Today is the last day of Chuseok break. Chuseok is Korean Thanksgiving. We get a week off from school. Korean families get together and clean off the graves of their families. They celebrate together. It has been likened to our Christmas but without presents. The kids have said that they do get money. I heard about Chuseok first, from the old man who runs the GS25. He told me he had to get up extra early to cut the grass and clean his parents' graves. He told me this as we sat out on the picnic table after skating at the skate park. He also talked about watching a skateboarder in Seoul and how that kid never gave up until he got the trick. He appreciated the perseverance it takes to learn to skateboard. He also told me I am strong like a man. I think that was a compliment in a foreign language sort of way. There isn't only the GS25, on the front street we have a CU too. It is like having 711 and Max all in the same block. On that block, there is also a Quizno's and a Pizza