Facts

I love the CIA World Factbook!!! (www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html)

Canada:
Area: total:9,984,670 square km
land: 9,093,507 square km
water: 891,163 square km
Population: 33,098,932 (July 2006 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 17.6%
15-64 years: 69%
65 years and over: 13.3%
Population growth rate: 0.88%
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 80.22 years
male: 76.86 years
female: 83.74 years
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.)
Labor force: 16.3 million
Unemployment rate: 6.8% (2005 est.)
Population below poverty line: 15.9 (note: there is no official poverty line in Canada)
Household income: lowest 10%: 2.8%
highest 10%: 23.8%
Telephones - main lines in use: 20.61 million (2004)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 14, 984, 400 (2004)
Internet users: 20.9 million (2005)
Roadways: total: 1,408,900 km
paved: 497,342 km (including 16,906 km of expressways)
unpaved: 911,558 km (2002)

Korea:
Area: total:98,480 square km
land: 98,190 square km
water: 290 square km
Population: 48,846,823 (July 2006 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 18.9%
15-64 years: 71.9%
65 years and over: 9.2%
Population growth rate: 0.42%
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 77.04 years
male: 73.61 years
female: 80.75 years
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97.9%
male: 99.2%
female: 96.6% (2002)
Labor force: 23.53 million
Unemployment rate: 3.7%
Population below poverty line: 15% (2003 est.)
Household income: lowest 10%: 2.9%
highest 10%: 25% (2005 est.)
Telephones - main lines in use: 26, 595, 100 (2004)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 36, 586, 100 (2004)
Internet users: 33.9 million (2005)
Roadways: total: 97,252 km
paved: 74,641 km (including 2,778 km of expressways)
unpaved: 22,611 km (2003)

Egypt:
Area: total: 1,001,450 square km
land: 995, 450 square km
water: 6,000 square km
Population: 78,887,007 (July 2006 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 32.6%
15-64 years: 62.9%
65 years and over: 4.5% (2006 est.)
Population growth rate: 1.75%
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 71.29 years
male: 68.77 years
female: 73.93 years (2006 est.)
Literacy rate: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 57.7%
male: 68.3%
female: 46.9% (2003 est.)
Labor force: 21.34 million (2005 est.)
Unemployment rate: 10%
Population below poverty line: 20%
Household income: lowest 10%: 4.4%
highest 10%: 25% (1995)
Telephones - main lines in use: 10.4 million (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 14,045,134 (2005)
Internet users: 5 million (2005)
Roadways: total: 64,000 km
paved: 49,984 km
unpaved: 14,016 km (1999)

cool pic from Egypt...

That would be Bryn... on her way out of the Red Pyramid in Dahshur.

CUTENESS is...

Harry

Harry is one of the sweetest kids ever.

Who needs an elevator??? The Korean way of moving house.

Tokki, my rabbit

(Tokki is just Korean for rabbit)
He is supposed to be a dwarf rabbit, but he isn't much of a dwarf.

the Pimp n Ho party March 25th

Pre-party dinner at Petra's in Itaewon... Anthony and I.

Pimp N Ho Party March 25th

with Super Pimp

Pimp n Ho party March 25th

goodbyes...

I was out Thursday night with the group for a bit of a going away party. We all went to Geckos (a pub/bar) in Itaewon for dinner and drinks and then headed to the Loft for Ladies' night... free drinks for the ladies. I guess they have ladies' night every Thursday, Friday and Saturday, but they there is a cover charge on the weekend, and it is so busy that you have to stand in line most of the time, just to get the free drinks. On Thursday, though, it is not as busy and so I didn't have to stand in line at all. Just hanging out and dancing.
Friday night, after work, we all went out in Ilsan. We started out at a hof called the King of Pirates, where the beer mugs are made of ice, with a plastic liner. When you finish your drink and your glass is melting, you throw it at a target. If you hit the center, you win a prize (usually a free beer). Great fun!!! Actually allowed to throw your mug!
From there we went to Don't Go, a foreigner dance club that has been around for a while. More dancing and drinking. We were there until around 5 in the morning when we moved on to Katherine's apartment for some bacon and eggs. She had bought a bunch of bacon at Costco in Seoul. Yay!!! Bacon and eggs.
I then saw Anthony and Tom off at the bus stop. They left this morning for South-East Asia. They are going to travel around a bit together and then split off in their own directions.
I got home around 9 am or so... sooooooo tired.
Just another normal weekend in Korea.