Posted in Holy Matters, The Great Outdoors, Wandering on April 30, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Visited my favorite temple, near the southeast coast. I'm too tired and sore to post pics and write, but here's a taste.
Part of our training last night included running through this mountain (as well as the hill leading up to it). Obviously it was difficult, but the lanterns were lit–all two thousand of them.
And for anyone [...]
Posted in California (and The Orchards), Food for Thought on April 27, 2006 | 5 Comments »
I've decided that when I go back to California all I'm going to eat is fruit.
Every week I set aside a certain amount of money for fruit. Vegetables are priced reasonably here, and a bag of white rice lasts forever since I don't eat that much. But fruit has become an indulgence for me.
Yesterday I [...]
Posted in Great Quotes, Wandering on April 26, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
For every thing you have missed, you have gained something else; and for every thing you gain, you lose something.
–Ralph Waldo Emerson
Posted in Simply Photography, Wandering on April 23, 2006 | 4 Comments »
Today D and I spent the day on Insadong, a street full of tourist, calligraphy and traditional shops.
We didn't expect it to turn into a photo shoot, but this country still amazes (and confuses) us.
Poor puppet. All naked and caught with binoculars on his crotch. Soju does wonders, I tell you.
A mini-parade broke out in [...]
Posted in Wandering on April 23, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Plans for the next two weekends:
1) Temple stay with D (very cool Canadian chick who works at E's old school) in what I've grown to call "my place." That is, if she can delay that pesky alien registration business for another weekend. Illegal, schmegal!
2) May 5th is Children's Day in Korea–and, most important, a three-day [...]
Posted in Wandering on April 22, 2006 | 3 Comments »
On Friday I made last-minute reservations to go to the temple I visited in December. It takes six hours to get there, but I felt like I really, really needed to go and get rid of some stress.
Then I woke up from this strange little dream.
I was sitting on a bench with the European monk [...]
Posted in Simply Photography, Wandering on April 21, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Two weeks ago I took a trip to Gyeongbokgung, a palace in Seoul currently going through reconstruction. It's off of Anguk Station–an artsy, Buddhist-centric area I'll have to visit more often.
Yellow dust had settled on the city. I arrived late (as usual), and the palace was closed.
Later in the evening, I walked around some museums [...]
Posted in Holy Matters, Simply Photography, The Great Outdoors on April 18, 2006 | 4 Comments »
“What cute gloves!” I gushed. “Do they come in pink?”
I was preparing for a trek up Bukhan, a famous mountain on the outskirts of Seoul. Feeling fierce in a vintage-looking Ramones shirt and sweats, I was ready to dominate what I felt was an unworthy challenge to my athletic prowess.
It must be said that I’d [...]
Posted in Office Drama on April 14, 2006 | 8 Comments »
It seems like Wonderland will find my replacement sooner than expected. Supposedly they have their eyes set on someone from London.
I haven’t spoken to my supervisor in the past few days. We got into a heated argument during a meeting on Tuesday. I stood up for the other foreign teacher, and disagreeing with the boss is a big [...]
Posted in Wandering on April 13, 2006 | 3 Comments »
The Internet is down at my apartment, so there will be a lack of posts in the upcoming days.
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