Biwon Tourist Hotel Seoul

... weekend in December. I have joined a growing group called "Team Dirt." Which is organized by a great guy named Justin. Justin has a brother and several other family members who have an eye disease called "Choroideremia." We're hoping to raise tons of cash for the research cause and if anyone wants to throw some pennies at it here's the link:

http://www.firstgiving.com/figh tforsight

Thanks for reading.

... the day encompassing such things as being a little hot in the suit but was not prepared to sweat out three or four kilos over the day. Peeing would be tricky as I needed Jordan to unzip me for my only pee of the day at 2:40. Of course my walk in to work was interesting. As I passed by the garage the mechanics gave me a thumbs up and said "Spider man!' A little old lady screamed in terror as I passed her as she got out of her ...

... fluently with others. I got through customs and immigration OK and decided to go rent a phone for the time that I'm here. I got some other tourism info and caught the bus towards Bong House. I spent most of the bus ride trying to figure out how to use the phone. Despite the menus being in English, some of the buttons were still in Korean. I had tried to teach myself how to read Hangul characters and the way some words are pronounced is actually very ...

... a celebrity.

But one of the things that I find most humorous is that I have had a number of Koreans tell me that I look like Matt Damon. I don't see it. But on this night, the guy who started to talk to me on the subway (not the drunk...the other guy) said that I looked like that famous movie star. Made me blush a bit even though I've heard it quite a few times ...

After meeting with my friends in Incheon, I headed back to Seoul. I had time to kill, so I decided to do some shopping. I needed to buy some clothes for work, and Dongdaemun (동대문) is the place to buy cheaper but still nice clothes. Usually.

I bought two polo shirts, and I was seeing what else I needed to buy. I was also looking for a belt. I had found a good shop for ...

... tilbage til hotellet, hvor vi gik p[ italiensk restaurant og spiste frokost. Sofie, Alexander og jeg gik en tur pa gaderne og Sofie kobte "new balance" sko og et net medhendes navn pa. Vi kobte en lille koreansk t-shirt til Marie og selvfolgelig matte Sofie ogsa have en.

... from an airplane. It was clear with a half moon and we flew at 37000 feet, first over Vietnam and then over China. I could see each city below and the density of the cities and towns and the strings of lights was really beautiful. I was able to check the map on the computer on the seat back and follow the flight plan and remember many of the Vietnamese cities and the Chinese landscape and that was really special. As we started over the ocean, it ...

... a cake on Friday evening. Bizarrely, it was a green tea and sweet potato cake, but it tasted nice which was the most important thing. On the whole, the people at work are a friendly bunch although I have my reservations about a couple of them, and there must be some resentment towards the foreigners. I wouldn't blame them if that was the case, as we work fewer hours, probably get paid more, and get a free apartment thrown into the equation as ...

... She is Korean American and is actually studying Korean in Seoul right now! Wierd! So, maybe she can teach us how to order something correctly! Women here where high heels ALL THE TIME! The sidewalks are not that even, but they trudge along on the bumpy paths and up the hills in heels all day long! Seriously, these women even go HIKING in heels!!!!!!!!!!!! Plus, you have to walk across the streets so quickly here, otherwise the light changes and the cars ...

... hidden from public scrutiny. Unlike Western killers, whose faces are well-known and widely published, Yoo appears in Korean news like the old police artist's sketch of the Unibomber, wearing a hooded raincoat, ball cap, and a surgical mask to hide his nose and mouth.

He is a bestial and creepy figure, like the bound Hannibal Lector, unknown and unknowable, but there before the cameras as he was lead by police to the scenes of his crimes. In full view of the media ...