Korean Pro Soccer=Even more boring than Korean Pro baseball!
Who would have thought?
On the plus side, the stadium sells some amazing snacks.
queen of mistakes
13 years ago
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Brandon's Band is Releasing an EP!
I say it in the title.
I love Milks and Rectangles and am a little sad that I can't be a rectanglette/Roadie(I think I just invented a word) for the band this August when they tour their upcoming EP release Civic Virtues.
The credit for this awesomem photo goes to my enormously talented friend Patrick Callbeck.
Tripping the Light Fantastic
I was lucky enough to witness the longest solar eclipse of the century yesterday.
It partially blacked out the sun for about six minutes. Wikipedia had led me to the believe that the smog and pollution in Incheon would prevent those living in this industrial city from seeing it at all, but, as it turns out, wikipedia had led me astray again. My school passed out wax paper to the students and teachers and we were taken outside to spend a few minutes staring at the sky.
The eclipse started in India and moved east over China before it cast it shadows over Japan and South Korea; it ended in Hawaii and peaked at twenty percent. Scientists(according to the BBC) said that it was the first time in the history of the world that so many people witnessed a solar eclipse.
It was kind of surreal.
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Bloggin Blahs
I haven't been blogging. Obviously.
A couple of weeks ago, the gang(there are about twelve of us who hang out on a regular basis) got together to watch a baseball game and a debate about the nature of blogging broke out. One side of the group thought blogging was a great way to keep in touch with those back home, that it kept our lazy minds sharp, and that it would serve as a good record of our adventures. The other side argued that it was self indulgant and vain. I didn't pick a side and just felt gulty about keeping a blog instead. I have also been plagued with those "what am I going to do with my life?" worries, have been doubting my writing skills, and I managed to get an SD chip caught in my lousy joke of a laptop which means that I can't upload my photos onto my computer.
My apologies to everyone who reads this on a regular basis and who have felt disappointed by my blogging laziness.
Here's an update on my activites.
-The embargo I love to complain about has finally been lifted and now, due to various random weird circumstances, I'm travelling to the Phillipines for a week in August instead of China as was orginally planned. I am wickedly excited. I'm flying to Manila on August 8th!
-Teaching has become my one true love. I know there are no jobs in Canada in this field so I'm not going to pursue it, but I'm enjoying it more than any job I've ever had.
-I went to a mud festival in Boreyang last weekend. We coated ourselves with healing mud and swam in the ocean for hours. That night, there was an amazing fireworks display set to music and the skies opened up and poured(moonsooned) rain on us. It was awesome.
-This weekend I pubcrawled with friends on Friday, went hiking and shopping with Sharon on Saturday, and enjoyed an excellent raw seafood buffet today.
Here's an Update on How I've Been Feeling
-Tired. The heat makes it impossible to get anything close to a decent rest.
-Worried. I was hoping the Korea would shed some light on the ever present question of what I should do next. It hasn't. I still have no idea where my talents(if they exist) lie. The question that always dogs me is whether or not I should do something that I enjoy(but makes next to no money), or if I should go back to school, get my masters, and attempt to find a legitmate job(law, library science??) that earns a decent wage. I like writing. I really enjoy taking pictures. I love traveling. There aren't many jobs that combine these three things. I'm also not talented at any of these things. It really really hurts to be bad at the things you love doing.
-Excited. There's always something to do in Korea. If I'm not hiking, traveling to a festival, camping, or sightseeing than I'm at a baseball game or friend's house relaxing with the best group of people I could imagine. I'm always looking forward to something and it's nice to have that kind of anticpation in my life.
A couple of weeks ago, the gang(there are about twelve of us who hang out on a regular basis) got together to watch a baseball game and a debate about the nature of blogging broke out. One side of the group thought blogging was a great way to keep in touch with those back home, that it kept our lazy minds sharp, and that it would serve as a good record of our adventures. The other side argued that it was self indulgant and vain. I didn't pick a side and just felt gulty about keeping a blog instead. I have also been plagued with those "what am I going to do with my life?" worries, have been doubting my writing skills, and I managed to get an SD chip caught in my lousy joke of a laptop which means that I can't upload my photos onto my computer.
My apologies to everyone who reads this on a regular basis and who have felt disappointed by my blogging laziness.
Here's an update on my activites.
-The embargo I love to complain about has finally been lifted and now, due to various random weird circumstances, I'm travelling to the Phillipines for a week in August instead of China as was orginally planned. I am wickedly excited. I'm flying to Manila on August 8th!
-Teaching has become my one true love. I know there are no jobs in Canada in this field so I'm not going to pursue it, but I'm enjoying it more than any job I've ever had.
-I went to a mud festival in Boreyang last weekend. We coated ourselves with healing mud and swam in the ocean for hours. That night, there was an amazing fireworks display set to music and the skies opened up and poured(moonsooned) rain on us. It was awesome.
-This weekend I pubcrawled with friends on Friday, went hiking and shopping with Sharon on Saturday, and enjoyed an excellent raw seafood buffet today.
Here's an Update on How I've Been Feeling
-Tired. The heat makes it impossible to get anything close to a decent rest.
-Worried. I was hoping the Korea would shed some light on the ever present question of what I should do next. It hasn't. I still have no idea where my talents(if they exist) lie. The question that always dogs me is whether or not I should do something that I enjoy(but makes next to no money), or if I should go back to school, get my masters, and attempt to find a legitmate job(law, library science??) that earns a decent wage. I like writing. I really enjoy taking pictures. I love traveling. There aren't many jobs that combine these three things. I'm also not talented at any of these things. It really really hurts to be bad at the things you love doing.
-Excited. There's always something to do in Korea. If I'm not hiking, traveling to a festival, camping, or sightseeing than I'm at a baseball game or friend's house relaxing with the best group of people I could imagine. I'm always looking forward to something and it's nice to have that kind of anticpation in my life.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Books, Quakes, and Rain
It's rained all week and I've caught up on my reading. I finished Love in the Time of Chlorea and The God Delusion this week. Both were kind of depressing which made them perfect cloudy dark weather reads. Next I'm going to tackle Enders Game, which seems like the opposite of a sunny day beach read.
Anyone else try to match books to the weather?
There was a small earthquake here yesterday. I felt the ground tremble a little as I walked into school. Three girls on the playground stopped playing jump rope and looked at me, and I shrugged, I didn't really know what was going on. My co-teacher told me it was a small tremour(barely even on the richter scale) when I walked into the staff room. It was kind of exciting. and I spent hours yesterday researching earthquakes on the internet.
What would be a good eathquake read?
Anyone else try to match books to the weather?
There was a small earthquake here yesterday. I felt the ground tremble a little as I walked into school. Three girls on the playground stopped playing jump rope and looked at me, and I shrugged, I didn't really know what was going on. My co-teacher told me it was a small tremour(barely even on the richter scale) when I walked into the staff room. It was kind of exciting. and I spent hours yesterday researching earthquakes on the internet.
What would be a good eathquake read?
Monday, July 6, 2009
Slacky Mcslackersen/Living the Dream
I spent the last three days sprawled out like a lizard in the sand on a beautiful secluded Island.
I realize that I can do this exact thing at home. The difference being that my summers on Prince Edward Island usually involve working sixty hours a week so that I can save money for the University school year. Now I work nine-to-five and can actually take the time and spend the cash to really enjoy a weekend in the white sand.
Getting to the Island was an adventure and half. Four of my new friends and I decided that we wanted to spend two nights on the beach, rather than just Saturday night like the rest of the ESL gang. So as soon as the school day on Friday ended I rushed home via the express bus(which I never take because it's basically a suicide mission), jammed my stuff into a kitbag, bought some fireworks, and jumped onto the subway. We rode the subway to airport Island where we then jumped in a cab. The cabdriver informed us in Korean(AND I UNDERSTOOD WHAT HE WAS SAYING!!!!!!!!) that the ferry to the Island was leaving in twenty minutes and that he was going to have to drive very, very, very fast in order to get us there on time. We all looked at each other hesitantly and collectively told him that driving fast was fine.
The cab driver drove 170 kms an hour. And got into a car accident! He was driving dangerously close to an old fashioned looking truck and knocked his rear view mirror off....and he still didn't stop. We made the last ferry of the night(eight O'clock) and were at the camp-site by nine.
It was an amazing weekend. We spent Friday night singing along to a guitar and building a truly impressive bonfire. The next day I woke early and went for a three hour long hike, the views were spectucular. The rest of the gang showed up around noon and we played ultimate frisbee all afternoon. I also went for my first official dip in the Yellow sea, it was warm like bathwater, and a few of us spent a couple of hours diving and looking for crabs. We watched fireworks for hours that night and listened to some more guitar.
I love weekends(also I promise to be a better and more consistant blogger)!
I realize that I can do this exact thing at home. The difference being that my summers on Prince Edward Island usually involve working sixty hours a week so that I can save money for the University school year. Now I work nine-to-five and can actually take the time and spend the cash to really enjoy a weekend in the white sand.
Getting to the Island was an adventure and half. Four of my new friends and I decided that we wanted to spend two nights on the beach, rather than just Saturday night like the rest of the ESL gang. So as soon as the school day on Friday ended I rushed home via the express bus(which I never take because it's basically a suicide mission), jammed my stuff into a kitbag, bought some fireworks, and jumped onto the subway. We rode the subway to airport Island where we then jumped in a cab. The cabdriver informed us in Korean(AND I UNDERSTOOD WHAT HE WAS SAYING!!!!!!!!) that the ferry to the Island was leaving in twenty minutes and that he was going to have to drive very, very, very fast in order to get us there on time. We all looked at each other hesitantly and collectively told him that driving fast was fine.
The cab driver drove 170 kms an hour. And got into a car accident! He was driving dangerously close to an old fashioned looking truck and knocked his rear view mirror off....and he still didn't stop. We made the last ferry of the night(eight O'clock) and were at the camp-site by nine.
It was an amazing weekend. We spent Friday night singing along to a guitar and building a truly impressive bonfire. The next day I woke early and went for a three hour long hike, the views were spectucular. The rest of the gang showed up around noon and we played ultimate frisbee all afternoon. I also went for my first official dip in the Yellow sea, it was warm like bathwater, and a few of us spent a couple of hours diving and looking for crabs. We watched fireworks for hours that night and listened to some more guitar.
I love weekends(also I promise to be a better and more consistant blogger)!
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