Ah I’ve been moving around the past week. I’ve returned to Korea and settled into my place now. I got school stuff out of the way today so now I have a little free time until classes start so I’m doing a bit for design for various projects. Anyway, I wanted to squeeze in this photo update:

20060621 Byebye Jiyoung
Jiyoung was a nice friend I made too late. Just as we were getting to know each other well she had to leave to work in the UAE. She dreamed to become an international flight attendant and finally this year after years of study she realised her dream. I’m happy for her and wish her luck adjusting to a new life. Anyway, the pictures are from her good bye party but they are mostly mess around shots.

20060621 Drink to the night
Asami, Junny and myself were all a little bored of the bars in our local area so we headed a bit deeper into the city and found a nice rooftop terrace bar.

20060621 Killer Kimichi
Random pictures of after a world cup warm-up match, outdoor bar, Will’s birthday party, my level 3 class group shot, outdoor bar again, tasty pasta, the drawings on my desk, real kitty figure next to a fake one and finally in a pool hall.

20060621 No teams
I arrived back in South Korea in time to watch the World Cup match between South Korea and France. We decided last minute to go to Seoul World Cup Stadium to watch the game. We were late in and had to sit pretty high up but it was fine. It was strange going to a stadium to find it packed out but not to actually see any teams play live. We watched the match on the big screens after some entertainment down on the pitch. South Korea didn’t play so well and luckily got a 1-1 draw.

20060621 Seoul forest
I decided to surprise Asami and take her somewhere where she hadn’t been before: Seoul Forest. It’s a big park in development to help greenery in Seoul. It’s really nice with it’s diverse range of plants and tress, play parks, skate park, horse riding centre, lake, water features etc. We had a nice day that could only have been improved by nicer weather. It was a tad grey.

20060621 Traditional Village
Me and Asami headed to a traditional village with some of the church folk. It was really nice to see how wealthy Koreans used to live a long time ago. When we went there was a traditional wedding in progress and as we were leaving a traditional band were playing. I had my body checked by a Chinese medicine doctor. She said my I’m very healthy and just need to get back into running to keep my blood pressure at a good level. We also tried on traditional clothes. Fun day.