Blogs from Seoul, South Korea, Asia - page 122

As we come to the end of an era... here is the final bowel shaking update to our already laxative blog. There's been thrills and spills... mostly spills... to be had by all. We've met and outdrank most of our friends... teachers... associates... and those we didn't know previously... moved house and cooked for ourselves for the first time since our arrival (we actually have cooking equipment now). We've been to the Korean equivelent of a hot spring, been around to various cities, had our graduation ceremony, sucked liquids that many would consider impossible to drink... consumed things which barely passed for food, met an irishman and offended passers by with our mere presence. We wish you all a merry April and hope that soon we'll meet face to face and participate in something more productive ... read more

Ji-Won at work was getting married and everyone at work was invited! It was a beautiful day and nice cermony in a church and then we had a lovely korean lunch (reception) afterwards. Then the wedding is finished. There is no partying and dancing like our Western style ones! It was fairly short but very nice. The traditional clothing that they changed into was lovely. Everyone places money in envelopes and gives it to the bride and groom when they enter the church. It is uncommon for gifts to be given. HOwever this was not a traditional korean wedding as I was told. It was not held outside and it had some western influences! It was wonderful! Enjoy the pics!... read more

The last few days have been quite chill. Besides getting totally mixed up and turned around on the subway there has been little adventure. Wednesday evening’s Jen and Jason usually meet up with some other teachers here and have a late dinner and drinks. So we went to this fancy restaurant with $8 Coronas and $15 Nachos. That's outrageous (makes me miss Central America), so it was draft for me, leaving me with a slight buzz on by the time we left. Good fun. Yesterday, yet another lazy day, I rode the dam subway half way around the city before making it to the "What the Book" bookstore I was looking for. It's a pretty cool book store, all English books new and used. They buy used books too, but I don’t recommend it, they ... read more

Wow in the 2 days I've been here I've experienced a lot of Culture. Jen's been great filling my days with adventure even though she's has to work from 2pm till 10pm on the weekdays. There is so much to see here in the City and she too has yet to check out so it's great. So today I woke very early, 7:30am, got dressed and headed out to the subway with a piece of paper and written directions on where to go. Jen had a lesson in the morning at 7:00am so we met up in the subway station near where she was and continued on together to the Gyeongbokgung Palace. We got there around 9am had a great white chocolate mocha and muffin for breaky and made it for the changing of the ... read more

12-27 10:30am Airport. LAX. Waiting to board the flight. as most of you know, I was extremely nervous about taking this flight since planes scare me. You would think that I wouldn't go to India because of this fear, but the second that I won't go on a trip because of fear is the day you can call me old. Although, that and the statistics that I'm more likely to die on the freeway going to the airport than on an airplane itself is little compensation for my obsessive compulsive Woody Allen type mind. I was nervous leading up to the flight, going over such innane thoughts of would I rather the plane explode in midair or have it plunge to the ground so I'd have time to say goodbye to Danielle. So this is your ... read more