Sunday, June 22, 2008




When I first got here the hardest thing to deal with was your gravity. You only have one gravity and you always have to be as if you are standing on a straight line to the middle of the Earth. On Korea we stand that way if we are on what you call level ground. The difference is when we are not on level ground, when the ground is uphill or down. We stand as if we were on a line perpendicular to the slant of the hill or mountain or anywhere on Korea. Our buildings are built that way too. If it is built on "level ground" it is just like yours but if it is built on a hillside it is perpendicular to the slant of the hillside.

It was hard because where Whatsis lives is very up and down - lots of hills and a mountain. When I would start walking up I would keep my body straight and fall over backwards. If I was going down I would fall frontwards. It was hard to remember to feel if I was going up or down.
On our planet you feel level all the time except in small ways like on a ladder or chair or stairs. They are pretty much like here but not as heavy because there is always a pull to the gravity of the chair or ladder or stairs.

I guess that is why we don't have water, or any other large amounts of liquid. They wouldn't stay flat like liquids do here.

Once I got used to up and down walking I found that it can be fun - especially with my bicycle. Up is hard but down is so much fun!

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