Chuseok Drama

Apparently my sense is good in Korea. During Chuseok I was a little worried about my host family b/c I hadn't really heard from them, normally I would've gotten a text message from them saying that they got to Seoul ok. The thought of a potential car accident occurring passed through my mind briefly. They drove from Gumi to Seoul to see family for the holidays, and with all the traffic and stress of the holidays, car accidents seemed to me very likely to happen.

They just got back, and they actually did get into a car accident on the way to Seoul. Luckily everyone is relatively fine. My host mom hit a guardrail b/c there was a new road added to the highway, but her GPS system wasn't aware of it. So it told her to go down a road that wasn't yet open, and before it was too late she realized and attempted to brake but ended up hitting the guard rail. She got cut from the seatbelt, however the airbag prevented her from smashing into the steering wheel. Unfortunately the girls in the back weren't wearing seat belts, so they got a little bruised, but thank god nothing worse occurred. Safety is definitely one of those areas that Korea as a whole society need to work on, everything from car safety to construction areas to some aspects of healthcare.

My host mom jokingly told me that she'd like to go to Heaven someday, but that it's hard to get to apparently.