But yeah, here's a picture!
Our Lives in Japan
5 years ago
Saturday, July 31, 2010
I got a girlfriend
Well, I'll be brief, but I got a girlfriend. She's nice, can't really speak much english, and we get along really well! Even with the language barrier, we communicate pretty well (we sorta only speak korean)
But yeah, here's a picture!
But yeah, here's a picture!
Monday, July 26, 2010
Summer in Korea
Well... the weather here is ...Hot. Hot and humid, and the occasional rain storm. Actually the occasional rain storm happens quite a lot. But for the most part, the weather is nice and good for doing outdoor things! I just got back from the Boryang Mud Festival. Something really cool that involves a TON of mud coming from the mud flats in Boryang and then people painting themselves with said mud. And of course the obvious mud wrestling, mud slides, mud body art, and other mud related activities! After we all got cleaned up, there was a pretty sweet hiphop concert with korean rappers and it was really awesome. The next day we sat on the beach for like 4 hours doing nothing but relaxing and drinking rum out of coconuts... Talk about the life!!
I'm also pleased to say my korean is finally starting to allow me to have conversations with people! Sure sure, they're limited conversations, but they are a lot of fun! In one week, I will be going on a trip with a friend who doesn't speak any english! We'll be touring all over Korea for a whole week!
Right now we're teaching summercamp, and what that means is that I only have to work for 1/2 days, and then they let me go home, so I've been filling the time with lots of bike riding, hiking, and meeting friends. I think it'd be pretty easy for me to say that life is good right now!
I definitely miss everything that's happening at home these days, so if anything sweet's been going on since I left, someone let me know in a comment!
I'm also pleased to say my korean is finally starting to allow me to have conversations with people! Sure sure, they're limited conversations, but they are a lot of fun! In one week, I will be going on a trip with a friend who doesn't speak any english! We'll be touring all over Korea for a whole week!
Right now we're teaching summercamp, and what that means is that I only have to work for 1/2 days, and then they let me go home, so I've been filling the time with lots of bike riding, hiking, and meeting friends. I think it'd be pretty easy for me to say that life is good right now!
I definitely miss everything that's happening at home these days, so if anything sweet's been going on since I left, someone let me know in a comment!
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
It has been a long time without a post...
Well what can I say... I have been busy!
My good friend Mark Stickler came to visit and for the past 10 days we have been doing things! I took him all over Seoul, and then we checked out all of Gwangju and the surrounding areas. Then we went to BUSAN!! In my mind, I always think of busan as this little resort town, but the fact of the matter is that it's got 3 million people, making it bigger than chicago.... Freaking huge! But the place looked really really cool! We did a TON of stuff too! The only thing I didn't end up doing was go surfing. I really wanted too, but there was no waves... Bah, maybe some day I will get to do that. But either way, it was great having him come to visit. It was nice too, because my korean ability is finally starting to get to a level where I can communicate with people a little bit! Its nice to have those classes start paying off a little bit!
My good friend Mark Stickler came to visit and for the past 10 days we have been doing things! I took him all over Seoul, and then we checked out all of Gwangju and the surrounding areas. Then we went to BUSAN!! In my mind, I always think of busan as this little resort town, but the fact of the matter is that it's got 3 million people, making it bigger than chicago.... Freaking huge! But the place looked really really cool! We did a TON of stuff too! The only thing I didn't end up doing was go surfing. I really wanted too, but there was no waves... Bah, maybe some day I will get to do that. But either way, it was great having him come to visit. It was nice too, because my korean ability is finally starting to get to a level where I can communicate with people a little bit! Its nice to have those classes start paying off a little bit!
Thursday, July 1, 2010
I'm a bad blogger
So, sorry for not posting much recently... I sort of am bad at this thing I guess.
But anyway, some pretty cool things have happened recently! First off, my school kind of gave me 2 extra weeks of vacation, and second... I'm trying to see if I can turn those two extra weeks into trips to China and Japan! Stupid china though... They require a visa to visit anywhere on the mainland, and it just so happens that that visa is $120 USD to all American citizens... Damn. But since I'll have some extra time, maybe I'll take the 24 hour ferry to China, instead of hopping a plane! I have a feeling it might be cheaper but I'm not sure. I've never really been on a ship for any extended period of time so that might be pretty fun.
The idea of going to Japan is still a rough plan... But it might be a good one? I know I want to check it out some time, but it might be really expensive... Maybe not something I should do back to back with china traveling. But then again... I do have a month of vacation...
Also happening this summer, my Mom is coming to visit and I'm really excited to show her the country! Also, in 5 days, my really good friend Mark Stickler is coming for a visit so I'm more than a little pumped to see him! The guy's been dreaming of Asia, specifically Korea and Japan, for like 10 years. So I'm sure his visit will be a blast!
But anyway, some pretty cool things have happened recently! First off, my school kind of gave me 2 extra weeks of vacation, and second... I'm trying to see if I can turn those two extra weeks into trips to China and Japan! Stupid china though... They require a visa to visit anywhere on the mainland, and it just so happens that that visa is $120 USD to all American citizens... Damn. But since I'll have some extra time, maybe I'll take the 24 hour ferry to China, instead of hopping a plane! I have a feeling it might be cheaper but I'm not sure. I've never really been on a ship for any extended period of time so that might be pretty fun.
The idea of going to Japan is still a rough plan... But it might be a good one? I know I want to check it out some time, but it might be really expensive... Maybe not something I should do back to back with china traveling. But then again... I do have a month of vacation...
Also happening this summer, my Mom is coming to visit and I'm really excited to show her the country! Also, in 5 days, my really good friend Mark Stickler is coming for a visit so I'm more than a little pumped to see him! The guy's been dreaming of Asia, specifically Korea and Japan, for like 10 years. So I'm sure his visit will be a blast!
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