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I'm back! I was finally able to track down the English number for KT ALLEH, my internet provider. It was all HELLA backwards. My co-teacher was not the greatest help during all of this. She gave me the Korean telephone number. You know what it was? 100. 1-0-0. When she told me what it was I didn't believe her.

'I called 100 KT ALLEH.'

'You what? How do I call them?'

'100.'

'One hundred what? No, what number do I dial to call them?'

'Oh, 100.'

It was like the 'Who's on stage' joke.

The Korean number wasn't much of a help. I couldn't push enough random buttons to get me to a representative. Then I might have been able to ask them in Korean if they spoke English.

I had to track down their number via their investment website. After 5 minutes of talking with the rep, I finally paid my 3 month delinquent bill, reset my internet service, and set up automatic payments from my account. It only took me 5 days to do it. ....

You know what would've helped me throughout this situation? ...Knowing Korean. Yeah.

It's a really good thing that they do have English services like this available. If you are in need of calling your internet or phone provider to settle a bill or to find a bus to go somewhere, there is an English service for that. Too bad there isn't an all encompassing APP for that. Many of the signs are in English. And if you can read Korean Characters then you can understand certain 'Conglish' words like internet, computer, carpet, even your own name, etc. Unfortunately, sometimes the English services lead you astray. They might tell you the bus is on the wrong side of the street. Nonetheless, these services are available all over Korea. Koreans do have a commitment to learn English.

The most important things is this: I HAVE INTERNET AGAIN! And to answer my friend Matthew Migliore's question, 'What would you do if you didn't have internet for one whole day?' I wrote two stories, slept for 10 hours, taught a group of 2nd graders, cleaned my apartment and cooked dinner for two days. I think that speaks for itself.