full-scale war

title less shall the post be. I recently purchased a new camera, one of the primary justifications for me leaving the patria to go abroad. Glad to finally see my goals come to fruition. I went with a Nikon D300s, with a prime 50mm f1.4 lens. its a pretty dope set up. I am very excited to be able to start taking it out on my forays into the country, other countries, and the town here, locally.
it isnt really a town though. seoul continues to amaze me with its diversity, buried deep within the homogeny of the country. that doesnt make sense at all to yoe, but if you were to visit.... you would see it. I am sitting in my house waiting for the arrival of a good friend to head out for a going away party.
the friendships made here are fast, and from what i feel in the union, i believe they will be lasting. that is an exciting concept. everyone here comes with open expectations, and in this fashion it is very similar to university. people here always give at least one opportunity before a judgement is passed. home, judgement is presented after the first glance at many times, here, at least the time of day is offered before judgement is passed.
there was only one instance where this was not the case. it was for saint paddy's day.Some friends and I went to an all you can drink guinness bar party. it was an amazing deal. not to mention that fact that guinness is the most amazing beverage made for the consumption of human beings in a bar environment. we commenced with the consumption. it was great. meeting new people, jovially conversing, bouncing from conversation to conversation as if at a large party in college. my courage was up, courtesy of the beer of champions, beer of the irish, beer of the best. and well, i was walking to the line, when these two women looked at me in a strange fashion. i glanced back, noticed the strange glare, and then maintained eye contact. they then stated, "you are totally being judged right now. Say something funny."
I had nothing to say to someone who does that. I said as much, and walked away to the grab another round of guinness for the table. but the confrontation has obviously been in the back of my mind for the past couple months. that was march 20th, about (the saturday after st paddy's day) and it is now may 27. i never really thought it was a big deal, but my writing it down ehre must mean otherwise, correct?
possibly it could be becuase it is accordance with my own personality as dictated by the myers-briggs personality test - i turned out to be an INTJ. introverted, intuitive, thinking, judging personality, alhtough i consciously try to minimize my judgements, because i despise those people who consider themselves better than others based on some kind of moral/intellectual higher ground. its preposterous.
my friend still has not arrived, and we have an hour to commute now in 15 minutes. this is going to be intersting. take it easy yall,
oh and north korea has currently been threatening "full-scale war." end quotations. taken from an AP source. its is about to get real here.