Busan Youth Hostel Arpina

... email a several times a day awaiting his next piece of correspondence. On the drive back I laid on the floor and tried to get some sleep. Giving the seat to Sarah. Sarah and I were back in Uijeongbu at 6am with just enough time for a three hour nap before work.

The first couple of days back at work were rough. My mind was not there. More adrift in the ocean or sitting on the beach. On Tuesday as I sat on the mat with my students trying to focus them to read. It was the end of ...

... market in Asian with a miriad of aquatic creatures swimming around in buckets and tanks, half of them unidentifiable and all of them ready at moments notice, sliced and diced (and sometimes cooked) and in front of you for lunch - yum! Having maxed out on fish and heady with the 50+ varieties of Kimchi on offer I sought a retreat in the cool shade of Youngdusan Park, walked round the temple, took the obligatory photos and watched the ...

... The ro*ds *ren't going "b*-dunk, b*-dunk, b*-dunk" over *nd over like in Louisi*n*. Very nice. It occurred to me while I w*s *dmiring them of how economic*lly efficient this must be, *s well. To not h*ve to over exert your engines, by me*ns of const*nt ups *nd downs of the l*ndsc*pe, c*rs will oper*te *t m*ximum efficiency *nd give off the le*st *mount of pollution. I concluded th*t this concept of efficiency MUST h*ve crossed their dr*wing ...

... via Skype while they were opening Christmas presents (our family does most of the "opening" on Christmas Eve). That was fun, and we even got a sibling Christmas picture in as usual! I really enjoyed being a part of my family's Christmas.













Later that evening, Kim and I went down to an area of town called Nampo Dong. If you ever come to visit me, I ...

... would take WAY too much time to preteach, so I didn't worry about them too much. After going through the basic motions for the song a couple times, I played the song from a viedo on YouTube. It was a pretty traditional version, with pictures of all the gifts. While it played, we did the motions. OOOOOOHHH...some of them acted like I was torturing them...but it was fun...heh heh. A secret part of me enjoyed the fact that ...

... to $170 these days with the poor economy). I had to politely refuse to buy any of the tea although she assured me that it would help with all that ails me. UH...yeah, $170 tea better be a miracle elixir. She then asked me how long I've had skin problems... Uh...well, (Too much information side note: Since coming to Korea, I have had more skin problems on my face than I've ever had in my life. I've accounted them to acclimatization, pollution, mosquitoes, and a lack of ...

... mine... No. I was wrong. Cover ups and powders come in white, and whiter here.... It's difficult to find natural creamy tones.

Today, everytime I tried to stand in the sun to get a little color, the women would pull me out, and make me sit in the shade; OR offer me spf 75 sunblock!! I KNOW all about the sun and it's dangers, but a bit is good for you, and I had on SPF 15. I wasn't running around, and I was alternating ...

... deep when he couldnt speak english. First up Orla tries saying to him "International Port, and Ferry and Beetle ( the name of the ferry we were getting), He would repeat every word but didnt have a clue if we were clucking or cackling. Like a tag team Orla leaned out of the window and Kieran leaned in. Kieran began by sketching a picture of a ship, unfortunately his art skills seem to be a little on the rusty side, and the ...

... enaa Vietnamista eteenpain tarvi ;) Busanin seuraava paiva tsekattiin kuuluisa Haendae-ranta, jota kutsutaan "waikiki-beachiks"..hehe, nooh, olihan se hiekka vaaleenruskeeta ja hienoa ja meri sininen. Siella istuskeltiin ja luettiin paivan Korea Timesia. Ja sit iskikin kova nalka ja satuttiin T.G.I Fridaysiin...kiitos Kristan brandi on tuttu.. ;) ja ruoka oli hyvaa, kaiken japanilaisen jalkeen. Kaytiin myos Dongbaekseom-puistossa ...

... that people had to stand in the aisle, meaning that instead of looking "to my right" and seeing a United Nations Memorial I would instead be treated to the sight of a big fat ajumma in a comically large visor, fanning herself with the tour booklet. We were stuck in traffic for most of the tour and agreed on disembarking that it was biggest farce we had ever had the misfortune to be part of. The only saving grace was that the bus was air conditioned (the heat in Busan ...