Blogs from Gangnam, Seoul, South Korea, Asia - page 2

Heyyyy! This is not my first blog, but it is my first travel blog. To sum it up, I'm the epitome of a bad writer who does not have a schedule for anything. However, I will try my very best to keep posting everyday when I am travelling. Because, personally, I prefer lists than paragraphs, I will type up my little intro in a list. - Name : Kristie Lam - Nickname : KaiPo - Age : 17.5 - born in Hawaii, - spent most of my life in Hong Kong, - have gone to school in Hong Kong (Hong Kong), London (England), Toronto (Canada), Vancouver(Canada) - reason why I started travelling : moved around too much since little, can't seem to stand the thought of staying in one place - why I travel : for ... read more

I’m back… I wanted to post yesterday (my short day), but it is no longer my short day. Ugh… It was the start of a new quarter on Monday and class schedules have been switched up. I lost a few classes and then gained a few, which altered my schedule to the point where I no longer have a short day. But I was told it would be considered when next quarter starts, so I am hoping to have a few short days come February. So we shall see... In any event, my new schedule was out of my control so I’m looking on the bright side. I have three 2 hour breaks, one on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. So technically I’m not teaching more, I just don’t get out early on Monday. So it’s not ... read more

Today was special because Sandra and I went to the Bongeunsa Temple in Gangnam-gu. It is a Buddhist temple, so that's good for me because I am a Buddhist. We caught a bus to Bongeunsa from a bus stop near my hotel. I wanted to have a temple stay as a once-in-a-lifetime experience. I packed extra comfy clothes, toiletries, socks, sneakers and my electronics (camera and mobile phone). The temple stay provided us with temple clothes that were orange and made of think material. The temple is located in the city but it still had that traditional building and the nature feel to it. The temple stay starts at 2:00pm and ends at 9:00am the next day. It costs ₩50,000 (about $50.00 AUD) per person. The temple stay included a temple tour, tea ceremony (Da-do), monastic ... read more

The morning was full of blue skies and sunny but as I watched the thick fog roll off the harbor and between the mountains I could hardly see the blinking lights on top of the bridge. It was only three o'clock but the site from my third floor classroom window made me a little worried that it would delay our flight. The previous winter I'd heard about a few delayed flights from Yeosu so I had a little reason to be nervous. That and we were heading up for Sea's wedding and Joe and I were hoping to have a good night out with our friend before he was wedded. Joe had headed back to Seoul from India on his way through to Portland. Thursday night I picked up the weary traveler at the train station ... read more

"We should never forget our birthdays or the birthdays of those who are close to us. Birthdays keep us childlike. They remind us that what is important is not what we do or accomplish, not what we have or who we know, but that we are, here and now. On birthdays let us be grateful for the gift of life.”-Henry Nouwen Birthdays are my chance to plan something outlandish and my friends will have to do it. I absolutely love planning parties, dressing up, and doing something I've never done before and I use birthdays an an opportunity to do that. Year 20 was a trip to the Exploratorium in San Francisco, where we acted like kids, and had a party back at the dorms. Year 21 was the H party where I introduced beer pong ... read more