase of this reason.
the thing is that in this zone where noone has set foot for 50 years it became sort of a national park with protected species of animals and so beautiful scenery.
out of the most terrible things like war you can get such great beauty. if the result of war was this beautiful place, it gets you thiking how beautiful the result of peace could be!
it's amazing how far the impact of WW2 is on people, from egypt and alamein and all the way till korea. it is sad to see that at the rate we're going we're heading towards and even worse future.
everyone here is thin!! my god i am like the fattest person in korea! i am certainly not going to shop here the sizes must be tiny. they are also quite short. among koreans i feel tall. then i get struck back to reality by standing next to benoit- a tall frnech guy with me in the group. ( and no mom i still have not muttered a single word of french). the sing is really low here i have to bend down. the place here is sooo different than anything i have ever seen.
sofar things are going really cool - the conference is nice and the people i have met are amazing. my main disapointment is that koreans cannot speak very good english and i cannot seem to find out more abut them becuase of this problem.
i found out i am staying in a city 3 hours away from seoul for the homestay with a girl who also speeks really really poor enlgish - i am glad i will see another side of the country.
the egyptian delegaions is fine, shady has made freinds with the mosqueetos. and all of us broke our glasses hehehe weird coincidence!
the city here is expensive.
still have not seen any sun ever since i arrived, it's raining and windy yet really hot. something my body is still not able to comprehend.
we are now listening to a presentation about an iranian girl who cycled around the world for the cause of peace. i think it is a horrific waste of time and energy yet a great demonstration of commitment. if i wanted peace i would try to make a difference not just a mere statement - and a statement that took 15 months!! again maybe she can convince me otherwise.that's it for this boradcast