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Published: September 21st 2009
Count down is now under twenty days until we shove off from the Hermit Kingdom, and it’s starting to hit us that we’re actually leaving. We are leaving Korea on October 5th, officially, and spending a week in Japan, exploring Tokyo and down through Kyoto and beyond (if we have time). Then on the 10th, we will be jumping back on a plane to head back to the western hemisphere, changing planes in Seattle and then to Bozeman. Neither of us can really believe that we are leaving sooo soon! There are all kinds of things creeping up on us, and we’re staying ahead of the curve, but the stresses of it all are still on the back burner.
Not only are there a million and one things to do for our schools, end of contract money/ tax refund/ apartment deposit refund/ last months check/ etc., as well as taking care of the living part of being here, cancelling the phone, internet, electricity, etc., but that still leaves us with the most important thing, spending one last time with everyone that has been so amazing to us over here.
Our calendar is nearly chocked full of dinner dates with
What's not to love about K-Pop?
Lance and I at Superstar K -the Korean version of American Idol... 3 rows from the stage!friends, teachers, and old co-teachers (my Mr. Kim and Cass’ Eun Hee/ Mrs. Moon combo- all of them had to change schools months ago). Not only that, but we end up leaving the day after the Korean Holiday of Chusok, their version of Thanksgiving, so everyone will be extra excited to have a long weekend, as well. I don’t know if I’ll be able to handle it, but I have the socialist of butterflies in my corner- Cass- who always has my back when I’m not properly wound down (I can get a bit crank when that doesn’t happen, I’ll admit it).
One of those things that filled up one of our Friday nights, was a Kpop kick in the head. You may remember the past blog post called
KPop Invasion Kpop Invasion . It gave everyone a little insight to the wild and ridiculous Korean pop culture we’ve grown a bit fond of. Well, with our days dwindling in this country, we finally managed to hit the ultimate in all that is truly Kpop….
Introducing…
Blog-abration #2: Kpop & Superstar K
My best attempt at describing this phenomenon to you will still probably not
suffice, but I will do my best. Kpop is an abbreviation for the Korean pop culture. It is also talked about, mainly outside of Korea, as the ‘Korean Wave,’ or the recent boost of popularity of the contemporary South Korean arts, more specifically music, television, fashion, and movies. I mentioned in the last post, singing groups like the (I’ll try to find links to all these, cuz I know there is curiosity out there, so enjoy the vids and pics)
Wonder Girls (who are touring in the U.S. right now). They were a bit more popular when we first arrived here with the song,
liliram
liliram
so soon.....
Yup, so soon. I was hoping to catch up with you guys when i do get to korea . Won't be for a while though, as I have too many in my list. But who knows? We always find promo airfares here, and that's enough to push us into a plane. Anyway, hope to still hear from you.