Travels
Seolnar
It’s a new lunar year. For the second year in a row I went to Gyeongju, but this time there was a larger group of people. We stayed at Hanjin Hostel, which I can honestly not recommend to anyone during the winter. Our room was cheap but not heated and the shower situation was abismal, ...
December and January Update
My last post was somewhat cryptic. But for those of you that understand how to read it the message is clear. Anyways many changes and where to start… December My sister (an extremely infrequent blogger herself) visits for Christmas and New Years. Also one of my friends drops by on boxing day for new years as well. ...
Reverting to a Feral State of Being
The last two weeks have seen many changes. This is my first week living alone now that K is gone. A friend visited the apartment last week and remarked on how the toilet seat had been left up. A sure sign of feminine absence. Just before K left, I bought a new camera, a Canon G9 ...
Toiling Away in Relative Obscurity
I am now one month into my 2nd year contract. I went to Jeju (a subtropical island off SK’s south coast). It was just what the doctor ordered. My September was pretty miserable up to that point. I hadn’t been terribly happy at work. I’ve no intentions of airing the particulars of my grievances in ...
Busan and Summer Resolutions
This weekend was a pretty good one. On saturday I got some much needed rest and relaxation. Me and K went to Santa Clause, a local foreigner-friendly bar. WE enjoyed the Western breakfast and some fusball. Sadly K beat me 2 out of 3 times. It might turn into Air Hockey all over again. Afterwards we ...
Lantern Festivities
Today in Seoul they celebrated the Lantern Festival. We caught an early train and went shopping around for a bit before we met up with friends. The majority of the day was spent in InsaDong where we finished the night watching a parade before we came back home. Insadong is a really nice spot, we ...